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FOR 402 Tropical Mountain Rainforest
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| Name (native language): | FOR 402 Funktionalität in einem tropischen Bergregenwald Südecuadors: Diversität, dynamische Prozesse und Nutzungspotenziale unter ökosystemaren Gesichtspunkten |
| Coordinating organisation: | Departments of Biology |
| Description: | Diversity, Dyanamic Processes and Unitilization Potentials under Ecosystem Perspectives. The German research unit joins biologists, geoscientists, researchers in forestry and social anthropology in a multidisciplinary and comprehensive ecosystem study of a mountain rainforest in South Ecuador that extends from about 1200 to 3000 m a.s.l.. In this area the pristine forest can be compared with several stages forms of its degradation originating from large- and small-scale human impact. In that respect the study objects are secondary forests, agricultural land and wide areas of former agricultural use which have been abandoned because of an ultimate takeover by extremely aggressive weeds. In addition to the analysis of the various ecosystems, a major aim of the research is to develop and implement methods of reforestation of the abandoned areas with indigenous trees. The findings will also allow conclusions for a sustainable use of the indigenous forest. The research unit consists of noumerous individual projects. Information can be found on the homepage of the research unit. |
| Budget (in &euro): | 3200000 |
| Internet: | Projects Link |
| Start: | 2001-01-01 |
| End: | 2007-12-31 |
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| ARD-theme: | forestry ecosystems |
| Target country: | Ecuador |
| Ecosystem: | tropical |
| Activity: | research |
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| Donor organisations: | 2 |
| Participating organisations: | 1 |
| Programmes funding: | 1 |
| Last editing: | 2006-02-03 15:42:24 |