Future ArcTic Ecosystems (FATE): drivers of diversity and future scenarios from ethno-ecology, contemporary ecology and ancient DNA

FATE

Call

  • Biodiversity 2

Project Website

Principal Investigator

Laura Saskia Epp, Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

Partners

Joan Oloffson, Umeå University, Sweden Douglas Nakashima, UNESCO, France Samuel Roturier, Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique, Evolution, France Duane Froese, University of Alberta, Canada Beth Shapiro, University of California Santa Cruz, United States Florian Stammler, University of Lapland, Finland

Funders

  • aka (Academy of Finland), ANR (The French National Research Agency), DFG (German Research Foundation), FNRS (National Fund for Scientific Research), NSERC (The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada), NSF (National Science Foundation), RCN (Research Council of Norway)

Project Objective

FATE will conduct a comprehensive inter- and transdisciplinary study using sedimentary ancient DNA, current ecological observations and anthropological investigations of indigenous peoples’ knowledge and interpretations

Call Objective

The Call addresses two major (non-exclusive) priorities: - Development and application of scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services across spatial scales of relevance to multiple types of decisions; - Consideration of multiple dimensions of biodiversity and ecosystem services in biodiversity scenarios.

Region

  • Europe, North America

Country

  • Canada, Finland, Norway, Russian Federation, Sweden, United States of America (USA)

Duration

36 months

Call Date

October 2, 2017

Project Award Date

July 13, 2018