Project: Linking biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services: advancing insights in tradeoffs and synergies between biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem service values for improved integrated biodiversity strategy.
Biodiversity policy is increasingly influenced by evidence about the role of biodiversity in the provision of ecosystem services. However, the current state of scientific knowledge and empirical evidence is inconclusive and does not provide a sufficiently robust basis to make definite statements about whether securing the provision of specific ecosystem services will also guarantee biodiversity conservation, and vice versa. Conserving land for biodiversity purposes is often beneficial for some ecosystem services but at the expense of other ecosystem services. This is especially the case in many European landscapes where human activities have since long shaped biodiversity and landscapes. CONNECT aims at improving and integrating existing research methods from natural and social sciences for the analysis of potential synergies, conflicts and associated tradeoffs in support of effective policy and management.
| Acronym | CONNECT |
| Duration | 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2014 |
| Website | visit project website |
| Network | BiodivERsA2 |
| Call | BiodivERsA Call for proposals on biodiversity and ecosystem services and their valuation |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomous University of Barcelona | Spain | ||
| Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research | Germany | ||
| Joint Research Unit National Center for Scientific Research / University Grenoble Alpes - Laboratory of Alpine Ecology | France | ||
| Lund University | Sweden | ||
| VU University of Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies | Coordinator | Netherlands |