Landscape-level assessment of ecological and socioeconomic functions of rainforest transformation systems in Sumatra (Indonesia) (B10)

Subject Area Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Sociology
Term from 2012 to 2023
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 192626868
 

Project Description

We investigate how to maintain biodiversity and ecosystem functioning while serving human needs. We have developed and will further refine EFForTS-ABM, an integrated land-use change model, with the aim to identify mechanisms underlying the trade-offs and synergies of ecological and economic functions in tropical landscapes. Furthermore, we will scale up from micro and local to landscape and broader scales, including an assessment of long-term drivers and consequences of land-use change. The project plays a central role in integrating the research outcomes of the CRC.
DFG Programme Collaborative Research Centres
Subproject of SFB 990:  Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems (Sumatra, Indonesia)
Applicant Institution Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Project Heads Professor Dr. Jann Lay; Dr. Katrin Meyer, until 12/2015; Professorin Dr. Kerstin Wiegand