FutureWeb

FutureWeb will integrate predictive biogeography, geography, biostatistics and trophic web ecology to derive an ensemble of scenarios of the impact of global change on multi-trophic vertebrate biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services in Europe. Through an effective involvement of relevant stakeholders, we will adapt methodological choices, scenarios and indicators in such a way that the results are useful for conservation planning and decision-making support. More specifically, the overarching objectives of FutureWeb are: Ensure an effective application and uptake of scenarios and models in policymaking and decision-making, develop a set of harmonized ecological and environmental data across Europe, develop, benchmark and extend novel multi-trophic biodiversity models to larger spatial scales and multi-trophic diversity data, integrate measures of multi-trophic ecosystem functioning and services in the ensemble predictions.