SCALES
"Securing the Conservation of biodiversity across Administrative Levels and spatial, temporal, and Ecological Scales"
| Coordinatore | HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUER UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ
Organization address
address: Permoser Strasse 15 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Germany [DE] |
| Totale costo | 10˙331˙247 € |
| EC contributo | 6˙995˙640 € |
| Programma | FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) |
| Code Call | FP7-ENV-2008-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-IP |
| Anno di inizio | 2009 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2009-05-01 - 2014-07-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUER UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ
Organization address
address: Permoser Strasse 15 contact info |
DE (LEIPZIG) | coordinator | 847˙717.00 |
| 2 |
SUOMEN YMPARISTOKESKUS
Organization address
address: Mechelininkatu 34a contact info |
FI (HELSINKI) | participant | 728˙021.00 |
| 3 |
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
Organization address
address: WOODHOUSE LANE contact info |
UK (LEEDS) | participant | 667˙112.00 |
| 4 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF READING
Organization address
address: WHITEKNIGHTS CAMPUS WHITEKNIGHTS HOUSE contact info |
UK (READING) | participant | 532˙721.00 |
| 5 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Organization address
address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 516˙508.00 |
| 6 |
ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS
Organization address
address: Administration Building, University Campus contact info |
EL (THESSALONIKI) | participant | 359˙400.00 |
| 7 |
PANEPISTIMIO AIGAIOU
Organization address
address: LOFOS PANEPISTIMIOU contact info |
EL (MYTILINI) | participant | 297˙600.00 |
| 8 |
UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI
Organization address
address: Ul. Golebia 24 contact info |
PL (KRAKOW) | participant | 279˙625.00 |
| 9 |
MUSEUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE
Organization address
address: RUE CUVIER 57 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 225˙552.00 |
| 10 |
UNIVERSITAET BERN
Organization address
address: Hochschulstrasse 4 contact info |
CH (BERN) | participant | 224˙868.00 |
| 11 |
LUNDS UNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: Paradisgatan 5c contact info |
SE (LUND) | participant | 218˙286.00 |
| 12 |
TARTU ULIKOOL
Organization address
address: ULIKOOLI 18 contact info |
EE (TARTU) | participant | 214˙000.00 |
| 13 |
Pensoft Publishers Ltd
Organization address
address: UL. GEO MILEV 13a contact info |
BG (Sofia) | participant | 200˙800.00 |
| 14 |
HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO
Organization address
address: YLIOPISTONKATU 4 contact info |
FI (HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO) | participant | 200˙400.00 |
| 15 |
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
Organization address
address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue contact info |
UK (SWINDON WILTSHIRE) | participant | 196˙148.00 |
| 16 |
SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: ARRHENIUSPLAN 4 contact info |
SE (UPPSALA) | participant | 190˙000.00 |
| 17 |
JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITAET WUERZBURG
Organization address
address: SANDERRING 2 contact info |
DE (WUERZBURG) | participant | 177˙770.66 |
| 18 |
UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE
Organization address
address: Ovocny trh 5 contact info |
CZ (PRAHA 1) | participant | 143˙250.00 |
| 19 |
"INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, LONDON"
Organization address
address: BELGRAVE ROAD 11 IEEP OFFICES FLOOR 3 contact info |
UK (LONDON) | participant | 124˙816.00 |
| 20 |
UNIVERSITAET BAYREUTH
Organization address
address: Universitaetsstrasse 30 contact info |
DE (BAYREUTH) | participant | 95˙405.35 |
| 21 |
CENTER ZA KARTOGRAFIJO FAVNE IN FLORE ZAVOD
Organization address
address: ANTOLICICEVA 1 contact info |
SI (MIKLAVZ NA DRAVSKEM POLJU) | participant | 90˙000.00 |
| 22 |
STIFTELSEN NORSK INSTITUTT FOR NATURFORSKNING NINA
Organization address
address: HOGSKOLERINGEN 9 contact info |
NO (TRONDHEIM) | participant | 90˙000.00 |
| 23 |
CENTRE TECNOLOGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA
Organization address
address: CTRA SANT LLORENC DE MORUNYS KM 2 contact info |
ES (SOLSONA) | participant | 80˙000.00 |
| 24 |
Gamtos tyrim? centras
Organization address
address: Akademijos g. 2 contact info |
LT (Vilnius) | participant | 77˙130.00 |
| 25 |
FUNDACAO DA FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS E TECNOLOGIA DA UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA.
Organization address
address: "Campus de Caparica, Quinta da Torre S/N" contact info |
PT (CAPARICA) | participant | 73˙160.00 |
| 26 |
DEBRECENI EGYETEM
Organization address
address: EGYETEM TER 1 contact info |
HU (DEBRECEN) | participant | 50˙400.00 |
| 27 |
Median SCP
Organization address
address: CALLE VISTA ALEGRE 20 contact info |
ES (SANT CUGAT DEL VALLES) | participant | 47˙700.00 |
| 28 |
UNIVERSITY OF KENT
Organization address
address: THE REGISTRY CANTERBURY contact info |
UK (CANTERBURY, KENT) | participant | 27˙000.00 |
| 29 |
ANOIKTO PANEPISTIMIO KYPROU (OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS)
Organization address
address: YANNOU KRANIDIOTI AV 33 contact info |
CY (LEFKOSIA) | participant | 20˙250.00 |
| 30 |
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: ROOSEVELT ROAD 1 contact info |
TW (TAIPEI) | participant | 0.00 |
| 31 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
Organization address
address: ST LUCIA contact info |
AU (BRISBANE) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Our capacity to effectively sustain biodiversity across spatial and temporal scales is an essential component of European environmental sustainability. Anthropogenic and environmental pressures on biodiversity act differently at different scales. Consequently, effective conservation responses to these threats must explicitly consider the scale at which effects occur, and therefore it is crucial that administrative levels and planning scales match the relevant biological scales. The SCALES project will provide the scientific and policy research needed to guide scale-dependent management actions. It will assess and model the scaling properties of natural and anthropogenic processes and the resulting scale-dependencies of the impacts of these pressures on various levels of biodiversity from genes to ecosystem functions. To facilitate these assessment methods for upscaling and downscaling biodiversity data will be reviewed and improved. SCALES will further evaluate the effectiveness of management and policy responses to biodiversity loss in terms of their scale-relevance and will develop new tools for matching their scales to relevant biological scales. Finally, a resulting methodological and policy framework for enhancing the effectiveness of European biodiversity conservation across scales will be developed and tested. This framework focuses on networks of protected areas and regional connectivity. This framework will be disseminated to a wide range of relevant users via a web based support tool kit (SCALE-TOOL) and by means of further dissemination channels, such as conferences, publications, and the mass media.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Consideration of the connections between regions and their impact across different scales of time and space can enhance biodiversity and aid conservation efforts. An EU-funded project addressed this goal.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Conservation and biodiversity loss are directly linked to the scale or size of the region affected, and also measured against time. The scale of conservation priorities also changes across different administrative levels (i.e. by region or country), adding more complex variables to the quest for sustainable ecology.
The EU-funded http://www.scales-project.net (SCALES) (Securing the conservation of biodiversity across administrative levels and spatial, temporal, and ecological scales) project addressed mismatches in socio-ecological systems, such as the lack of adequate data and its availability at an adequate scale, to inform policymaking.
Researchers attempted to bridge social and environmental demands with government responses to relieve pressure on biodiversity. This was achieved through a network of 32 research teams from 20 European countries, Australia and Taiwan.
Project partners analysed man-made and natural considerations such as climate change, disturbance and habitat loss to examine impacts on biodiversity and examine the adequacy of policy responses. They also developed new approaches for scaling of information and examining policy instruments to address these scale mismatches. The need to improve coordination of multilevel governance was also assessed.
SCALES contributed to a clearer understanding of critical distances to ensure regional connectivity of habitats for various species dispersal distances. It tested methods that facilitate identification of patches of habitat critical to regional connectivity. This is particularly important for Natura 2000 and other networks of protected areas.
The project analysed the coherence and ecological viability of networks of protected areas, taking scale into account; it identified gaps and made recommendations to improve networks of protected areas and of networks of areas for ecological priority areas in used landscapes. Further, it identified ways to improve the scale-related effectiveness of policy instruments for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
Results produced by the SCALE project will support future scientific research as well as informed decisions in policy and administration. SCALES' achievements will therefore be pivotal in improving the management of conservation and help protect biodiversity across Europe. Key results and methods are summarized in the http://www.scales-project.net (SCALETOOL) and a book titled http://ab.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=1169 (Scaling in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation).