Advancing the European Long-Term Ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological Research Infrastructure towards ESFRI

Project

Advancing the European Long-Term Ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological Research Infrastructure towards ESFRI http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/207690_en.html

Advance_eLTER marks a crucial step in building the distributed European Research Infrastructure of Long-Term Ecosystem Research sites and socio-ecological research platforms (eLTER RI) to provide highest quality data and services complementary to the European and global environmental RIs. The project will conduct important conceptual work and preparatory steps towards enabling European-scale investigation of the “Critical Zone”, major ecosystems and socio-ecological systems, targeted at supporting knowledge-based decision making at various levels concerning ecosystem services and biodiversity. The review of the eLTER ESFRI proposal submitted by Germany in March 2015 noted the HIGH to VERY HIGH scientific value and necessity of the eLTER RI and was designated as an ‘Emerging’ ESFRI RI. The objectives of Advance_eLTER are firmly anchored in the strategic long-term goals of the eLTER RI, but strictly focus on the challenges identified by the ESFRI review: ● Detailed design study (WP1), including an in-depth analysis of the scientific questions driving the eLTER RI physical site network design and instrumentation; ● Prioritization of eLTER services for key user groups (WP2), and a plan for eLTER RI services at all service provider levels (central, cross-site, individual site); ● Cost analysis and Business plan, for the future eLTER RI operation (WP3); ● Organisational framework of eLTER RI (WP4), comprising the development of a robust governance scheme, enabling shareholder negotiations and identifying the most suitable legal framework; ● Consulting, communication and team-building (WP5), advancing the national eLTER ESFRI processes, specifying the role of eLTER in the environmental RI landscape and developing staff capacity for the eLTER ESFRI process. Advance_eLTER will closely cooperate with all LTER related processes and projects and will result in a 2017 eLTER ESFRI proposal.

Participants HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUER UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZGermany UMWELTBUNDESAMT GMBHAustria HELSINGIN YLIOPISTOFinland FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBHGermany NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCILUnited Kingdom CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRSFrance SUOMEN YMPARISTOKESKUSFinland SENCKENBERG GESELLSCHAFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNGGermany MAGYAR TUDOMANYOS AKADEMIA OKOLOGIAI KUTATOKOZPONTHungary CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHEItaly FUNDACAO DA FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA FPPortugal UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADASpain EIGEN VERMOGEN VAN HET INSTITUUT VOOR NATUUR- EN BOSONDERZOEKBelgium INSTITUT PO BIORAZNOOBRAZIE I EKOSISTEMNI IZSLEDVANIYA BALGARSKA AKADEMIYA NA NAUKITEBulgaria USTAV VYZKUMU GLOBALNI ZMENY AV CR VVICzech Republic KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITETDenmark THE RESEARCH COMMITTEE OF THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETEGreece BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEVIsrael LATVIJAS UNIVERSITATELatvia SOVON VOGELONDERZOEK NEDERLANDNetherlands STIFTELSEN NORSK INSTITUTT FOR NATURFORSKNING NINANorway EUROPEJSKIE REGIONALNE CENTRUM EKOHYDROLOGII POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUKPoland UNIVERSITATEA DIN BUCURESTIRomania BIOSENSE INSTITUTE - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN BIOSYSTEMSSerbia INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY OF THE SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCESSlovakia ZNANSTVENORAZISKOVALNI CENTER SLOVENSKE AKADEMIJE ZNANOSTI IN UMETNOSTISlovenia SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITETSweden EIDGENOESSISCHE FORSCHUNGSANSTALT WSLSwitzerland