Raising the alert about critical feedbacks between climate and long-term land use change in the Amazon

Project Information

AMAZALERT

Grant agreement ID: 282664

Project closed

Start date 1 September 2011

End date 30 November 2014

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Total cost € 4 757 920,80

EU contribution € 3 494 420,00

Coordinated by

STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH
Netherlands

Objective

AMAZALERT will enable raising the alert about critical feedbacks between climate, society, land-use change, vegetation change, water availability and policies in Amazonia. We will:
1) analyze and improve coupled models of global climate and Amazon, land use, vegetation and socio-economic drivers to quantify anthropogenic and climate induced land-use and land cover change and non-linear, irreversible feedbacks among these components
2) assess the role of regional and global policies and societal responses in the Amazon region for altering the trajectory of land-use change in the face of climate change and other anthropogenic factors and finally
3) propose i) an Early Warning System for detecting any imminent irreversible loss of Amazon ecosystem services, ii) policy response strategies to prevent such loss.

We first prioritise the functions of Amazonia and threats to these. We then will analyse uncertainties in biogeochemistry, land cover (vegetation), land-use change and regional hydrology , as well as nonlinear responses and feedbacks using existing and new simulations from state of the art models in which land surface is coupled to global climate. The way in which policies and possible future response strategies of policy makers, trade and economy will affect land-use change will be modelled. This will lead to (A) understanding the impact on and effectiveness of a range of international and regional policy options, including REDD+; and (B) identification of both biophysical and socio-economic indicators of irreversible change.
AMAZALERT integrates the multidisciplinary knowledge and research of world-renowned, highly influential climate, land cover, land use change scientists and also policy analysts from 14 European and South-American institutions that have been collaborating for 10 to 30 years. Thus, this project can achieve maximum impact on EU (2020 climate goals), international and South-American strategies, including REDD

Fields of science

• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › hydrology
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › soil sciences › land-based treatment
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › climatology › climatic changes
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › geochemistry › biogeochemistry

Programme(s)

• FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Topic(s)

• ENV.2011.1.1.5-1 - Impacts of climate and land use changes in the Amazon

Call for proposal

FP7-ENV-2011
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Funding Scheme

CP-FP-SICA - Small/medium-scale focused research project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries(SICA)

Coordinator

STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH

• EU contribution: € 713 784,00
• Address: DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 ; 6708 PB Wageningen ; Netherlands
• Region: Oost-Nederland › Gelderland › Veluwe
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Nies Springer (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (14)

INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS

Brazil

• EU contribution: € 482 270,00
• Address: Avenida dos Astronautas 1758 ; 12227-010 Sao Jose Dos Campos
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Julia Reid (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

MET OFFICE

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 319 115,00
• Address: FITZROY ROAD ; EX1 3PB Exeter
• Region: South West (England) › Devon › Devon CC
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Paula Newton (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

France

• EU contribution: € 339 345,00
• Address: RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 ; 75794 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Julie Zittel (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

STICHTING VU

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 188 808,00
• Address: DE BOELELAAN 1105 ; 1081 HV Amsterdam
• Region: West-Nederland › Noord-Holland › Groot-Amsterdam
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Yvonne Kops (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA EMBRAPA

Brazil

• EU contribution: € 309 240,00
• Address: PRQ ESTACAO BIOLOGICA PQEB EDIFICIO SEDE PLANO PILOTO ; 70770901 Brasilia
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Claudio Bragantini (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITEIT GENT

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 156 600,00
• Address: SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25 ; 9000 Gent
• Region: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen › Arr. Gent
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Nathalie Vandepitte (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH

Austria

• EU contribution: € 185 679,00
• Address: LEONHARDSTRASSE 59 ; 8010 Graz
• Region: Südösterreich › Steiermark › Graz
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Hannes Schwaiger (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 228 001,00
• Address: OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE ; EH8 9YL Edinburgh
• Region: Scotland › Eastern Scotland › Edinburgh
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Gordon Marshall (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

FUNDACION AMIGOS DE LA NATURALEZA

Bolivia

• EU contribution: € 52 330,00
• Address: KILOMETRO 7 1 2 DOBLE VIA A LA ; SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Yamile Bravo (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

POTSDAM-INSTITUT FUR KLIMAFOLGENFORSCHUNG EV

Germany

• EU contribution: € 213 114,00
• Address: TELEGRAFENBERG A31 ; 14473 Potsdam
• Region: Brandenburg › Brandenburg › Potsdam
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Christine Bounama (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 227 998,00
• Address: WOODHOUSE LANE ; LS2 9JT Leeds
• Region: Yorkshire and the Humber › West Yorkshire › Leeds
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Martin Hamilton (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO

Brazil

• EU contribution: € 36 936,00
• Address: RUA DA REITORIA 109 BUTANTA ; 05508 900 Sao Paulo Sp
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Maria Sonia Da Silva (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA

Colombia

• EU contribution: € 41 200,00
• Address: CARREA 45 26-85 EDIFICIO URIEL GUTIERREZ QUINTO PI CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA ; 111321 BOGOTA
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Monica Maria Montoya Velez (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG

Participation ended

Netherlands

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: De Boelelaan 1105 ; 1081 HV Amsterdam
• Region: West-Nederland › Noord-Holland › Groot-Amsterdam
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Hetty De Wilde (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data