Observation System
Identifying, measuring and understanding the past and present change of biodiversity and its patterns as caused by land use, climate change and other relevant drivers.
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Task force |
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BIOTA East Africa |
Eberhard Fischer |
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BIOTA West Africa |
Tobias Landmann |
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BIOTA Southern Africa |
Norbert Jürgens |
Process Analysis
Understanding, modelling and predicting ecosystem functions, processes and mechanisms.
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Task force |
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BIOTA East Africa |
Katrin Böhning-Gaese |
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BIOTA West Africa |
Henning Sommer & Jakob Fahr |
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BIOTA Southern Africa |
Florian Jeltsch |
Land use, impact and value
Ecosystem services, goods and values and their human appropriation.
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Task force |
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BIOTA East Africa |
Gertrud Schaab |
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BIOTA West Africa |
Elisabeth Kalko & Dethardt Götze |
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BIOTA Southern Africa |
Ernst-August Nuppenau |
Interventions
Tools and strategies for better management decisions (sustainable use, restoration, conservation) from community level to national policy.
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Task force |
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BIOTA East Africa |
Nick Mitchell |
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BIOTA West Africa |
Karen Hahn-Hadjali |
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BIOTA Southern Africa |
Michael Kirk |
Capacity development
Knowledge, skills, and data tools for decision making.
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Task force |
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BIOTA East Africa |
Karl-Heinz Lampe |
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BIOTA West Africa |
Dorothea Kampmann & Marco Schmidt |
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BIOTA Southern Africa |
Ute Schmiedel |
