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Russia - billateral coorporation on ecosystem change in northern areas

Tildelt: kr 0,14 mill.

Northern regions and bilateral cooperation with Russia is a major strategy at the Faculty of Science at University of Tromsoe. Recently a specific agreement was signed between the Faculty of Geoecology and Geography at St. Petersburg State University and Faculty of Science at the Unviversity of Tromsoe, with the aim of increasing research and education cooporation on ecosystem change in northern areas. Several Departments on the Faculty of Geoecology and Geography will be involved in the project. Due to t he simpler structure of food webs in northern areas, research on ecosystems in the north is particularly suited for developing new theories and methodology. Furthermore, northern ecosystems may be exposed to dramatic changes due to climatic warming and ch anges in land use. The research proposal will draw on experiences from Ecosystem Finnmark which is a large scale and interdisiplinary project involving 10 researchers and 11 PhD in ecology, economy and social sciences. The theories and methodology which w as developed in Ecosystem Finnmark will be used on a larger scale from Northern Norway to the Siberian region. Russian scientists have a long tradition for in-depth characterisation of northern ecosystems which will increase understanding of ecosystems in northern Norway. Additionally the project will educate at least 2 PhD's from St. Petersburg State University. We also include the NorthEast Science Station in Sakha, due to their extensive international research activities on ecosystem change in Pleistoc ene Park. We use concepts from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, where drivers of change are specified, as well as the consequences for ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are the benefit that people obtain from the ecosystem. In this project we foc us on climate warming and land use change as the major drivers, and on ecosystem services which benefit livelihood and culture in northern regions.

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