Avsluttet prosjekt

FACE-IT - Arctic Biodiversity & Livelihoods

Oppdragsgiver
European Union - Horizon 2020

Tidsrom
01.11.2020 - 31.10.2024

Forskere
Grete Hovelsrud
Forsker I, bistilling

Camilla Risvoll
Forsker II

Maiken Bjørkan
Forsker I

Julien Lebel
Forsker II

Anna G. Sveinsdóttir
Forsker II, bistilling

Helena Gonzales Lindberg
Forsker II

FACE-IT aims to enable adaptive co-management of social-ecological fjord systems in the Arctic in the face of rapid cryosphere and biodiversity changes.

Objectives

Identify and quantify key drivers of biodiversity changes and their past and future trends.
Identify cascading effects of a changing biodiversity associated with ongoing and projected changes in Arctic coastal food webs.
Assess the interdependencies between environmental changes and Arctic coastal livelihoods.
Support adaptive co-management at the local and national levels.

FACE-IT rests on three overarching research approaches:

the comparison of fjords and adjacent coastal areas under different degrees of cryosphere loss
the integration of existing data through experimental research and modelling
an emphasis on coproduction of knowledge to develop and propose adaptive co-management strategies that can safeguard local coastal livelihoods in times of rapid change