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Project

AMAZALERT

Outputs and Outcomes

Acronym

AMAZALERT

Code

41I07811

Duration

01 September 2011 → 30 November 2014

Funding

European funding: framework programme

Promotor

Kathy Steppe

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Physical geography and environmental geoscience
- Plant biology
Engineering and technology
- Communications technology
- Geomatic engineering
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.

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