Climate-Smart Watershed Investments in the Montane Tropics of South America

ClimateWise

Call

  • Mountains

Project Website

http://environment.umn.edu/discovery/gwi/our-work/climatewise/

Principal Investigator

Kate Brauman, University of Minnesota, United States

Partners

Alexandra Ponette-Gonzalez, University of North Texas, United States Humberto Rocha, University of São Paulo, Brazil Martina Flörke, University of Kassel, Germany

Funders

  • DFG (German Research Foundation), FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation), NSF (National Science Foundation)

Project Objective

ClimateWIse will evaluate whether Investments in Watershed Services (IWS) successfully deliver water services now and if they will continue to be effective in a changing climate. In doing so, the research will inform broad questions about the hydrologic impacts of land-use and climate change in tropical montane South America.

Call Objective

This call aims at fostering research on climate, environmental and related societal change in mountain regions, considering both new measurements, recovery of existing data, and the development and use of integrated modelling strategies by adopting a strong trans- and inter-disciplinary approach.

Region

  • South America

Country

Duration

45 months

Call Date

April 1, 2015

Project Award Date

2015