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ALARM - Assessing large scale risks for biodiversity with tested methods

Resource description:

Based on a better understanding of terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity and ecosystem functioning ALARM will develop and test methods and protocols for the assessment of large-scale environmental risks in order to minimise negative direct and indirect human impacts.

Author/Contact:

Dr. Stefan Klotz

Department of Community Ecology
UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle
Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4
06120 Halle/Saale
Germany
Tel. ++49(0)345-558-5302
Fax ++49(0)345-558-5329

stefan.klotz@ufz.de

Publication date:

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Requirements:

  • Research will focus on assessment and forecast of changes in biodiversity and in structure, function, and dynamics of ecosystems. This relates to ecosystem services and includes the relationship between society, economy and biodiversity. In particular, ri

Advantages:

  • Risk assessments in ALARM will be hierarchical and examine a range of organisational (genes, species, ecosystems), temporal (seasonal, annual, decadal) and spatial scales (habitat, region, continent) determined by the appropriate resolution of current cas
  • Socio-economics as a cross-cutting theme will contribute to the integration of driver-specific risk assessment tools and methods and will develop instruments to communicate risks to biodiversity to end users, and indicate policy options to mitigate such r

Constraints:

  • N/A

Development stage:

  • Full, working product