Afforestation management in Mediterranean mountain areas: Evaluating the environmental consequences

Projektinformationen

MED-AFFOREST

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 624974

Abgeschlossenes Projekt

Startdatum 1 April 2014

Enddatum 31 März 2016

Finanziert unter

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Gesamtkosten € 175 974,60

EU-Beitrag € 175 974,60

Koordiniert durch

UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

Ziel

Human-induced afforestation has been one of the main policies for environmental management of forest landscapes in Mediterranean areas. Over the last decades, several studies have reviewed the impact of forests on soil properties, SOC dynamics and their geomorphological and hydrological response, although few of them have intensively studied the most relevant pedological and hydromorphological consequences of afforestation, particularly in the Mediterranean mountain areas. However, during the last century, extensive afforestation was conducted by national forest services all over the Mediterranean Region, causing a sudden change in land cover. Consequently, afforestation practices may have had significant effects on a variety of environmental aspects such as landscape structure, soil properties and water and sediment yield.
To address this problem, an interdisciplinary approach is proposed for understanding the global effect of afforestation on landscape structure, soil properties and carbon sequestration, and hydrological and geomorphological dynamics. This objective includes a comparison with the consequences of naturally revegetated areas (shrubs and forests) using different experimental areas in Mediterranean mountain areas. The project deals with the urgent need to implement recommendations on afforestation management, proposing a new guideline for optimized afforestation scenarios in relation to water resources and carbon sequestration, including practices for local afforestation in relation to management and strategies for regional afforestation polices.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › hydrology
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › soil sciences › land-based treatment

Programm/Programme

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Thema/Themen

• FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF - Marie-Curie Action: "Intra-European fellowships for career development"

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF
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Finanzierungsplan

MC-IEF - Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)

Koordinator

UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM

Kontakt Verwaltung

Jo Lansbergen (Ms.)

• EU-Beitrag: € 175 974,60
• Adresse: SPUI 21 ; 1012WX Amsterdam ; Niederlande
• Region: West-Nederland › Noord-Holland › Groot-Amsterdam
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: Keine Daten