Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

INTEGRATING NATURE AND SOCIETY

TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY – CURRENT STATUS OF GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH IN THE CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS

Katarzyna Ostapowicz, Jagiellonian University, Poland Astrid Björnsen Gurung, MRI, Switzerland, IGF, Austrian Academy of Sciences Andrzej Bytnerowicz, USDA Forest Service, USA Pavel Cudlin, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic Marine Elbakidze, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Ukraine Ľuboš Halada, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia Manuela Hirschmugl, Joanneum Research, Austria Patrick Hostert, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany Jacek Kozak, Jagiellonian University, Poland Ivan Kruhlov, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine Elena Matei, University of Bucharest, Romania Katalin Mázsa, Institute of Ecology and Botany of HAS, Hungary Maria Nijnik, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, UK and Ukraine Bohdan Prots, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine Marc Zebisch, European Academy Bolzano (EURAC), Italy

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

Aims

• to introduce the goals of the scientific network: Science for the Carpathians (S4C)

• to present the results of the 1st FORUM CARPATICUM (open meeting of the S4C)

• to point out the main topics in the Carpathian research

• to describe future directions of the S4C activities

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

The Carpathians Mountains

• countries: AT, CZ, HU, PL, RO, SK, SR, UA

300 – 2600 m a.s.l.

• various human activities

– agriculture

– forestry

– mining

– tourism

POLAND

SLOVAKIA

CZECH R.

ROMANIA

UKRAINE

HUNGARY

AUSTRIA

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

Science for the Carpathians (S4C): aims

• facilitating

• coordinating

• enhancing

collaborative research in the Carpathian mountain region

Kraków 2010

Kraków 2008

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

Science for the Carpathians (S4C): History/Meetings

2001/2004/2006

KRAKÓW May 2008

BRATISLAVA June 2009

KRAKÓW March 2010

BOLZANO October 2007

Forum Carpaticum

KRAKÓW September 2010

…

Montenegro 10.2009

Innsbruck 04.2008

Bucharest 06.2008

Forum Alpinum

ENGELBERG April 2007

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

Science for the Carpathians (S4C): milestone meetings

• Kraków 2008: Strategy development and networking workshop

– Working groups:

• (1) Forest and Land use, (2) Climate change and biodiversity, (3) Tourism, (4) Ecosystem services, (5) Water

– Products:

• S4C workshop report (Ostapowicz, Sitko (eds.) 2009)

• Syntesis paper in MRD (Björnsen Gurung et al. 2009)

• Webpage (http://mri.scnatweb.ch/networks/mri-europe/carpathians/)

• Newsletter (first 07/09/2008, Yurii Bihun)

• Who is who list (since 2007, more than 300 participants, Elena Matei > new: Miora Clius )

• Experts database

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

Science for the Carpathians (S4C): milestone meetings

• Bratislava 2009: S4C Planning meeting

– Interim SSC S4C (2009-2010): 14 members

– Memorandum

• Kraków 2010: the 1st FORUM CARPATICUM

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Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

Forum Carpaticum: Aims

• to support scientifically actions leading towards sustainability in the Carpathian region

• to increase the visibility of the Carpathian region in the global change research agendas

• to link research and practice in the field of coupled human-environmental systems in mountain regions

• the Forum Carpaticum is an open meeting of the S4C network

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

The 1st Forum Carpaticum (15-18.09.2010):

participants

17 79

25 12

1

4

US: 8

10 4

10 18 4

1

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

Forum Carpaticum: 12 thematic sessions (S4C Working Groups)

• Chemical environment [14]

• Climate Change: Implications for nature and society [8]

• Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity [17]

• Ecosystem services and human well-being [7]

• Forests, their management and resources [27]

• Integrated land resource management and regional development policy [14]

• Land use and land cover change [10]

• Natural Hazards and Risks [12]

• Tourism (Re-) Development and sustainability [10]

• Traditional knowledge [5]

• Urban and rural development – opportunities and challenges [7]

• Water resources and management, fluvial processes and interactions with biotic processes [12]

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

Forum Carpaticum

• http://www.wordle.net/create

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

GLOCHAMORE strategy areas and Forum Carpaticum thematic sessions

• Climate

• Land Use Change

• Cryosphere

• Water Systems

• Ecosystem Function and Services

• Biodiversity

• Hazards

• Health …

• Mountain Economies

• Society and Global Change

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

Forum Carpaticum

• Products:

– conference webpage: www.forumcarpaticum.org

– abstracts book (Ostapowicz & Kozak 2010)

– post-conference book (Kozak, Ostapowicz et al. (eds.), 2011, Springer)

• Scientific Steering Committee Meeting (16.09.2010):

– SSC S4C (2010-2012)

– revised memorandum

– strategic planning for 2011/12 and beyond

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

Forum Carpaticum: conclussions

• pan-Carpathian and/or meta-studies:

– integrated, multi- and/or trans- disciplinary studies to:

• assess past changes in the region and its drivers (land use, biodiversity, climate …)

• construct scenarios for different future climate, socio-economic and land use changes

• connect scientific, practical and traditional knowledge about ecological, social, economic and policy systems

• apply a system approach including different issues relevant to the sustainable development of the Carpathians

• bridge the gap between scientists, stakeholders, and decision-makers

• identification and harmonization of data

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

Science for the Carpathians: emerging themes for research (2010-2012)

Source: IGBP Report 53 / IHDP Report 19, Global Land Project

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

Science for the Carpathians: emerging themes for research (2010-2012)

Forestry Land use change

Biodiversity

Climate changes

Water

systems

Chemical

environment

Hazards

Tourism

Source: IGBP Report 53 / IHDP Report 19, Global Land Project

Economy

Society

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

Science for the Carpathians: future directions (2010-2012)

• identification of emerging themes for research

– further discussion in the working groups (12)

• development of colaboration

– projects (in focal scientific areas for the future S4C projects)

– working group meetings

• meetings

– SSC S4C meeting: May 2011

– 2nd Forum Carpaticum: 30th May – 2nd June 2012, SLOVAKIA

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

Science for the Carpathians

• Join us

more information you can find at:

http://mri.scnatweb.ch/networks/mri-europe/carpathians/

Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

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