NERC DFID Ecosystems services and Poverty Alleviation (ESPA)

A Situation Analysis to Identify Challenges to Sustainable Management of Ecosystems to Maximise Poverty Alleviation: Securing Biostability in the Amazon/Andes

This project forms part of the : NERC DFID ESRC Ecosystems services and poverty alleviation programme

The project is a collaboration between King's College London, CIAT,WWF,TNC, The Amazon Initiative, UNAL and CONDESAN.

Project summary:

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King's College London is responsible for coordinating Work Package 1 A GIS and modelling analysis of the baseline and scenarios for the provision of environmental services in the Andes and Amazon, potential for poverty alleviation and impacts of ecosystem management

Contact : Mark Mulligan

Presentation of key results for WP1 (requires Google Earth) 

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Project documents:

Interim presentation : water and climate based environmental service provision in the Andes and Amazon (English)

Interim presentation : water and climate based environmental service provision in the Andes and Amazon (Spanish)

Literature review on Water quality and quantity provision in the face of climate and land use change in the Amazon

Forest and climate interactions : a bibliography

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FInal reports:

The project final reports are listed here.

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