Developing Methods And Models For Assessing The Impacts Of Trees On Farm Productivity And Regional Biodiversity In Fragmented Landscapes
Informations
- Funding country
Europe- Acronym
- FRAGMENT
- URL
- -
- Start date
- 10/1/2001
- End date
- 9/30/2004
- Budget
- 939,444 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP5 - Fifth Framework Programme | Grant | 10/1/2001 | 9/30/2004 | 939,444 EUR |
Abstract
This project will assess the roles of trees in sustaining farm productivity and conserving regional biodiversity, and develop innovative decision-making tools for the sustainable management of fragmented landscapes. This will be achieved through a multi-disciplinary and multi-scale analysis of the abundance, diversity, and distribution of tree cover within fragmented landscapes, the ecological and socio-economic impacts of trees on farms, and the abundance and distribution of biodiversity (of key organisms of differing dispersal abilities)in different landscapes of contrasting tree cover and forest fragmentation. Landscape level models (which integrate biophysical and socio-economic data) will be developed that permit farmers, policy-makers and other stakeholders to explore choices about tree cover management in terms of productive and conservation benefits and the interactions between them.