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LTER Portugal Network:implementation strategy and future perspectives
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia
Portugal
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OUTLINE
• Brief history of LTER-Portugal Initiative
• Strategy for site selection
• Selected sites
• Current challenges and next steps
Portugal
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Mission
• Create a plataform for interaction
between ecologists and to
encourage interdisciplinary research
Founded in December 1995
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Portuguese Ecological Society
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Objectives
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• Promote ecological knowledge
• Incorporate ecological principles in the
development, use and conservation of
natural resources and implement solutions
to environmental problems
• Enforce citizens awareness regarding
ecology and contribute to a more
participative society
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Millenium Ecosystem Assessment (2005)
THE NEED
Biodiversity Crisis
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Global changeIntergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (2002)
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THE NEED
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THEINTEREST
Biodiversity hotspots
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THE COMMITTEMENT
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Metzger e tal., 2005. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 14:549-563
THEOPPORTUNITY
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Objectives
Partition environmental and socio-economic variation to produce relatively homogenous strata
used to
• explore European coverage sites
– identify underrepresented regions
• help comparison between sites
– similarities and differences drivers, impacts etc.
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Socio-ecological stratification
• Minimum personal judgment
• Balance between complexity and
functionality
Socio-economy
Environm
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classes in a two-dimensional matrix based on primary gradients
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Environmental Zones of Europe
Metzger et al. 2005 GEB 14:549-563Jongman et al. 2006 LE 21: 409-419
Alpine North
Atlantic North
Atlantic Central
Med. South
Non-agriculture
Permanent crops
Grassland & meadows
Arable
climate species land use env. pressures …
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Socio-economic zones
• Screening socio-economic variables:
– GDP
– population density
– accessibility
Principal Component Plot
PCL296N3
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ArSu96N3
PopC9
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TMRRP297N3TMRaP297N3
TMRoP297N3AcME01N3
AcRoE01N3AcRaE01N3
AcAiE01N3
DPC99N3
CM01N3LRo01N3
GDPeh02N3GDPph02N3
PopdensN302
AvgfPopN303
AvgmPopN303
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BOR03N3
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Economic densityGDP/km2
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regional statistics (NUTS) 1km grid
Sevilla
Malaga
Murcia
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• Full map gdp/km2 and over lay regions of
change
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Site per economic density zone
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‘disturbed’
‘urban’
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LTER-Portugal importance at the global scale
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Site per environmental zone
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Representation based on coverage of strata
< 0.1 million
0.1 – 1 million
1 – 10 million
> 10 million
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Relevance of LTER-Portugal
LTER-Portugal importance at the global scale
Transition zone between Atlantic and Mediterranean bioclimatic domains
Mediterranenan region – world hotspot for biodiversity
Ecological unbalanced human interventions interacting with climatic change (desertification process)
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Relevance of LTER-Portugal
LTER-Portugal importance at the global scale
High cover of unique systems(montado)
High diversity of wetlands including estuaries and coastal habitats
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• Create a database of ecological research
and researchers
• Identify areas with ecological data time-series
• Promote discussion about criteria to select
potential LTER sites
• Promote cooperative research
• Promote institutional collaboration
• Promote data sharing and transfer
Objectives of LTER Initiative
History of LTER in Portugal
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Building a Strategy (2003 to 2009)
History of LTER-Portugal Initiative
Portugal
Nov. 2003 - 1st LTER Meeting, Évora
Jul. 2006 – 2nd LTER Meeting, Lisbon
Jan. 2008 – 1st LTER Workshop, Lisbon
Jun. 2008 – 2nd LTER Workshop, Lisbon
Aug. 2008 – ILTER Application, Slovakia
Jan. 2009 – SPECO/FCT Meeting, Lisbon
Jun. 2009 – FCT Call for LTER Proposals
Oct. 2009 – Visit to LTER-USA office and sites
Dec. 2009 – Sites selected
Aug, 2010 – ILTER Acceptance, Israel
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• Embracing the human dimension
Strategy for site selection
LTER LTSER
Long Term Socio-Ecologic Research
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Building a Strategy
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Inquiry to scientifc community (2006)
Types of ecosystems
Ecological descriptors
Duration of time series
Infrastructures
Funding sources
Perspectives for long-term monitoring
Core questionsCONCLUSIONS
• Balanced distribution of data in terms of key habitats
• Few long term time-series
• Irregular funding (short-term research projects)
• High potential for long-term monitoring and research
History of LTER-Portugal Initiative
History of LTER-Portugal Initiative
Portugal
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Meetings with Scientists
History of LTER-Portugal Initiative
Lisbon, January and June 2008
Discussion of
LTER network
implementation
and strategy for
site selection
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Lisbon, January and June 2008
Meetings with stakeholders
History of LTER-Portugal Initiative
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Expected role of key stakeholders
History of LTER-Portugal Initiative
Research infrastructures and link with B & B initiative
Researchers mobility and training of young ecologists
Link with enterprises for funding opportunities for long-term monitoring and research activities
Baseline funding for LTER-Portugal sites & network
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History of LTER-Portugal Initiative
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CONCLUSIONS
• High interest in the initiative
• Few interactions among research teams
• No consensus on potential sites
• Concerns about sites long-term sustainability
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History of LTER-Portugal Initiative
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Site selection process
• Call for project-driven proposals promoted by Science & Technology Foundation (FCT – June 2009)
• Peer-review of proposals by an international pannel (Coord. R.B. Waide LTER USA and M. Mirtl LTER Europe in the pannel together with other scientists)
• Criteria for selection:
Strategy for site selection
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① Ecological relevance and social dimension (network logo)
② Amount of data accumulated along time
③ Potential for cooperation between public and private sectors
④ Capacity for gaining complementary funds
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Sites Selected
Portugal16 site applications - 4 selected
Start-up Funding
2 coastal habitats (estuaries)
1 freshwater habitat (mountain river)
1 forest habitat (agro-sylvo-pastoral system)
Site-based funding (6 years)
Intermediate evaluation (3rd year)
200 000 € / first 3 years / site
Next 3 years increased funding under
negotiation
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Sites Selected
Portugal
LTER Estuaries (complex site)
LTER Sabor
LTER Ria de Aveiro
LTER Montado (complex site/LTSER platform)
LTER PORTUGAL Network
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Sites Selected
PortugalLTER Sabor
Sabor Fragmentation Experiment: understanding long-term
ecological consequences of infrastructure development and
compensatory mitigation. (large hydroelectric dam)
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Sites Selected
Portugal
Long-term monitoring in the Ria de Aveiro: towards a deeper
understanding of ecological, environmental and economic processes.
LTER Ria de Aveiro
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LTER ESTUARIES(complex site)
Sites Selected
Portugal
Minho, Mondego and Mira
Observatory: long-term
variation of ecological status
as a response to natural and
human induced changes.
Implications for management
and restoration.
Minho
Mira
Mondego
Core
node
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Sites Selected
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Core
nodeLong-term socio-ecological research andmonitoring in a Mediterranean culturallandscape (Montado or Dehesa in spanish)
LTER Montado(complex site / LTSER platform)
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LTER Montado
Sites Selected
Portugal
Cork oak
woodland
Q. suber
Holm oak
woodland
Q. ilex
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LTER Montado
Sites Selected
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Node Main Activity
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Current challenges
• Establishing a consortium between the Sites
Coordination Committees, the main funding entity
(FCT) and the LTER National Representative
(SPECO) to discuss the network management,
common approaches and data sharing policy
• Lobying near other govnermental bodies (e.g.
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries) and other
national funding agencies for networking funding
• Creating LTER Portugal dabase and website (SPECO)
Current challenges
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Current steps
• Official launching of LTER Portugal Network
• Search for complementary funding opportunities
(Sites/FCT)
• Foster integration within LTER Europe / ILTER
and mediate efforts for an Iberian LTER Network
Current challenges and next steps
Portugal
IAN-LTSER Ibero American Network for Long Term Socio Ecological Research (submitted in May)
Mexico, Chile, Venezuela, Argentina, Spain and Portugal
CYTED – Ibero American Program of Science and Technology for Development
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Next steps:
• Standardization of monitoring protocols
• Develop common research projects
• Building a Mediterranean ‘sub-network’
• LTER Workshops & Training
programmes
• LTER ‘summer schools’
Current challenges and next steps
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