Objetivo This support action seeks to co-ordinate activity and build capacity amongst Central American countries to develop a research strategy for defining thresholds for tree cover that balance biodiversity conservation and productivity in agricultural landscape s along the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (MBC). It builds upon and combines data collected and methods developed in Central America in two complementary EU INCO projects, FRAGMENT (ICA4-CT-2001-10099; 2001-2004), concerned with landscape level tree c over and biodiversity on pastures and CASCA (ICA4-CT-2001-10071; 2001-2005), exploring impacts of tree ver on coffee productivity. Implications of the findings from three Central American countries (Costa Rica, Guatemala and Nicaragua) will be explored i n the context of the whole Mesoamerican region stretching from Mexico to Colombia. This is to be achieved by establishing working groups comprising delegates from key research institutes from countries within the Mesoamerican region co-ordinated by CATIE and two European research centres with expertise in systems analysis and ecology and tree and crop physiology. The groups will collate information on tree cover, biodiversity and productivity in coffee plantations snd pastures respectively along the MBC, and in workshops for each land cover type develop protocols for data collection and interpretation that facilitate their inclusion in comparative analysis across the region. These findings will be combined and discussed at a synthesis workshop that will draw conclusions from the existing data, identify knowledge gaps and develop an integrated research strategy to define threshold levels of tree cover in agricultural landscapes along the MBC, with a view to future participation in EU programmes. Ámbito científico ciencias naturalesciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales conexasciencia del sueloutilización de las tierrasciencias socialeseconomía y empresaciencia económicaeconomía de la producciónproductividadciencias naturalesciencias biológicasconservación de la biodiversidadciencias naturalesciencias biológicasecologíaecosistemasciencias médicas y de la saludmedicina básicafisiología Programa(s) FP6-INCO - Specific measures in support of international cooperation: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Tema(s) INCO-A.2 - Rational use of natural resources INCO-2002-A2.1 - Managing humid and semi-humid ecosystems Convocatoria de propuestas FP6-2002-INCO-DEV/SSA-1 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación SSA - Specific Support Action Coordinador UNIVERSITY OF WALES, BANGOR Dirección College road Bangor Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Aportación de la UE Sin datos Participantes (1) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo CENTRO AGRONOMICO TROPICAL DE INVESTIGACION Y ENSENANZA Costa Rica Aportación de la UE € 0,00 Dirección Catie, 3 km al este de turrialba, carretera a guapiles Turrialba Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Otras fuentes de financiación Sin datos
