Understanding the role of intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of loss in species niches, to inform conservation planning under climate change

Informations projet

PROTECTNICHE

N° de convention de subvention: 793212

DOI

10.3030/793212

Projet clôturé le 15 Janvier 2020

Date de signature de la CE 27 Février 2018

Date de début 1 Février 2019

Date de fin 31 Janvier 2021

Financé au titre de

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coût total

€ 180 277,20

Contribution de l’UE

€ 180 277,20

Coordonné par

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA
Italy

Objectif

The extinction of species is the most alarming consequence of global biodiversity decline, with potential dramatic effects on our economy and well-being. The current rate of climate change is predicted to further increase extinction risk, hence there is urgent need to anticipate species decline rather than reacting to it. The breadth of a species’ niche - the set of environmental conditions in which the species can persist - is the key ecological trait that allows adaptation to environmental change, but is largely ignored in conservation planning applications. The goal of the PROTECTNICHE project is to disentangle the impacts of humans, climate change, and life history on the climatic niches of terrestrial mammals to inform a conservation strategy for preventing future species declines. This goal incorporates 3 objectives: i) Attribute the global change in past species climatic niches to intrinsic and extrinsic drivers; ii) Based on the models developed in Obj. 1, define a measure of adaptability to climate change for each species; iii) Based on the outcome of Obj. 2, develop a global conservation strategy to maximise the protection of species climatic niches while minimising their exposure to climate change. The project focuses on the world's terrestrial mammals, a data-rich group currently facing significant extinction rates, to develop and theoretically ground a conservation planning approach that can be also transfered to other taxa. Building on my expertise on extinction risk analysis and conservation planning, and the habitat and climatic modelling capabilities of Dr Rondinini and the Global Mammal Assessment lab, this project will define a proactive conservation plan where actions are prioritised to preserve species adaptive potential under global change. This is a research area of primary interest in Europe, given the EC has recognised that business opportunities from investing in biodiversity conservation could be worth US$ 2-6 trillion by 2050.

Champ scientifique (EuroSciVoc)

• lettres › histoire et archéologie › histoire
• sciences naturelles › sciences biologiques › préservation de la biodiversité
• sciences naturelles › sciences biologiques › zoologie › mammalogie
• sciences naturelles › sciences de la Terre et sciences connexes de l'environnement › sciences de l'atmosphère › climatologie › changement climatique

Mots‑clés

• adaptive potential
• biodiversity conservation
• climate change
• climatic niche
• conservation planning
• EU 2020 biodiversity strategy
• extinction risk
• human pressure
• threatened species

Programme(s)

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

Thème(s)

• MSCA-IF-2017 - Individual Fellowships
  

Régime de financement

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Appel à propositions

H2020-MSCA-IF-2017

Coordinateur

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA

• Contribution nette de l'UE: € 180 277,20
• Adresse: Piazzale Aldo Moro 5 ; 00185 Roma ; Italie
• Région: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Roma
• Type d’activité: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Coût total: € 180 277,20