1. www.sustainable-landmanagement.net An International Research Programme of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Strategies for Action, Technologies and System Solutions

2. 2 GLOBAL CHANGE Challenge Climate change Changing demographic structures Conflicts between nourishment, energy supplies and other economic activities ENORMOUS CHALLENGE FOR POLICY, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY Source: Peter Essick Source: National Geographic Source: Kaizo.net

3. 3 Productivity through fossil resources Water consumption LAND USE – FORCE OF GLOBAL IMPORTANCE TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN IMMEDIATE HUMAN NEEDS AND MAINTAINING THE CAPACITY OF THE BIOSPHERE TO PROVIDE GOODS AND SERVICES IN A LONG TERM. DRIVERS Population growth Climate change Globalization GLOBAL LAND USE Agriculture14,0% Forestry31,0% Pasture, livestock breeding26,0% Dwellings, infrastructure 0,5% Conservation areas 11,0% Other17,5% Extent of agricultural land cover across the world in 1990s (Foley et al. 2009, SCIENCE) Land Use

4. 4 Duration: 2010 to 2016 Budget approx. 115 Mio. € Regional and integrative approach Source: UFZ Sustainable Land Management

5. 5 Focus on regions severely affected by climate and structural- demographic changes Generating the knowledge needed for decision making at regional levels Development of technologies, system solutions and policy strategies that can be implemented as policies and transferred to comparable regions Involvement of regional and local stakeholders RESEARCH AREAS (1)Interactions between land management, climate change and ecosystem services (2)Innovative system solutions for sustainable land management Research Areas GENERAL OBJECTIVES

6. 6 Focus on regions severely affected by climate and structural- demographic changes Generating the knowledge needed for decision making at regional levels Development of technologies, system solutions and policy strategies that can be implemented as policies and transferred to comparable regions Involvement of regional and local stakeholders RESEARCH AREAS (1)Interactions between land management, climate change and ecosystem services (2)Innovative system solutions for sustainable land management Source: SuLaMa Objectives GENERAL OBJECTIVES

7. 7 Focus on regions severely affected by climate and structural- demographic changes Generating the knowledge needed for decision making at regional levels Development of technologies, system solutions and policy strategies that can be implemented as policies and transferred to comparable regions Involvement of regional and local stakeholders RESEARCH AREAS (1)Interactions between land management, climate change and ecosystem services (2)Innovative system solutions for sustainable land management Objectives GENERAL OBJECTIVES

8. 8 Focus on regions severely affected by climate and structural- demographic changes Generating the knowledge needed for decision making at regional levels Development of technologies, system solutions and policy strategies that can be implemented as policies and transferred to comparable regions Involvement of regional and local stakeholders RESEARCH AREAS (1)Interactions between land management, climate change and ecosystem services (2)Innovative system solutions for sustainable land management Objectives GENERAL OBJECTIVES

9. 9 Focus on regions severely affected by climate and structural- demographic changes Generating the knowledge needed for decision making at regional levels Development of technologies, system solutions and policy strategies that can be implemented as policies and transferred to comparable regions Involvement of regional and local stakeholders RESEARCH AREAS (1)Interactions between land management, climate change and ecosystem services (2)Innovative system solutions for sustainable land management Source: J. Settele Objectives

10. Organizational Structure 10 (1)Interactions between land management, climate change and ecosystem services (2)Innovative system solutions for sustainable land management MODULE A MODULE B Objectives Explore interactions between land management, climate change and ecosystem services Provide a basis for decision-making and initiate the development of measures for sustainable land management in the regions Develop socio-economic instruments accounting for ecosystem services and climate protection goals Objectives Develop innovative and practical solutions for sustainable land management in the regions Advance technologies and forecast instruments in order to identify adaptation requirements of land use systems Organize decentralized systems for renewable energies

11. MODULE A MODULE B Organizational Structure 11 (1)Interactions between land management, climate change and ecosystem services (2)Innovative system solutions for sustainable land management BMBF Dept 723 BMBF Dept 724 Project Man. PT-DLRProject Man. Jülich (PtJ) Regional Projects Carbiocial ▪ CCLandStraD COMTESS ▪ INNOVATE KULUNDA ▪ LEGATO LUCCi ▪ SASCHA SuLaMa ▪ SuMaRiO SURUMER The Future Okavango Regional Projects €Lan ▪ AgroForNet BEST ▪ ELaN ▪ Eudysé KuLaRuhr ▪ LaTerra Löbestein ▪ NaLaMa-nt Null-Emissions-Gemeinden RegioProjektCheck RePro ▪ VIP Scientific Coordination and Synthesis GLUES (UFZ) Scientific Coordination (ZALF)

12. 12 12 Regional Projects - Worldwide Carbiocial ▪ CCLandStraD ▪ COMTESS ▪ INNOVATE KULUNDA ▪ LEGATO ▪ LUCCi ▪ SASCHA ▪ SuLaMa ▪ SuMaRiO SURUMER ▪ The Future Okavango 13 Regional Projects - Germany €Lan ▪ AgroForNet ▪ BEST ▪ ELaN ▪ Eudysé ▪ KuLaRuhr LaTerra ▪ Löbestein ▪ NaLaMa-nt ▪ Null-Emissions-Gemeinden RegioProjektCheck ▪ RePro ▪ VIP Regional Projects MODULE A MODULE B (1)Interactions between land management, climate change and ecosystem services (2)Innovative system solutions for sustainable land management

13. 13 Contacts Scientific Coordination and Synthesis (GLUES)* Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) Department of Computational Landscape Ecology Permoserstraße 15 04318 Leipzig Prof. Dr. Ralf Seppelt Andreas Werntze, MSc. Phone: +49 (0) 341-2351816 E-Mail: andreas.werntze@ufz.de Scientific Coordination Project Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V. Institute of Socio-Economics Eberwalder Straße 84 15374 Münchenberg Prof. Dr. Klaus Müller PD Dr.-Ing. Thomas Weith Phone: +49 (0) 33432-82124 E-Mail: thomas.weith@zalf.de MODULE A MODULE B (1)Interactions between land management, climate change and ecosystem services (2)Innovative system solutions for sustainable land management * Global Assessment of Land Use Dynamics, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Ecosystem Services

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