Objective
Terrestrial and marine ecosystems provide essential services to human societies. Anthropogenic pressures, however, cause serious threat to ecosystems, leading to habitat degradation, increased risk of collapse and loss of ecosystem services. Knowledge-based conservation, management and restoration policies are needed to improve ecosystem benefits in face of increasing pressures. ECOPOTENTIAL makes significant progress beyond the state-of-the-art and creates a unified framework for ecosystem studies and management of protected areas (PA). ECOPOTENTIAL focuses on internationally recognized PAs in Europe and beyond in a wide range of biogeographic regions, and it includes UNESCO, Natura2000 and LTER sites and Large Marine Ecosystems. Best use of Earth Observation (EO) and monitoring data is enabled by new EO open-access ecosystem data services (ECOPERNICUS). Modelling approaches including information from EO data are devised, ecosystem services in current and future conditions are assessed and the requirements of future protected areas are defined. Conceptual approaches based on Essential Variables, Macrosystem Ecology and cross-scale interactions allow for a deeper understanding of the Earth's Critical Zone. Open and interoperable access to data and knowledge is assured by a GEO Ecosystem Virtual Laboratory Platform, fully integrated in GEOSS. Support to transparent and knowledge-based conservation and management policies, able to include information from EO data, is developed. Knowledge gained in the PAs is upscaled to pan-European conditions and used for planning and management of future PAs. A permanent stakeholder consultancy group (GEO Ecosystem Community of Practice) will be created. Capacity building is pursued at all levels. SMEs are involved to create expertise leading to new job opportunities, ensuring long-term continuation of services. In summary, ECOPOTENTIAL uses the most advanced technologies to improve future ecosystem benefits for humankind.
Fields of science
Keywords
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
00185 Roma
Italy
See on map
Participants (53)
73100 Lecce
See on map
39100 Bolzano
See on map
28006 Madrid
See on map
04318 Leipzig
See on map
76131 Karlsruhe
See on map
95447 Bayreuth
See on map
51147 Koln
See on map
75794 Paris
See on map
Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
34090 Montpellier
See on map
LS2 9JT Leeds
See on map
LD1 5HG Llandrindod Wells
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
050663 Bucuresti
See on map
4051 401 Porto
See on map
1049 001 Lisboa
See on map
57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
See on map
70013 Irakleio
See on map
1015 Lausanne
See on map
84105 Beer Sheva
See on map
Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
32000 Haifa
See on map
95463 Jerusalem
See on map
6000 Ohrid
See on map
0001 Pretoria
See on map
00144 Roma
See on map
20133 Milano
See on map
08193 Bellaterra
See on map
08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles
See on map
18071 Granada
See on map
1090 Wien
See on map
14469 Potsdam
See on map
10115 Berlin
See on map
13200 Arles
See on map
2629 HV Delft
See on map
26221 Patras
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
08035 Barcelona
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
6108 Halle
See on map
3526 KV Utrecht
See on map
LT-92294 KLAIPEDA
See on map
31062 Toulouse Cedex 9
See on map
75007 Paris
See on map
WC2A 2AE London
See on map
5020 Bergen
See on map
Participation ended
EC2R 8DU London
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
00100 Nairobi
See on map
Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
CB3 0DL Cambridge
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
01 445 Warszawa
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
4836 Arendal
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
2052 Sydney
See on map
8092 Zuerich
See on map
41092 Sevilla
See on map
29238 BREST
See on map
1211 Geneve
See on map
00187 Roma
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
14005 Cordoba
See on map