| Περιγραφή Προγράμματος: | NATIONAL COFUNDING GGET- 2010-2013 FOR THE POJECT WITH TITLE: 2217-LEDDRA
LEDDRA aims to advance the comprehensive study of human responses to Land and Ecosystem Degradation and Desertification (LEDD) in cropland, grazing land and forests/shrubland contexts. More specifically, it addresses the question “how fit, i.e. how well adapted, are human responses to LEDD to their biophysical and socio-economic setting in affected areas?” LEDDRA adopts the ecosystem approach, the Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) paradigm and Resilience Thinking to develop and illustrate the use of an integrated methodology for the assessment of the socio-ecological fit of responses to LEDD. It introduces the notion of response assemblages (combinations of response types and prevailing environmental, socio-economic and institutional conditions that contribute to or detract from sustainable development) as an analytical construct for the study of the evolution of responses to LEDD in a socio-ecological system (SES). Optimal response assemblages preserve the socio-ecological resilience of affected areas. LEDDRA develops a conceptual framework to guide the development of the theory of responses to LEDD and of the integrated assessment methodology, to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the policy context, to carry out applications in selected study sites and to offer recommendations for policy and land management at the international, EU and national levels. LEDDiS, a web-based information system, is developed to add value and disseminate the project findings to a wide range of stakeholders with different levels of expertise. |
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