Scenarios for reconciling biodiversity conservation with declining agricultural use in the mountains of europe

Project Information

BIOSCENE

Grant agreement ID: EVK2-CT-2002-00167

Project closed

Start date 1 December 2002

End date 30 November 2005

Funded under

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Total cost € 3 228 128,00

EU contribution € 2 296 196,00

Coordinated by

IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
United Kingdom

Objective

Europe's mountain biodiversity is central to Natural 2000 and the European Biodiversity Strategy. Decline in agricultural use in mountain areas has dramatic biodiversity consequences including threats to priority species and semi-natural habitats but also opportunities for reintroduction of large mammals and habitat restoration. The project objective is to develop and evaluate strategies for reconciling conservation of mountain biodiversity with declining agriculture. Options for conservation of priority species and habitats are configured into three conceptual policy scenarios; business as usual, managed decline and biodiversity enhancement. Biodiversity consequences are predicted using advanced ecological modelling. Scientific, economic and policy feasibility and public acceptability are evaluated through an innovative sustainability appraisal. Practical outputs are ensured through the participation of stakeholder panels.

Fields of science

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › ecosystem-based management › ecological restoration
• natural sciences › biological sciences › biodiversity conservation
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture
• natural sciences › biological sciences › zoology › mammalogy

Programme(s)

• FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.4.-2. - Key action Global Change, Climate and Biodiversity

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: High Street ; TN25 5AH ASHFORD ; United Kingdom
• Total cost: No data

Participants (9)

ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: University Campus ; 54006 THESSALONIKI
• Total cost: No data

CENTRE FOR RURAL RESEARCH

Norway

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: University Centre, NTNU Dragvoll ; 7491 TRONDHEIM
• Total cost: No data

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Route de Mende 1919 ; 34293 MONTPELLIER
• Total cost: No data

FUNDACAO DA FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS E TECNOLOGIA DA UNIVESIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA

Portugal

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Quinta da Torre ; 2825 MONTE DA CAPARICA
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY OF THE SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Slovakia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Stefanikova n°3 ; 81499 BRATISLAVA
• Total cost: No data

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Hill of Brathens ; AB31 4BW BANCHORY(KINCARDINSHIRE)
• Total cost: No data

NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Norway

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Realfagbygget ; 7491 TRONDHEIM
• Total cost: No data

SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR FOREST, SNOW AND LANDSCAPE RESEARCH

Switzerland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Zuercherstrasse 111 ; 8903 BIRMENSDORF
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 156,Egnatias 156 ; 54006 THESSALONIKI
• Total cost: No data