Interreg ALICE
Improving the management of Atlantic landscapes: accouting for bIodiversity and ecosystem services | ||
An integrative, landscape management approach incorporating socioeconomic and climate change scenarios is critical to ensure the delivery of benefits from investments in Blue and Green Infrastructures to meet the 2020 EU biodiversity targets and sustainable development in the Atlantic Region. The ALICE project will develop a comprehensive package of new methods, tools and procedures to identify economic and social barriers to the delivery of benefits from Blue and Green Infrastructures implementation and to improve the characterization of biodiversity and the valuation of Ecosystem Services across four Atlantic case studies (Portugal, Spain, France and UK-Ireland). ALICE will focus on participative learning and modelling by engaging stakeholders and policy makers to identify best Blue and Green Infrastructures solutions.
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An integrative, landscape management approach incorporating socioeconomic and climate change scenarios is critical to ensure the delivery of benefits from investments in Blue and Green Infrastructures (BGI) to meet the 2020 EU biodiversity targets and sustainable development in the Atlantic Region. ALICE will identify economic and social barriers to the implementation of BGI and improve the characterization of biodiversity and ecosystem services at the land-sea interface in the Atlantic Region. ALICE will develop a comprehensive package of new methods, tools and procedures to identify barriers to the delivery of benefits from Blue and Green Infrastructures (BGI) implementation and to improve the characterization of biodiversity and the valuation of ecosystem services (ES) across four Atlantic case studies (CS; Portugal, Spain, France and UK-Ireland). ALICE will focus on participative learning and modelling by engaging stakeholders and policy makers to identify best BGI solutions and evaluate economic and social barriers to the delivery of ES. This will incorporate socioeconomic and climate change scenarios, to illustrate how biodiversity characterization, ES valuation and stakeholder engagement can contribute to a framework of sustainable use of natural resources. The key objectives of ALICE are: (1) develop a full-package of new methods, tools and procedures to assist with coastal and inland landscape management, (2) targeting and stimulating BGI investment within the 4 CS by quantifying the benefits for ES including biodiversity conservation, (3) identify solutions for the economic and social barriers, which may limit investment in BGI in each of the 4 CS, (4) provide with stronger scientific and socioeconomic support for the effective implementation of future BGI and environmental policy. |
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Start date: 01/11/2017 |
End date: 31/10/2020 |
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Partners in the consortium: |
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Universidad de Cantabria Consejería de Medio Rural, Pesca y Alimentación del Gobierno de Cantabria Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute ASOC. BC3 BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE – KLIMA ALDAKETA IKERGAI Université de Bretagne Occidentale GISTREE, Sistemas de Informação Geográfica, Floresta e Ambiente, Lda Quercus - Associação Nacional de Conservação da Natureza Université de Rennes 1 Centre national de la recherche Scientifique – Délégation Bretagne Pays de la Loire (DR17) National University of Ireland Dirección General de la Oficina Española de Cambio Climático Syndicat mixte du Schéma d’Aménagement et de Gestion des eaux Loughs Agency University of Twente- International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
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Website: http://project-alice.com/ |
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