Biological Diversity - Dynamics, Threats and Management (BIOMANGFOLD) - call 2006

Informations

Total budget

1,940,325 EUR

Start date

1/1/2006

URL

http://www.forskningsradet.no/biomangfold

Fundings

-

End date

12/31/2006

Description

The background for the programme Biological Diversity - Dynamics, Threats and Management is the Convention on Biological Diversity and the intended national action plan on biological diversity. The present programme is more comprehensive than previous research programmes concerned with the same themes. It has a broad angle of approach with a wide framework for several disciplines and will particularly concentrate on interdisciplinary research as a tool for solving problems. The programme fields embrace research into all kinds of natural environment, including terrestrial, marine and limnic, as well as arctic areas. The programme is concentrating on research directed at natural and semi-natural ecosystems as a basis for analysing anthropogenic (man-made) impacts, and the effect of measures to counteract undesirable changes within these systems. The main objective of the programme is therefore to improve the pool of basic knowledge for the sustainable use of biological resources and the preservation of the distinctive character and diversity of nature. All kinds of research institutions are represented in the programme?s portfolio, both public and private.

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