Objective Africa is a region highly vulnerable to climatic change due to both ecological and socio-economic factors; however it is the least well-covered region by studies on climate change. For these reasons, the overarching goal of this project is to set up a firs t attempt of a GHG fluxes monitoring network of Africa, in order to quantify, understand and predict, by a multi-disciplinary integrated approach, GHG emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa and its associated spatial and temporal variability. We will start building on the state of the art of the carbon studies in Africa, filling the gaps of knowledge, and then we will utilize and expand existing carbon observing systems, together with the establishment of new infrastructures, improving the required monitoring systems. We also conduct specific regional studies in key areas, considering both carbon sources and sinks.The components of the African greenhouse gas budget have so far not been adequately determined, and the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol requirements is far to be achieved. There is consequently a significant need for an assessment of the current land use change, evaluating the potential for carbon sequestration in Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of the Kyoto Protocol. The existing GHG observations capabilities for fluxes and stocks of carbon, their geographical distribution, the end users requirements for UNFCCC and IPCC guidelines implementation, will be used to design an optimal monitoring system network and the identification of its components.The CARBOAFRICA network will contribute to the enhancement of an Earth observations system, strengthening the capacity of Europe to understand global change process. The scientific and technological results, in addition to the capacity building activities foreseen by this project, will promote the integration of the environmental dimension in the social and economic context, supporting Sub-Saharan African countries on the path of a sustainable development. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Keywords Environmental monitoring Greenhouse gases Remote sensing Soil science Tropical Forest management Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-2005-3.I.1.1 - Regional carbon and greenhouse gas budgets Call for proposal FP6-2005-GLOBAL-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELLA TUSCIA Address Via s. maria in gradi 4 Viterbo Italy See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (14) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CORPORATION Sudan EU contribution € 0,00 Address Arc wad medani Wad medani See on map Links Website Opens in new window CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 42, rue scheffer Paris See on map Links Website Opens in new window COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (CEA) France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 31-33 rue de la federation Paris See on map Links Website Opens in new window CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Piazzale aldo moro, 7 Roma See on map Links Website Opens in new window CSIR - COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH South Africa EU contribution € 0,00 Address Meiring naude road, brummeria Pretoria See on map Links Website Opens in new window FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO) Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Viale delle terme di caracalla Roma See on map Links Website Opens in new window ISTITUTO AGRONOMICO PER L'OLTREMARE Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via antonio cocchi 4 Firenze See on map Links Website Opens in new window KING'S COLLEGE LONDON United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Strand London See on map Links Website Opens in new window LUNDS UNIVERSITET Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Paradisgatan 5c Lund See on map Links Website Opens in new window MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. 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