Working group on evaluation and synthesis of information on tree cover to balance productivity and biodiversity in agricultural landscapes along the Mesoamerican biological corridor

Obiettivo

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.

Campo scientifico

Programma(i)

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.

Argomento(i)

Invito a presentare proposte

FP6-2002-INCO-DEV/SSA-1
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Meccanismo di finanziamento

SSA - Specific Support Action

Coordinatore

UNIVERSITY OF WALES, BANGOR

Indirizzo

College road
Bangor
Regno Unito

Collegamenti

Sito web

Contributo UE

Nessun dato

Partecipanti (1)

CENTRO AGRONOMICO TROPICAL DE INVESTIGACION Y ENSENANZA

Costa Rica