Objective Forced migration is a movement in which an element of coercion exists, including threats to life and livelihood, whether arising from natural or man-made causes (e.g. movements of refugees and internally displaced persons). The changes of natural and man-made environment will probably be the most significant factors among the causes of forced migration. It is essential to get accurate information about the current and future triggers of forced migration in each country of origin and within Europe itself. The two year long project's general objectives are to support European policies, research and the civil society with'forced migration' scenarios, and cooperate with other migration and environment degradation related projects and institutions. The objectives will be achieved by five interlinked research sequences: 1) forecasting the natural and anthropogenic causes of forced migration; 2) analyzing direct (e.g. desertification) and indirect (e.g. conflicts) environmental effects on livelihoods; 3) predicting potential forced migration flows, with emphasis on environmental refugees; 4) contributing to the preparation of statistical indicators to measure environmental refugee flows; 5) dissemination. The study of the causes is a multidisciplinary and multisectoral process. The list of methodological tools contains all traditional elements of research from primary data collection via statistical analysis and environmental evaluation to modelling. The studied cases are selected from the following regions: Europe and Russia, NIS and Central Asia, Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Ghana, Middle East and Northern Africa, Latin America. The project will produce detailed sub-region or country level forced migration scenarios, including environmental refugees; presentation of causes leading to forced migration, with focus on environmental concerns; and an online running "environment degradation caused forced migration" model for demonstration and policy purposes. Fields of science social scienceseducational sciencesdidacticssocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil societynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changessocial sciencessociologydemographyhuman migrations Keywords environmental refugees forced migration scenario Programme(s) FP6-POLICIES - Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) POLICIES-2.5 - Comparative research of factors underlying migration and refugee flows, including illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings Call for proposal FP6-2005-SSP-5-A See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator ATLAS INNOGLOBE LLC EU contribution No data Address Magdolna str 6 BUDAPEST Hungary See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN SECURITY Germany EU contribution No data Address Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10 BONN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 1738 ROTTERDAM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAET BIELEFELD Germany EU contribution No data Address Universitätsstr. 25 100131 BIELEFELD See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SERI NACHHALTIGKEITSFORSCHUNGS UND -KOMMUNIKATIONS GESMBH Austria EU contribution No data Address Garnisongasse 7 / 27 VIENNA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE Belgium EU contribution No data Address Place du 20 Aout LIEGE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO / EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA Spain EU contribution No data Address Barrio Sarriena, s/n LEIOA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ERASMUS UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Dr. Molewaterplein 50 - 3015 GE Rotterdam 2040 ROTTERDAM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data