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TAKING THE PULSE OF EUROPE’S ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM INTEGRATED EUROPEAN LONG-TERM ECOSYSTEM, CRITICAL ZONE & SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE www.lter-europe.net TAKING THE PULSE OF EUROPE’S ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM OUR MISSION Research into ecosystem structures and functions Site-based Multi-scale Cross-disciplinary SERVING ECOSYSTEM CRITICAL ZONE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL AND RELATED RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE SOCIAL & ECONOMIC SPHERE BIOSPHERE HYDROSPHERE GEOSPHERE SUBSCRIBE TO THE eLTER NEWSLETTER AT: CENTRAL SERVICES A range of centrally-provided services will make eLTER RI more than the sum of its national networks. These Central Services are expected to consist of: Head office: coordination, strategic development, outreach. Head office activities are currently hosted by UFZ, Germany. eLTER Service Portal: access to data and sites Topic Centres: covering Quality Assurance for Data, Modelling and Analysis Tools, Design and Synthesis, and Technological Innovation and Development. SUPPORTING PROJECTS Starting in 2020, the provision, testing and development of the eLTER RI will be supported by two EU-funded large scale international projects: The eLTER RI will be further developed within the 5-year Preparatory Phase Project (eLTER PPP), coordinated by the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Germany. www.lter-europe.net/projects/PPP The Advanced Community Project, eLTER PLUS, coordinated by the University of Helsinki in Finland, will conduct a per- formance test of the emerging eLTER RI, challenging, assessing and strengthening its operations through scientific case studies and pilot service developments. www.lter-europe.net/projects/PLUS CONTACT US Michael Mirtl, eLTER ESFRI Coordinator Co-chair of ILTER & Chair of LTER-Europe offi[email protected] Images courtesy of LTER-Europe members Head Office eLTSER Platforms Service Portal single access point Topic Centres Central Services National Research Infrastructures eLTER Sites Services for USERS • Research site access • Long-term in-situ data (EEVs; legacy, recent) • Integration of data from various sources (RS, nat. statistics, modelling, mapping) & analytical tools • High-level data products tailored to inform policy • Research project design support • Research technology/R&D • Education & training
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INTEGRATED EUROPEAN LONG-TERM ECOSYSTEM CRITICAL ZONE & SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
CONTACT USMichael Mirtl, eLTER ESFRI Coordinator Chair of ILTER & LTER-Europe [email protected]
www.lter-europe.net
RI
Images courtesy of LTER-Europe members
GEOSPHERE
HYDROSPHERE
BIOSPHERE
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC SPHERE
ATMOSPHERE
SERVING ECOSYSTEM
CRITICAL ZONE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL
AND RELATED RESEARCH
OUR MISSION
Research into ecosystem structures and functions
Site-based
Multi-scale
Cross-disciplinary
WHAT WILL eLTER RI OFFER? Q Filling a critical gap for top-class, continental scale science
Q Access to integrated research sites and local expert teams
Q Easy access to long-term data, data products, models and analysis tools
Q Support for research project design Q Support for ground-truthing and remote sensing service
development
Q Support for development and testing of new observation technologies and approaches
Q Education and training programmes for RI providers, RI managers, researchers, other data users and students
Q Information on the state of European ecosystems and impacts of pressures.
USERS
Researchers
Policymakers
Students
Authorities
Civil society
TAKING THE PULSE OF
EUROPE’S ENVIRONMENTAL
SYSTEM
CENTRAL SERVICES A range of centrally-provided services will make eLTER RI more than the sum of its national components. These Central Services are expected to consist of:
Q Head office: coordination, strategic development, outreach
Q eLTER Service Portal: access to data and sites
Q Topic Centres: technological development, capacity building, data processing & linking researchers to sites.
eLTSER Platforms
eLTER Sites
Service Portal
single access point
Central Services
Head Office
Topic Centres
National Research
Infrastructures
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INTEGRATED EUROPEAN LONG-TERM ECOSYSTEM,CRITICAL ZONE &SOCIO-ECOLOGICALRESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
www.lter-europe.net
TAKINGTHE PULSE OF
EUROPE’SENVIRONMENTAL
SYSTEM
OUR MISSION
Research into ecosystem
structures and functions
Site-basedMulti-scale
Cross-disciplinary
SERVINGECOSYSTEM
CRITICAL ZONESOCIO-ECOLOGICAL
AND RELATEDRESEARCH
ATMOSPHERE
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC SPHERE
BIOSPHERE
HYDROSPHERE
GEOSPHERE
SUBSCRIBE TO THE eLTER
NEWSLETTER AT:
CENTRAL SERVICESA range of centrally-provided services will make eLTER RI more than the sum of its national networks. These Central Services are expected to consist of:
Head office: coordination, strategic development, outreach. Head office activities are currently hosted by UFZ, Germany.
eLTER Service Portal: access to data and sites
Topic Centres: covering Quality Assurance for Data, Modelling and Analysis Tools, Design and Synthesis, and Technological Innovation and Development.
SUPPORTING PROJECTS Starting in 2020, the provision, testing and development of the eLTER RI will be supported by two EU-funded large scale international projects:
The eLTER RI will be further developed within the 5-year Preparatory Phase Project (eLTER PPP), coordinated by the
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Germany. www.lter-europe.net/projects/PPP
The Advanced Community Project, eLTER PLUS, coordinated by the University of Hel sinki in Finland, will conduct a per-
formance test of the emerging eLTER RI, challenging, assessing and strengthening its operations through scientific case studies and pil ot service developments. www.lter-europe.net/projects/PLUS
CONTACT US
Michael Mirtl, eLTER ESFRI CoordinatorCo-chair of ILTER & Chair of [email protected]
Images courtesy of LTER-Europe members
Head Office
eLTSERPlatforms
ServicePortal
single accesspoint
TopicCentres
Central Services National ResearchInfrastructures
eLTERSites
Services for USERS• Research site access • Long-term in-situ data (EEVs; legacy, recent)
• Integration of data from various sources (RS, nat. statistics, modelling, mapping) & analytical tools
• High-level data products tailored to inform policy
• Research project design support • Research technology/R&D• Education & training
HOLISTIC ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE
INTEGRATED OBSERVATIONS SUPPORTING ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE
eLTER RI will adopt a fundamentally systemic approach to observe and analyse the environmental system, encompassing biological, geological, hydrological and socio-ecological perspectives.
eLTER RI will be the first research infrastructure capturing and analysing holistically the integrated impacts of climate change alongside other pressures on a wide variety of European ecosystems.
eLTER RI will comprise terrestrial, freshwater and transitional water sites. It will allow in-situ, co-located gathering of Essential Variables ranging from bio-physico-chemical to biodiversity and socio-ecological data. Ecosystem change caused by long-term pressures and short-term pulses will be investigated in a nested design from the local to the continental scale.
THE CHALLENGE
A NEW EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE ADDRESSING TODAY’S ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
We live in a world of rapid social, economic and ecosystem change, facing major environmental challenges such as global warming, biodiversity loss and pressures on natural resources. Addressing these topics requires world-class ecosystem research by a well-connected, extensive
community of experts, supported by advanced sites and facilities, openly shared and easily accessible data and capacity building programmes. This is the goal of the eLTER Research Infrastructure (еLTER RI).
KEY FEATURES OF eLTER RIWide scale and systematic coverage of major European terrestrial, freshwater and transitional water ecosystems – ca. 250 research sites, selected from a wider pool of ≈ 450 LTER-Europe sites
Investigation of interactions between abiotic and biotic ecosystem components at multiple scales, including human-environment interactions
Research into ecosystem processes influenced by multiple drivers, as well as socio-ecological research relating to ecosystem services
Integrated, long-term observations across the critical zone, supporting whole ecosystem science
Central Services provided by: Head office, Service Portal and thematic Topic Centres
Strong links with other European environmental RIs encouraging, for example, co-location of measurements
International collaboration through International LTER (ILTER) and the Global Ecosystem Research Infrastructure (GERI)
INTRODUCING THE eLTER RESEARCH
INFRASTRUCTURE
A DISTRIBUTED RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTUREeLTER RI will comprise National Research Infrastructures (NRIs), described below, and European level Central Services (CS), such as data access, training and harmonized methods and parameters.
NATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES (NRI)Countries supporting eLTER RI will provide infrastructure in the form of eLTER Sites (focal points for long-term ecosystem observation and research) and eLTSER Platforms (large areas facilitating socio-ecological research and exemplary stakeholder engagement). These national building blocks form the in-situ backbone of eLTER RI. Site-based operations will be highly integrated and follow agreed policies. These facilities will be open for research and education via a centralised scheme.
BROAD NATIONAL SUPPORT FOR eLTER RIeLTER RI is on the 2018 European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) Roadmap and is currently supported by 19 countries providing Expressions of Political Support. The RI has also received 79 Expressions of Financial Commitment, pledging support from organisations, most of whom operate NRIs. Finally, eLTER RI has received 161 Memoranda of Understanding from organisations in 27 countries, signalling support for the scientific objectives of the RI.
Political support
Institutional support(financial and scientific)
Country support for eLTER RI
19 Expressions of Political Support79 Expressions of Financial Commitment161 Memoranda of Understanding
THE CHALLENGEA NEW EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE ADDRESSING TODAY’S ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
W e live in a world of rapid social, economic and environmental change, facing major environmental issues such as global warming,
biodiversity loss and unsustainable pressure on natural resources. To address these problems requires world-class ecosystem research by a well-connected, extensive community of experts, supported by advanced sites and facilities, openly shared, easily accessible data and capacity building programmes. This is the goal of the eLTER Research Infrastructure.
HOLISTIC ECOSYSTEM SCIENCEINTEGRATED OBSERVATIONS SUPPORTING ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE eLTER RI will adopt a fundamentally systemic approach to observe and analyse the environmental system, encompassing biological, geological, hydrological and socio-ecological perspectives.
Several existing thematic environmental RIs focus on impacts of climate change and/or other elements of environmental change. eLTER RI will be the only research infrastructure embracing holistically the integrated impacts of such stressors on a wide variety of European ecosystems.
eLTER RI will comprise terrestrial, freshwater and transitional water sites. It will allow in situ, co-located gathering of Essential Variables ranging from bio-physico-chemical to biodiversity and socio-ecological data. Ecosystem change caused by long-term pressures and short-term pulses will be investigated in a nested design from the local to the continental scale.
KEY FEATURES OF eLTER RI Q Wide scale and systematic coverage of major European
terrestrial, freshwater and transitional water environments – 250 research sites selected from a wider pool of ≈ 400 sites
Q Integrated environmental observations including socio-ecological research
Q Investigations of the interactions between abiotic and biotic ecosystem components at multiple scales, including human-environment interactions
Q Enables research into ecosystem processes influenced by multiple drivers, as well as socio-ecological research relating to ecosystem services
Q Central Services provided by: Head office, Service Portal and thematic Topic Centres
Q Strong links with other European environmental RIs and embedded in the context of international LTER (ILTER).
A DISTRIBUTED RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE eLTER RI will comprise National Research Infrastructures (NRIs), described below, and European level Central Services (CS), such as data access, training and harmonised methods and parameters.
NATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES (NRI)Countries supporting eLTER RI will provide infrastructure in the form of eLTER Sites (foci for long-term ecosystem observation and research) and eLTSER Platforms (large areas facilitating socio-ecological research). These national building blocks form the in situ backbone of eLTER RI. Site-based operations will be highly integrated and follow agreed policies. These facilities will be open for research and education via a centralised scheme.
BROAD NATIONAL SUPPORT FOR eLTER RIeLTER RI is on the 2018 European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) Roadmap and is currently supported by 19 countries providing Expressions of Political Support (Eos). The RI has also received 78 Expressions of Financial Commitment (EoC), pledging support from organisations, most of whom operate NRIs. Finally, eLTER RI has received 161 Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) from organisations in 27 countries, signalling support for the scientific objectives of the RI.
INTRODUCING THE eLTER RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
Country support for eLTER RI 19 EoS = Expression of Political Support 78 EoC = Expression of Financial Commitment 161 MoU = Memorandum of Understanding
Political support (EoS)
Institutional support (Financial & scientific: EoC, MoU)
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THE CHALLENGEA NEW EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE ADDRESSING TODAY’S ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
W e live in a world of rapid social, economic and environmental change, facing major environmental issues such as global warming,
biodiversity loss and unsustainable pressure on natural resources. To address these problems requires world-class ecosystem research by a well-connected, extensive community of experts, supported by advanced sites and facilities, openly shared, easily accessible data and capacity building programmes. This is the goal of the eLTER Research Infrastructure.
HOLISTIC ECOSYSTEM SCIENCEINTEGRATED OBSERVATIONS SUPPORTING ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE eLTER RI will adopt a fundamentally systemic approach to observe and analyse the environmental system, encompassing biological, geological, hydrological and socio-ecological perspectives.
Several existing thematic environmental RIs focus on impacts of climate change and/or other elements of environmental change. eLTER RI will be the only research infrastructure embracing holistically the integrated impacts of such stressors on a wide variety of European ecosystems.
eLTER RI will comprise terrestrial, freshwater and transitional water sites. It will allow in situ, co-located gathering of Essential Variables ranging from bio-physico-chemical to biodiversity and socio-ecological data. Ecosystem change caused by long-term pressures and short-term pulses will be investigated in a nested design from the local to the continental scale.
KEY FEATURES OF eLTER RI Q Wide scale and systematic coverage of major European
terrestrial, freshwater and transitional water environments – 250 research sites selected from a wider pool of ≈ 400 sites
Q Integrated environmental observations including socio-ecological research
Q Investigations of the interactions between abiotic and biotic ecosystem components at multiple scales, including human-environment interactions
Q Enables research into ecosystem processes influenced by multiple drivers, as well as socio-ecological research relating to ecosystem services
Q Central Services provided by: Head office, Service Portal and thematic Topic Centres
Q Strong links with other European environmental RIs and embedded in the context of international LTER (ILTER).
A DISTRIBUTED RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE eLTER RI will comprise National Research Infrastructures (NRIs), described below, and European level Central Services (CS), such as data access, training and harmonised methods and parameters.
NATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES (NRI)Countries supporting eLTER RI will provide infrastructure in the form of eLTER Sites (foci for long-term ecosystem observation and research) and eLTSER Platforms (large areas facilitating socio-ecological research). These national building blocks form the in situ backbone of eLTER RI. Site-based operations will be highly integrated and follow agreed policies. These facilities will be open for research and education via a centralised scheme.
BROAD NATIONAL SUPPORT FOR eLTER RIeLTER RI is on the 2018 European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) Roadmap and is currently supported by 19 countries providing Expressions of Political Support (Eos). The RI has also received 78 Expressions of Financial Commitment (EoC), pledging support from organisations, most of whom operate NRIs. Finally, eLTER RI has received 161 Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) from organisations in 27 countries, signalling support for the scientific objectives of the RI.
INTRODUCING THE eLTER RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
Country support for eLTER RI 19 EoS = Expression of Political Support 78 EoC = Expression of Financial Commitment 161 MoU = Memorandum of Understanding
Political support (EoS)
Institutional support (Financial & scientific: EoC, MoU)
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THE CHALLENGEA NEW EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE ADDRESSING TODAY’S ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
W e live in a world of rapid social, economic and environmental change, facing major environmental issues such as global warming,
biodiversity loss and unsustainable pressure on natural resources. To address these problems requires world-class ecosystem research by a well-connected, extensive community of experts, supported by advanced sites and facilities, openly shared, easily accessible data and capacity building programmes. This is the goal of the eLTER Research Infrastructure.
HOLISTIC ECOSYSTEM SCIENCEINTEGRATED OBSERVATIONS SUPPORTING ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE eLTER RI will adopt a fundamentally systemic approach to observe and analyse the environmental system, encompassing biological, geological, hydrological and socio-ecological perspectives.
Several existing thematic environmental RIs focus on impacts of climate change and/or other elements of environmental change. eLTER RI will be the only research infrastructure embracing holistically the integrated impacts of such stressors on a wide variety of European ecosystems.
eLTER RI will comprise terrestrial, freshwater and transitional water sites. It will allow in situ, co-located gathering of Essential Variables ranging from bio-physico-chemical to biodiversity and socio-ecological data. Ecosystem change caused by long-term pressures and short-term pulses will be investigated in a nested design from the local to the continental scale.
KEY FEATURES OF eLTER RI Q Wide scale and systematic coverage of major European
terrestrial, freshwater and transitional water environments – 250 research sites selected from a wider pool of ≈ 400 sites
Q Integrated environmental observations including socio-ecological research
Q Investigations of the interactions between abiotic and biotic ecosystem components at multiple scales, including human-environment interactions
Q Enables research into ecosystem processes influenced by multiple drivers, as well as socio-ecological research relating to ecosystem services
Q Central Services provided by: Head office, Service Portal and thematic Topic Centres
Q Strong links with other European environmental RIs and embedded in the context of international LTER (ILTER).
A DISTRIBUTED RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE eLTER RI will comprise National Research Infrastructures (NRIs), described below, and European level Central Services (CS), such as data access, training and harmonised methods and parameters.
NATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES (NRI)Countries supporting eLTER RI will provide infrastructure in the form of eLTER Sites (foci for long-term ecosystem observation and research) and eLTSER Platforms (large areas facilitating socio-ecological research). These national building blocks form the in situ backbone of eLTER RI. Site-based operations will be highly integrated and follow agreed policies. These facilities will be open for research and education via a centralised scheme.
BROAD NATIONAL SUPPORT FOR eLTER RIeLTER RI is on the 2018 European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) Roadmap and is currently supported by 19 countries providing Expressions of Political Support (Eos). The RI has also received 78 Expressions of Financial Commitment (EoC), pledging support from organisations, most of whom operate NRIs. Finally, eLTER RI has received 161 Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) from organisations in 27 countries, signalling support for the scientific objectives of the RI.
INTRODUCING THE eLTER RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
Country support for eLTER RI 19 EoS = Expression of Political Support 78 EoC = Expression of Financial Commitment 161 MoU = Memorandum of Understanding
Political support (EoS)
Institutional support (Financial & scientific: EoC, MoU)
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