Project acronym: RUBICODE
Topics addressed:
Type of instrument : COORDINATION ACTION
Coordinator organisation name : CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Coordinator name : DR. PAULA HARRISON
Coordinator e-mail : PAHARRISO@AOL.COM ; PAULA.HARRISON@OUCE.OX.AC.UK
Coordinator fax : +44 1484 665529
Deputy Coordinator name : DR. ROB BUGTER
Deputy Coordinator organisation name : ALTERRA WAGENINGEN UR
Deputy Coordinator e-mail : ROB.BUGTER@WUR.NL
Deputy Coordinator fax : +31 317 419000
List of participants :
| Participant no. |
Participant organisation name |
Participant org. short name |
| 1 (coordinator) |
Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford |
UOXF.AF |
| 2 |
ALTERRA Wageningen UR |
ALTERRA |
| 3 |
Median SCP |
MEDIAN |
| 4 |
Prospex bvba |
PROSPEX |
| 5 |
University of Lund |
ULUND |
| 6 |
University of Aegean |
EREOPE |
| 7 |
Université catholique de Louvain |
UCL |
| 8 |
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute for Forecasting |
IF-SAS |
| 9 |
University of Duisburg-Essen |
UDE |
| 10 |
Universidade de Coimbra |
IAV-UC |
| 11 |
Rothamsted Research |
RRes |
| 12 |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
CNRS |
| 13 |
University of Salzburg |
USBG |
| 14 |
University of Tartu |
UT |
| 15 |
Institute of Environmental and Landscape Management, St. Istvan University |
IELM-SIU |
| 16 |
NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology |
NERC-CEH |
| 17 |
UFZ Centre for Environmental Research |
UFZ |
| 18 |
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
SLU |
| 19 |
University of Stellenbosch |
US |
| 20 |
Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal, CONICET - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba |
IMBIV |
| 21 |
Charles Sturt University |
CSU |
| 22 |
Lincoln University |
Lincoln |
| 23 |
US Environmental Protection Agency |
US EPA |
RUBICODE, through the examination of a broad suite of experiences and data sources from many previous and
ongoing projects, will elaborate concepts of dynamic ecosystems to provide examples of innovative conservation
strategies that can be readily implemented at the national, European and pan-European level. The project will
prioritise these strategies for the most significant terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems of Europe by reviewing
the impacts of global change on those components of biological diversity essential for maintaining ecosystem
services. Important and threatened services will be identified and methods for relating biodiversity in dynamic
ecosystems to the provision of these services will be appraised, compared and tested for the first time.
The impact of societal, economic and environmental drivers on the nature and performance of service-providing
populations and consequently the socio-economic costs and benefits involved will be assessed by reviewing the
published literature, soliciting expert and stakeholder opinion and collating and further analysing existing
databases generated in appropriate projects using monitoring/experimental techniques and empirical and
process-based modelling approaches. Responses will be analysed to develop frameworks for improving and
testing indicators and linking ecosystem service provision to biological traits.
The reviewed and quantified results will be used to explore different management strategies for ecosystems,
habitats and species and to inform priorities for biodiversity conservation policy. RUBICODE will also identify
current gaps in knowledge and propose a roadmap for future research that will contribute to well-founded,
coherent and rationalised conservation strategies concentrated in the most crucial and immediate areas of
importance based on the best available science. These activities will build on a strong interface between the
project, stakeholders and policy-makers.
Designed by : Oana C.
