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Projects

Upcoming research projects

  • EU-FP7 ROBIN "Role Of Biodiversity In climate change mitigatioN"

  • EU-FP7 AMAZALERT "Raising the alert about critical feedbacks between climate and long-term land use change in the Amazon"

Current research projects

  • LEGATO "Land-use intensity and Ecological EnGineering - Assessment Tools for risks and Opportunities in irrigated rice based production systems", funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2011-2016
  • EU-FP7 FUME "Forest Fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world" 2010-2013, investigates changes in fire regimes under climate change with special focus on extreme events.

Past research projects

  • TIpping Point Interactions - interactions of the most important tipping points in the climate system (TIPI). Funded by WGL, 2008-2010. 
  • "Assessment of the prospects and identification of the implications of Amazon die-back induced by climate change" (funded by the World Bank) 2008-2009, lead to the "World Bank Assessment of Amazon Dieback"
  • EU-FP6 "Fire PARADOX An Innovative and integrated approach to wildland fire management", 2006-2010.

External Collaboration

    Carbo-AFRICA