Work Package 3 is focused on advancing understanding of direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity loss along a land-to-sea continuum and their interrelations in freshwater, transitional, coastal and marine ecosystems across Europe.
Perform a meta-analysis of land and sea biodiversity monitoring variables, methods, and tools and compare them against science and policy requirements in biodiversity hotspot areas.
Synthesise and generalise our results for use at the European scale and beyond.
Using four model land-river-sea systems (Danube, Elbe, Guadalquivir, Po) to test and validate workflows of existing biodiversity and environmental monitoring programmes (e.g., WFD, MSFD, H&B Directives, RIs), to identify chains of effects and connectivity points between land and sea observation and evaluate effects of existing terrestrial and freshwater conservation areas on coastal and marine biodiversity.
Lead partner:
SGN
Contact:
Peter Haase (SGN) | peter.haase@senckenberg.de
Tina Sanders (HEREON) | tina.sanders@hereon.de
