SESYP

Identifying Social-Ecological System Properties Benefiting Biodiversity and Food Security

Coordinatore	LEUPHANA UNIVERSITAT LUNEBURG    more Spiacenti, non ci sono informazioni su questo coordinatore. Contattare Fabio per maggiori infomrazioni, grazie.
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Germany [DE]
Totale costo	1˙788˙724 €
EC contributo	1˙788˙724 €
Programma	FP7-IDEAS-ERC Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	ERC-2013-CoG
Funding Scheme	ERC-CG
Anno di inizio	2014
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2014-06-01   -   2019-05-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	LEUPHANA UNIVERSITAT LUNEBURG  Organization address address: Scharnhorststrasse 1 city: Luneburg postcode: 21335 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Anke Cognome: Zerm Email: send email Telefono: +49 41316771692 Fax: +49 41316771090	DE (Luneburg)	hostInstitution	1˙788˙724.00
2	LEUPHANA UNIVERSITAT LUNEBURG  Organization address address: Scharnhorststrasse 1 city: Luneburg postcode: 21335 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Jörn Cognome: Fischer Email: send email Telefono: +49 41316772768 Fax: +49 41316771090	DE (Luneburg)	hostInstitution	1˙788˙724.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Ensuring food security and halting biodiversity decline are urgent, interconnected challenges. Drawing on the natural and social sciences, I propose an interdisciplinary research agenda to address these challenges. My goal is to develop a global theory that explains which properties of social-ecological systems benefit both biodiversity conservation and food security (and which benefit one but not the other). This holistic, systems-oriented approach radically differs from existing work: The most high-profile framing at present focuses on the question how to increase agricultural yields without compromising biodiversity. By contrast, a systems-oriented approach recognizes yield as just one variable alongside others that also influence biodiversity and food security. I will use a multi-scale approach that balances the likely trade-offs between depth and generality. Using a specifically developed typology of social-ecological system properties, I will investigate rural landscapes as social-ecological systems at three levels of detail. First, drawing on expert knowledge, I will develop a global database of at least 50 relevant systems, relating general system properties to indicators of food security and biodiversity. Second, I will conduct in-depth workshops on 15-20 social-ecological systems worldwide to reveal in more detail the causal linkages between system properties, food security and biodiversity. Third, I will conduct an in-depth empirical case study on food security and biodiversity in Ethiopia. This will complement the other components by highlighting the nature of potentially important regional subtleties. My multi-scale approach effectively combines high ambition and high feasibility. SESyP will produce new tools and a holistic theory of relevance to researchers, policy makers, supra-national bodies and non-governmental organizations worldwide.'