Acronym
AMAZALERT
Code
41I07811
Duration
01 September 2011 → 30 November 2014
Funding
European funding: framework programme
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Physical geography and environmental geoscience
- Plant biology
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Engineering and technology
- Communications technology
- Geomatic engineering
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Forestry sciences
Keywords
climate change
Amazon forest
deforestation
Project description
The AMAZALERT project will: (1) identify ecosystem services of the AMAZON basin forests, (2) integrate modelling of the interactions between societal and natural contributors to land use, (3) improve modeling and undersranding of the complex interactions between natural systems and anthropogenic impacts, and (4)develop a tool to warn for immminent, irreversible loss of ecosystem services.