Analysis and regionalization of soil degradation and catchment hydrology   Objectives To quantify and regionalize human induced soil degradation in relation to our land use types and age of forest conversion, and to analyze and simulate consequences of “climate change” … Weiterlesen →

Modelling and measurements of land use specific greenhouse gas emissions Objectives The main objective is to achieve substantial progress in reducing the high uncertainties associated with the assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from land use change and land use management … Weiterlesen →

Modelling soil erosion and related organic carbon transport Objectives According to present knowledge the study area is subjected to severe soil erosion causing substantial economic and environmental problems. Taking account of ongoing deforestation and regional climate change it is to … Weiterlesen →

Carbon stocks, turnover and nutrient budgets in soil along land-use and climatic gradients Objectives This subproject will provide together with our Brazilian counterpart subprojects information about the soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, as well as the quality and function of … Weiterlesen →

Experimental Farming, riparian wetland carbon storage & bioindicators Objectives In addition to the optimization of existing agricultural land management techniques (e.g., no-tillage, use of crop residues), which will be analyzed by other subprojects and their Brazilian partners, here we want … Weiterlesen →

A socio-economic analysis of actors and conflicts over land use decisions – Regional impacts and feasible implementations of adapted land management Objectives For several decades Amazonia has been one of the main issues within the international discussion on tropical forest … Weiterlesen →

Landscape scale land cover analysis and geodata management Objectives Managing land use conflicts considering carbon flux optimization, securing biodiversity, food production, and economic stability requires profound and up-to-date knowledge on land use. Development paths have to be identified to gather … Weiterlesen →

Development and implementation of a hierarchical model chain for modelling regional climate variability and climate change over southern Amazonia Objectives Overreaching objective of our subproject is to analyze and model present and future atmospheric processes, boundary layer dynamics and spatiotemporal … Weiterlesen →

Model-based analysis of regional land-use changes and development of sustainable land-use strategies Objectives During the past years southern Amazonia was facing massive land-use and land-cover changes. In the state of Mato Grosso, the expansion of soybean cultivation and of grazing … Weiterlesen →

Agent-based assessment of land management strategies Objectives Land use in southern Amazonia has undergone rapid changes in recent years, especially in Central Mato Grosso where favorable soybean prices have led to both massive deforestation and expansion of the soybean area … Weiterlesen →

Model-based crop growth and yield assessment for agricultural crop rotations and grassland systems emanating from tropical rain forest conversion Objectives The framework conditions for the use of land resources in southern Amazonia are changing, driven by both economic and climatic … Weiterlesen →

Analysis of challenges and chances of social transformation for GHG-optimized land- and natural resource management strategies Objectives The Amazonian frontier is extremely dynamic. Since more than 40 years, millions of people are migrating through the vast territory in search for … Weiterlesen →

The overall project management (administration, scientific controlling of milestones, evaluation of workshops, dissemination seminars, stakeholder workshops, publicity and strengthening bilateral collaboration of estate agencies) will be carried out by the Central Co-ordination Office in Göttingen (speaker, Post-doc scientific administrator), directly … Weiterlesen →