Generate knowledge on ecosystems and land management
Academia and research organisations need to generate knowledge on ecosystems and land management to revert environmental degradation and to improve the protection of ecosystems for increased resilience to climate change
Need characteristics
Societal challenges
- Ecosystem Management
Themes
Protect, manage and restore wildlife and ecosystems to increase biodiversity and ensure the production of ecosystem services
Sub themes
Protect and restore ecosystems on the basis of scientific knowledge and promote protection actions
Stakeholder group
- Academia & Research Organisations (A&R)
Task/Job
- Ecosystem protection and management for resilience
Pain
- Deforestation and destruction of ecosystems
- Environmental degradation
- Lack of protection of rivers, lakes and buffer zones
- Poor enforcement
Gain
- Integrated policy for livelihood, water and ecosystem conservation
- Promotion, adoption and implementation of integrated water resources management (IWRM)
- Sustainable land management
Simplified climate and water scenarios
- Dryer
- Sea-level rise
- Wetter
- Wetter & Dryer