Project Briefs – The role of ecosystem services in adaptation to global change for human wellbeing (SGP-HW)

The Small Grants Program “The role of ecosystem services in adaptation to global change for human wellbeing” (SGP-HW) recognizes that interactions between ecosystem services, human needs, and human impacts on ecosystems are a central issue in global change that requires socio-ecological integration in research and decision-making.

To improve public knowledge and provide scientific information to governments for global change policy-making, the IAI Executive Directorate and the Small Grants Program (SGP) transdisciplinary research teams prepared project summaries that synthesize and share links to videos and scientific and non-scientific publications. Each summary includes the contact information of the Principal Investigators and a useful infographic.

The following summaries are available for download:

1. MAP-FIRE: Multi-Actor Adaptation Plan to cope with Forests under Increasing Risk of Extensive fires (SGP-HW 016)

2. Small-scale Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Services: Adaptation and Transformation to Secure Human Wellbeing (SGP-HW 017)

3. Transforming water governance in South America: from reaction to adaptation and anticipation (SGP-HW 056)

4. Incorporating Local and Traditional Knowledge Systems: New Insights for Ecosystem Services and Transdisciplinary Collaborations (SGP-HW 072)

5. Socio-ecological resilience in the face of global environmental change in heterogeneous landscapes – building a common platform for understanding and action (SGP-HW 090)

6. Improving the governance of the floodplain in over-built river basins (SGP-HW 091)

You can find more information about the composition and publications of the teams here