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WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use) Research Program
Collaborative Project
Contract period:
01.10.2012
- 30.04.2016
Budget:
50000000 Euro
Coordinating institution:
Centre for Development Research
Collaborative Projects
climate and weather
Research projects
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 1.1 Development of a Regional Climate Model System for West Africa
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 1.2 Seasonal Climate and Regional Weather Forecasts
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 1.3 Interaction between Land Surface and Regional Climate
landscape dynamics
Research projects
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 2.1 Remote sensing based analysis of Land Cover and Land Use Change pathways and drivers
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 2.2 Rangeland monitoring for land use management and adaptation
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 2.3 Adapting to water scarcity, uncertainty, and the effect of changing climate patterns – coping strategies and their impacts
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 2.4 Water Resources under Climate and Land Use Change
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 2.5 Soil carbon dynamics, soil fertility and soil degradation under climate and land use change
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 2.6 Status of biodiversity as Indicator for Ecosystem Resilience in West Africa
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 2.7 Biodiversity-related ecosystem service provision in managed landscapes
agricultural systems
Research projects
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 3.1 Climate and technology impact on the provision of food, feed and fiber from agroecosystems
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 3.2 Economic Evaluation of Farming Systems
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 3.3 Farmers´ priorities and perceptions of climate change and the evaluation of local adaptation strategies
markets and livelihoods
Research projects
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 4.1 Population dynamics
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 4.2 Local Markets
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 4.4 Politics of Adaptation
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 4.3 Income from Carbon Markets
risk management
Research projects
integrated assessment
Research projects
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 6.1 Development of a spatially explicit framework for land use impact modeling based on trade-off- and multi criteria analysis
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 6.2 Agent-based models for integrated assessment