Development of ecosystem-based risk governance concepts with respect to natural hazards and climate impacts – from ecosystem-based solutions to integrated risk assessment

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Alpine Space

Date of latest update: 2023-08-11

Description

Description (EN):

In natural hazard and risk reduction worldwide, but especially in the Alpine Space (AS), forests and mountain ecosystems are outstandingly important, and are increasingly considered on-par with technical measures or other prevention concepts. Forests efficiently protect against avalanches, torrents, landslides or rock-fall. However, so far, few strategies or policy concepts have been developed, on how to integrate forests and ecosystem services in risk governance and balance the numerous interests, demands and costs. Upcoming challenges in the AS are dramatic: Limitation of settlement space, increasing costs for the protection of settlements, more conflicts by increasing demands and expectations or critical development of economies like ‘monoculture tourism’. Without an adequate, territorially specific implementation of mountain ecosystems services (incl. forests) in a risk mitigation strategy, sustainable development in the AS will be hard to achieve. Thus, the overarching goal of GreenRisk4ALPs (GR4A) is the DEVELOPMENT OF ECOSYSTEM-BASED CONCEPTS TO SUPPORT RISK GOVERNANCE WITH RESPECT TO NATURAL HAZARDS AND CLIMATE IMPACTS. GR4A brings the forest into affordable and long-term-oriented risk mgmt. by balancing green, technical and preventive risk strategies. However, GR4A also helps to overcome conflicts and resistances: all relevant actors are involved and provided with science-based communication support.GR4A also offers transalpine solutions – for municipalities as well as governance institutions, by delivering new tools for practitioners and new recommendations for ecosystem-based risk mgmt. The GR4A consortium integrates researchers, practitioners and managers from the AS. The project’s foundation are five pilot action regions (PAR) from SLO/ITA/FRA/GER/AUT, which are fully involved. GR4A directly supports sustainability and life quality of the AS, by balanced long-term solutions.

Achievements (EN):

Mountain forest ecosystems have a key role for reducing natural hazard risks in the Alpine Space. They can protect against snow avalanches, landslides, rockfall or torrential hazards; however, few strategies or policy concepts have been developed on how to integrate forests and the ecosystem services they provide in risk governance. Therefore, GreenRisk4ALPs developed methods and decision support tools to foster an ecosystem-based integrated risk management of natural hazards and climate change impacts by focusing on protective forests as effective, cost-efficient, and long-term risk mitigation measure. The 12 project partner institutions from five Alpine Space countries developed new tools and methods as well as recommendations for practitioners and policy makers to contribute to a sustainable Alpine risk management.

Website: http://www.alpine-space.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Level of integration of the ecosystem services approach in the policy systems of the Alpine Space

Expected Outputs (EN):

Despite the fact that eco-systems play a key role in keeping the Alpine Space save with affordable efforts, forests are not an explicit part of the safety strategies and the policy systems of the partner countries. GR4A intends to close these gaps and to integrate forest eco-systems in the policy system of the Alpine Space. Activities will result in: - developing towards a more safe, afforable AND sustainable liveable Alpine Space (fostered by integrated and eco-system based risk mgmt). - finding better mitigation compromises and subsequently more effective risk reduction measures (fostered by multi-actor and eco-system oriented decision making). - improved governance systems for “green risk governance” (fost. by nat./transnat. policy input.

Thematic information

Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management Climate change and biodiversity

Specific Objective: Enhance the protection, the conservation and the ecological connectivity of Alpine Space ecosystems

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06d) Protecting and restoring biodiversity and soil and promoting ecosystem services, including through Natura 2000, and green infrastructure

Partners (12)

Lead Partner: Bundesforschungs- und Ausbildungszentrum für Wald, Naturgefahren und Landschaft, Austria

Department: Department of Natural Hazards

Address: Rennweg 1, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: https://bfw.ac.at/

Total budget: EUR 567 451.95

ERDF budget: EUR 482 334.16

Zavod za gozdove Slovenije

Name: Zavod za gozdove Slovenije

Department: Central Unit, department for forest management planning

Address: Večna pot 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.zgs.si

Total budget: EUR 136 798.95

ERDF budget: EUR 116 279.11

Fondazione Montagna sicura - Montagne sûre

Name: Fondazione Montagna sicura - Montagne sûre

Department: Fondazione Montagna sicura - Montagne sûre

Address: Loc. Villard de la Palud 1, 11013 Courmayeur (AO), Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.fondazionemontagnasicura.org/

Total budget: EUR 127 070.55

ERDF budget: EUR 108 009.97

Univerza v Ljubljani, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za gozdarstvo in obnovljive gozdne vire

Name: Univerza v Ljubljani, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za gozdarstvo in obnovljive gozdne vire

Department: Biotechnical Faculty, Department for Forestry and Renewable Resources

Address: Kongresni trg 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.uni-lj.si/academies_and_faculties/faculties/2013052914461802/

Total budget: EUR 270 884.60

ERDF budget: EUR 230 251.91

Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

Name: Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

Department: INRAE Grenoble regional centre, Laboratory Ecosystems and Society in Mountains Research Unit (LESSEM)

Address: Centre de recherche INRAE Lyon-Grenoble, rue de la Doua 5, 69625 Villeurbanne, France

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.inrae.fr/

Total budget: EUR 299 954.40

ERDF budget: EUR 254 961.24

Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL

Name: Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL

Department: Research Unit Landscape Dynamics / Research Group Remote Sensing

Address: Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.wsl.ch/fe/landschaftsdynamik/

Total budget: EUR 9 717.50

Bayerische Landesanstalt fuer Wald- und Forstwirtschaft

Name: Bayerische Landesanstalt fuer Wald- und Forstwirtschaft

Department: Department Forest Policy, Counseling and Ownership

Address: Hans-Carl-von Carlowitz-Platz 1, 85354 Freising, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.lwf.bayern.de/

Total budget: EUR 68 088.00

ERDF budget: EUR 57 874.80

Europäische Akademie Bozen / Accademia Europea di Bolzano– EURAC Research

Name: Europäische Akademie Bozen / Accademia Europea di Bolzano– EURAC Research

Department: Institute for Earth Observation

Address: Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bolzano, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.eurac.edu

Total budget: EUR 296 172.35

ERDF budget: EUR 251 746.50

Forsttechnischer Dienst für Wildbach- und Lawinenverbauung

Name: Forsttechnischer Dienst für Wildbach- und Lawinenverbauung

Department: Provincial headquarter Tirol

Address: Wilhelm-Greil-Straße 9, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.bmlfuw.gv.at/forst/wildbach-lawinenverbauung.html

Total budget: EUR 45 610.80

ERDF budget: EUR 38 769.18

Forstbetrieb Franz Mayr-Melnhof-Saurau

Name: Forstbetrieb Franz Mayr-Melnhof-Saurau

Department: Forest Service

Address: Mayr-Melnhof-Straße 14, 8130 Frohnleiten, Austria

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 45 690.85

ERDF budget: EUR 38 837.22

Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Università degli Studi di Torino

Name: Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Università degli Studi di Torino

Department: DISAFA / Economic Unit

Address: Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 GRUGLIASCO, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.disafa.unito.it

Total budget: EUR 228 751.50

ERDF budget: EUR 194 438.78

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Name: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Department: Department of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy

Address: Büsgenweg 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/

Total budget: EUR 325 145.40

ERDF budget: EUR 276 373.59

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Project name (EN): Development of ecosystem-based risk governance concepts with respect to natural hazards and climate impacts – from ecosystem-based solutions to integrated risk assessment

Project acronym: GreenRisk4ALPs

Project start date: 2018-04-17

Project end date: 2021-08-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 421 336.85

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 049 876.45

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 2 049 876.45.

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Road map for a multiple actor and decision targeted information process

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Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/

Publication date: 2022-09-28

Document date: 2021-05-31

Languages: en

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Alpine Space

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Development of ecosystem-based risk governance concepts with respect to natural hazards and climate impacts – from ecosystem-based solutions to integrated risk assessment

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