Co-Benefits and Conflicts between CO2 sequestration and biodiversity conservation in European Forests

Información del proyecto

Forests and CO

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 658876

DOI

10.3030/658876

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 5 Marzo 2015

Fecha de inicio 1 Octubre 2015

Fecha de finalización 30 Septiembre 2017

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 159 460,80

Aportación de la UE

€ 159 460,80

Coordinado por

HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAET ZU BERLIN
Germany

Objetivo

Intact forests harbor large amounts of carbon and unique biodiversity, suggesting that protecting forests may benefit climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation alike. Yet, forests also provide other essential services, from timber to energy to recreation. Balancing these multiple, sometimes conflicting objectives requires understanding trade-offs and synergies among them. A key question in this context is whether schemes to maintain or increase carbon stocks through forest management actually co-benefit biodiversity. Although frequently promoted, assumptions about such co-benefits have not been rigorously assessed. Forest and CO will test whether policies designed to protect either biodiversity or carbon in Europe’s temperate forests are synergistic or conflicting. Three work packages (WP) will focus on both unmanaged, old-growth forests, representing a baseline for key ecosystem functions, and managed forest, constituting the majority of Europe’s forests. WP1 will build a network of forest researchers to gather existing data on old-growth forests in Europe, and create the first map of their distribution. WP2 will use plot-level data to model the relationship between forest biodiversity and carbon storage, and assess whether this relationship differs between old-growth and managed forests. WP3 will test whether carbon/biodiversity co-benefits vary, when scaled up to broader extents, using satellite products and vegetation-plot databases. This action will provide new insight into the synergies and trade-offs between carbon and biodiversity in temperate forests and develop methods to map these trade-offs. Scientifically, this will contribute substantially to the fields of forest ecology, conservation science, and sustainability science. From a policy perspective, Forest and CO will help to tailor forest management options to jointly foster carbon and biodiversity, thereby contributing to key policy goals on curbing climate change and biodiversity loss.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › microbiología › micología › etnoliquenología
• ciencias naturales › ciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales conexas › ciencias ambientales › ciencia de la sostenibilidad
• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › conservación de la biodiversidad
• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › ecología › ecosistemas
• ciencias naturales › ciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales conexas › ciencias de la atmósfera › climatología › cambios climáticos

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
  

Tema(s)

• MSCA-IF-2014-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)
  

Régimen de financiación

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-MSCA-IF-2014

Coordinador

HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAET ZU BERLIN

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 159 460,80
• Dirección: UNTER DEN LINDEN 6 ; 10117 Berlin ; Alemania
• Región: Berlin › Berlin › Berlin
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Coste total: € 159 460,80