Description: Das Projekt "Instrumente zur Bewertung der biologischen Vielfalt" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Universität Freiburg, Institut für Forstökonomie, Abteilung für Fernerkundung und Landschaftsinformationssysteme durchgeführt. Objective: Problems to be solved: This project addresses the need to detect change in biodiversity, in particular the diversity of species. This requirement has long been recognised and is explicitly included in, amongst other places, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which the EU and all its Member States are parties to, the EU Biodiversity Strategy and the Ministerial Process for Protection of Forests in Europe. However, the major problem with monitoring biodiversity is that it is impossible to assess changes in the large number of species present in any place. Thus indicators able rapidly to assess changes in biodiversity are needed. An ideal indicator for assessing biodiversity provides an early warning of changes in biodiversity, particularly in relation to possible threats to biodiversity (such as pollution and alien species), specific initiatives intended to alleviate these threats (such as the CBD), and policy reforms which may affect biodiversity (such as the adjustments to the EU's Common Agricultural Policy, Transport Policy, etc.). Scientific objectives and approach: The overall objective of this project is to develop indicators, or 'biodiversity assessment tools', for measuring changes in the biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems in Europe. The approach of the project is first to consider the major factors, particularly policy-related factors, influencing biodiversity in Europe and, therefore, to assess where the greatest needs for indicators of biodiversity exists. This will be done in meetings and in an electronic conference with a wide range of stakeholders, leading to guidelines for the development of biodiversity assessment tools. From these guidelines, a series of indicators will be proposed, including those that can be measured remotely from aerial photographs, satellite and laser scanner. The proposed biodiversity indicators will then be tested across land-use gradients, from forests to intensively managed agricultural areas, in large test sites in Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Ireland, Finland and the UK, involving scientists from these countries and from Germany and the Netherlands. Thus the approach of the project is also designed to measure the impact of land-use change on selected major components of biodiversity, including earthworms, ground-beetles, butterflies, plants, lichens and birds. Expected impacts: The intended impact of this project is to improve the management of European biodiversity by producing sets of indicators, or 'biodiversity assessment tools', which will allow different stakeholders, including local and national governments, NGOs and the European Union, to monitor biodiversity. Prime Contractor: Natural environmental research council; Swindon.
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SupportProgram
Origin: /Bund/UBA/UFORDAT
Tags: Schmetterling ? Freiburg ? Regenwurm ? Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik ? Vogel ? Flechte ? Landesregierung ? Laser ? Scanner ? Bundesrepublik Deutschland ? Finnland ? Frankreich ? Vereinigtes Königreich ? Irland ? Niederlande ? Portugal ? Schweiz ? Spanien ? Ungarn ? Umweltinformationssystem ? EU-Biodiversitätsstrategie ? Satellit ? Verkehrspolitik ? Gebietsfremde Art ? Europäische Union ? Verschmutzungsindikator ? Landnutzungsänderung ? Übereinkommen über die biologische Vielfalt ? Forstökonomie ? Terrestrisches Ökosystem ? Bewertungskriterium ? Waldschutz ? Politik ? Artenvielfalt ? Standortwahl ? Flächennutzung ? Europa ? Umweltforschung ? Frühwarnsystem ? Interessenvertreter ? Internationale Zusammenarbeit ? Luftbild ? Messverfahren ? Waldbiodiversität ? Monitoring ? Anthropogener Einfluss ? Wirtschaftliche Aspekte ? Landschaft ? Umweltschutz ? Landwirtschaftliche Fläche ? Schadensregulierung ? Biodiversität ? Fernerkundung ? Soziale Aspekte ? Umweltpolitik ? Indikator ? legislation, regulations ? other energy topics ? renewable sources of energy ? scientific research ? Art [Spezies] ?
Region: Baden-Württemberg
Bounding box: 9° .. 9° x 48.5° .. 48.5°
License: cc-by-nc-nd/4.0
Language: Deutsch
Time ranges: 2000-07-29 - 2003-07-28
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