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The BioClim project: Climate change adaptation strategy for the natural environment and bioeconomy in Estonia

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Estonian University of Life Sciences, EMÜ (contact: Monika Suškevičs, smonika@emu.ee)
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Resource description:

BioClim, carried out between January and August 2015, was a project concentrating on mapping the current situation, analysing the climate change impacts and possible adaptation measures for the natural environment and bioeconomy in Estonia.

Requirements:

  • Climate change can considerably and sometimes in an unexpected way affect ecosystems and different bioeconomy-sectors related to them. In addition to climate change mitigation it is relevant to know relevant adaptation options.

Advantages:

  • What does climate change mean in the Estonian context? How does climate change affect biodiversity and different ecosystems?
  • How does temperature rise, changes in precipitation rates and occurrence of extreme weather events affect bioeconomy sectors that are important for Estonia, such as forestry, agriculture, fishery or tourism?
  • What can be done to mitigate negative effects and make better use of positive effects?

Constraints:

  • N/A

Development stage:

  • Full, working product