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The MERINOVA project: MEteorological RIsks as drivers of environmental inNOvation in Agro-ecosystem management |
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Anne Gobin, Hans Van de Vijver, Sepideh Zamani, Yannick Curnel, Viviane Planchon, Ann Verspecht, Guido Van Huylenbroeck |
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EGU General Assembly 2014
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Artikel
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Englisch
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PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 16 (2014) |
| Datensatznummer |
250096727
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2014-12241.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Devastating weather-related events have captured the interest of the general public in
Belgium. Extreme weather events such as droughts, heat waves and rain storms are projected
to increase both in frequency and magnitude with climate change. Since more than half of the
Belgian territory is managed by the agricultural sector, extreme events may have significant
impacts on agro-ecosystem services and pose severe limitations to sustainable agricultural
land management.
The research hypothesis of the MERINOVA project is that meteorological risks act as
drivers of environmental innovation in agro-ecosystem management. The major objectives
are to characterise extreme meteorological events, assess the impact on Belgian
agro-ecosystems, characterise their vulnerability and resilience to these events, and explore
innovative adaptation options to agricultural risk management. The project comprises of
five major parts that reflect the chain of risks: the hazard, its impact on different
agro-ecosystems, vulnerability, risk management and risk communication. Impacts
developed from physically based models not only provide information on the state of the
damage at any given time, but also assist in understanding the links between different
factors causing damage and determining bio-physical vulnerability. Socio-economic
impacts enlarge the basis for vulnerability mapping, risk management and adaptation
options. The perspective of rising risk-exposure is exacerbated further by more limits
to aid received for agricultural damage and an overall reduction of direct income
support to farmers. The main findings of each of these project building blocks will be
communicated.
MERINOVA provides for a robust and flexible framework by demonstrating its
performance across Belgian agro-ecosystems, and by ensuring its relevance to policy
makers and practitioners. A strong expert and end-user network is established to
help disseminating and exploiting project results to meet user needs. The research
is funded by the Belgian Science Policy Organisation (Belspo) under contract nr
SD/RI/03A.
https://merinova.vito.be |
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