Cel 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. Dziedzina nauki natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencessoil sciencesland-based treatmentsocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivitynatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiodiversity conservationnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsmedical and health sciencesbasic medicinephysiology Program(-y) 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. Temat(-y) INCO-A.2 - Rational use of natural resources INCO-2002-A2.1 - Managing humid and semi-humid ecosystems Zaproszenie do składania wniosków FP6-2002-INCO-DEV/SSA-1 Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania SSA - Specific Support Action Koordynator UNIVERSITY OF WALES, BANGOR Wkład UE Brak danych Adres College Road BANGOR Zjednoczone Królestwo Zobacz na mapie Linki Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (1) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko CENTRO AGRONOMICO TROPICAL DE INVESTIGACION Y ENSENANZA Kostaryka Wkład UE Brak danych Adres CATIE, 3 km al este de Turrialba, carretera a Guapiles TURRIALBA Zobacz na mapie Linki Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych