REFRESH - Adaptive Strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change on European Freshwater Ecosystems / Edukad projektid

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Adaptive Strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change on European Freshwater Ecosystems

acronym:	REFRESH
start:	2010-02-01
end:	2014-01-31

programme:	FP7 - Euroopa Liidu 7. raamprogramm
sub-programme:	ENV - Keskkond, sealhulgas kliimamuutused
instrument:	CP-IP - Suuremahulised integreeritud projektid
call identifier:	FP7-ENV-2009-1
project number:	244121
duration in months:	48
partner count:	25

abstract:	Understanding how freshwater ecosystems will respond to future climate change is essential for the development of policies and implementation strategies needed to protect aquatic and riparian ecosystems. The future status of freshwater ecosystems is however, also dependent on changes in land-use, pollution loading and water demand. In addition the measures that need to be taken to restore freshwater ecosystems to good ecological health or to sustain priority species as required by EU Directives need to be designed either to adapt to future climate change or to mitigate the effects of climate change in the context of changing land-use. Generating the scientific understanding that enables such measures to be implemented successfully is the principal focus of REFRESH. It is concerned with the development of a system that will enable water managers to design cost-effective restoration programmes for freshwater ecosystems at the local and catchment scales that account for the expected future impacts of climate change and land-use change in the context of the WFD and Habitats Directive. At its centre is a process-based evaluation of the specific adaptive measures that might be taken to minimise the consequences of climate change on freshwater quantity, quality and biodiversity. The focus is on three principal climate-related and interacting pressures, increasing temperature, changes in water levels and flow regimes and excess nutrients, primarily with respect to lowland rivers, lakes and wetlands because these often pose the most difficult problems in meeting both the requirements of the WFD and Habitats Directive. REFRESH will advance our fundamental and applied science in 5 key areas: i) understanding how the functioning of freshwater ecosystems is affected by climate change; ii) new indicators of functional response and tools for assessing vulnerability; iii) modelling ecological processes; iv) integrated modelling; and v) adaptive management.

partner no and role		partner name	country	contact person	web page
1	coordinator	UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON	UK	Ilaria Marsili	http://www.ucl.ac.uk
2	partner	AARHUS UNIVERSITET	DK	Marianne Brandi Christensen	http://www.au.dk
3	partner	THE UNIVERSITY OF READING	UK	Andrew Wade	http://www.rdg.ac.uk
4	partner	SUOMEN YMPARISTOKESKUS	FI	Johanna Hiltunen	http://www.environment.fi/syke
5	partner	UNIVERSITAET DUISBURG-ESSEN	DE	Kirsten Gercek	http://www.uni-duisburg-essen.de
6	partner	STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK	NL	Karin Van Der Goot
7	partner	NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL	UK	Alex Elliot	http://www.nerc.ac.uk
8	partner	SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET	SE	Ingrid Ragnarsdotter Jajke	http://www.slu.se
9	partner	THE MACAULAY LAND USE RESEARCH INSTITUTE	UK	Carol Bisset	http://www.macaulay.ac.uk
10	partner	UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT	NL	M. Myriam Vincent	http://www.uu.nl
11	partner	AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS	ES	Carlos Manuel Abad Ruiz	http://www.csic.es
12	partner	MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY	TR	Meryem Beklioglu	http://www.metu.edu.tr
13	partner	FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN E.V.	DE	Carla Pinho	http://www.fv-berlin.de
14	partner	JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION	EU	Ies.H01 Jrc-Ies-Msu-Competitive Sector	http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu
15	partner	STICHTING DELTARES	NL	Paul Vieyra	http://www.deltares.com
16	partner	UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN	AT	Ilse Stubauer	http://www.boku.ac.at
17	partner	Biologicke centrum AV CR, v. v. i.	CZ	Jiri Kopacek	http://www.bc.cas.cz
18	partner	Eesti Maaülikool	EE	Katri Hellat	http://www.emu.ee
19	partner	UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA	ES	Francesc Sabater	http://www.ub.es
20	partner	UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS	EL	Eva Papastergiadou	http://www.upatras.gr
21	partner	CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE	FR	Armelle Barelli	http://www.cnrs.fr
22	partner	NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH - BIOFORSK	NO	Hanne Sørlie	http://www.bioforsk.no
23	partner	NORSK INSTITUTT FOR VANNFORSKNING	NO	Richard Wright
24	partner	Trent University	CA	Peter Dillon	http://www.trentu.ca
25	partner	Griffith University	AU	Mary Meadowcroft	http://www.rivers.edu.au