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

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