Project: MAB Samothraki - Machbarkeitsstudie zur...

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MAB Samothraki - Machbarkeitsstudie zur Umwandlung der Insel in ein MAB Reservat
Description: Getragen durch eine starke Unterstützung aus der lokalen Bevölkerung von Samothraki (eine Insel in der nördlichen Ägäis), von lokalen NGOs und dem MAB Komitee von Griechenland, konnten wir das Komitee des österreichischen Man and Biosphere Programms an der ÖAW davon überzeugen, eine Feasibility Studie zur Umwandlung der Insel in ein "Man and Biopshere Reservat" zu finanzieren. Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Lazaros Xenidis, Grieche und Umweltwissenschafter der Universität Utrecht, und Simron Singh werden die ökologischen und sozio-ökonomischen Bedingungen für diesen Prozess Richtung Nachhaltigkeit untersuchen.
Keywords: Biosphärenreservat
MAB Samothraki - Feasibility study for creating a new MAB-park on the island of Samothraki, Greece
Description: The proposed project aims at establishing the feasibility of the creation of a new MAB reserve, fully in accordance with the Sevilla strategy, on an island in Greece (Samothraki), where a major conservation area (Natura 2000) is already established. The project should clarify whether the creation of a MAB reserve that would cover the entire island of would provide an added value in guiding socioeconomic development perspectives in a coherent and systemic way in the direction of sustainability. In a general sense, the overall goal of this project is to contribute to the preservation of a unique natural and cultural heritage of world rank in the face of potential destructive development paths and impacts of climate change. The project is intellectually attractive insofar as it may establish a baseline for a future MAB reserve and systematically observe the creation process from its very beginning, thus promoting shared learning and provide guidance to other BR initiatives on the European level and beyond. At the same time, the project will allow the development of tools for an early stakeholder involvement thus demonstrating a model of good practice for the ownership of the BR vision.
Keywords: biosphere park
Short title: n.a.
Period: 01.12.2007 - 30.06.2011
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Employees
Employees Role Time period
Simron Jit Singh
Simron.Singh@aau.at
Research activities
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(internal)
  • Project leader
  • 01.12.2007 - 30.06.2011
Marina Fischer
Marina.Fischer-Kowalski@aau.at
Research activities
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(internal)
  • Research staff
  • 01.12.2007 - 30.06.2011

Assignment
Organisational unit
Fakultät für Interdisziplinäre Forschung und Fortbildung
  Institut für Soziale Ökologie (BOKU)
Schottenfeldgasse 29
1071 Wien
Austria
http://www.iff.ac.at/socec/
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Categorisation
Project type Grant-supported research
Funding type §27
Research type
  • Applied research
  • Fundamental research
Subject areas
  • 1921 - Long-term ecological research *
  • 5425 - Environmental sociology *
  • 2944 - Human ecology *
  • 5924 - Environmental economics *
  • 5368 - Sustainable development, sustainable economics *
  • 5914 - Environmental research *
Research Cluster No research Research Cluster selected
Gender aspects 0%
Project focus
  • Science to Science (Quality indicator: n.a.)
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working groups No working group selected

Funding
Funding program
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW)
Organisation: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW)

Cooperations
No partner organisations selected