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Research and technology transfer in Terrestial Ecology
We do research in these four areas: Javier Retana Director
Biodiversity
Functional Ecology and Global Change
Forest Ecology and Wildfires
Landscape environmental analysis and GIS
KEY SCIENCE PROJECTS 2012-2013
BEWATER promotes dialogue and
MEDACC aims at testing innovative
MENFRI is a dialogue and action
GEOVIQUA aims to augment
collaboration between science and society for sustainable water management and adaptation to the impacts of global change in the Mediterranean.
solutions in order to adapt agroforests and urban systems to climate change in the Northern and Southern Mediterranean basin.
platform in forestry, encouraging scientific and technological collaboration within the Mediterranean.
GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI) with innovative quality-aware visualisation tools and geo-search capabilities.
Anabel Sánchez
PATENTS
Joan Masó
Enrique Doblas
Diana Pascual
NETWORKS
FACILITIES
Can Balasc
European Long-Term Ecosystem Research Network
SPACE FOR RESEARCH AND DIALOGUE ABOUT NATURE, CITIES AND GLOBAL CHANGE
MIRAMON is a Geographic Informa-
LTER-SPAIN Network is a collaborati-
CAN BALASC is an infrastructure located in the
tion System and Remote Sensing software that allows visualization, query, edition and analysis of raster, vector and Web Map Service layers.
ve effort involving scientists, managers and institutions helping to investigate ecological processes over long temporal and broad spatial scales.
Collserola Natural Park (Barcelona), which aims to become an international benchmark for monitoring and managing the impacts of global change in metropolitan green areas.
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