A5014772643- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Geography and Environmental Studies
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Geological formations and processes
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Forest ecology and management
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Urban Development and Societal Issues
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences
2015-2025
Eurac Research
2024
University of Cologne
2014-2023
University of Passau
2016-2021
Deutz (Germany)
2017
University of Göttingen
2017
Leipzig University
2015
State University of Medan
2014
Land use and land cover (LULC) change causes biodiversity decline through loss, alteration, fragmentation of habitats. There are uncertainties on how LULC will in the future effect such biodiversity. In this paper we applied Change Modeler (LCM) Integrated Valuation Ecosystem Services Tradeoffs (InVEST) Scenario Generator tool to develop three spatially explicit scenarios from 2015 2030 Pulang Pisau district Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. The is experiencing a rapid loss as result...
Ecosystems provide a wide range of goods, services or ecosystem (ES) to society. Estimating the impact land use and cover (LULC) changes on ES values (ESV) is an important tool support decision making. This study used remote sensing GIS tools analyze LULC change transitions from 2001 2016 assess its ESV in tropical forested landscape southern plains Nepal. The total for year estimated at USD 1264 million year−1. As forests are dominant class have high value per hectare, they highest...
Among vegetated coastal habitats, mangrove forests are among the densest carbon pools. They store their organic in surrounding soil and thus sequestered stays sediment for a long time cannot be easily returned to atmosphere. Additionally, mangroves also provide various important ecosystem services areas surroundings. Accordingly, it is understand distribution of biomass stock habitats spatial temporal context, not only reduce CO2 concentrations atmosphere, but sustainability. The objectives...
In recent years, Germany has seen an increase in forest fires, and many fires have occurred military training areas that are difficult to access for firefighting. While casualties still low mostly restricted firefighting personnel, settlements also increasingly threatened. Increasing impacts from extreme events due climate change will likely the ignition spread of fires. More people being affected by need external help evacuate cope with resulting damages losses. Forest threaten site,...
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is one of the most important societal challenges addressed under umbrella term nature-based solutions (NbS).One NbS approach that specifically addresses ecosystem-based disaster (Eco-DRR).However, there are other approaches, such as integrated fire management or protective forests, which directly aim at reducing specific natural hazards.Other adaptation (EbA), do not have DRR a primary goal, but contribute to it in form synergies and co-benefits.Based on...
Climate change impacts increasingly affect human wellbeing worldwide, particularly through consequences of extreme weather events such as heavy precipitation, flooding and heat. Densely populated areas face greater exposure to these hazards than rural areas. The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect exacerbates the heat in cities. Nature-based solutions (NbS) green blue infrastructure can be used adapt climate effects mitigate urban stress well precipitation impacts. Adaptation measures like spaces...
Drought and low soil fertility remain significant constraints to agricultural production in Burkina Faso. Agro-ecological practices like stone rows (SR), zaï (Z), ridge tillage (RT) have been developed cope with these challenges. This study aimed determine the influence of SR, Z, combined (Z_SR), RT on health sorghum productivity. The experiment was set up a randomized Fisher bloc design, four treatments five replications. Measurements were carried out parameters yield components. results...
The floods that hit wide parts of Central Europe in July 2021 demonstrate the impact extreme precipitation events can have on our continent. Heavy continuous rainfall from 12th to 15th 2021, caused by low-pressure system "Bernd", resulted widespread flooding. In Germany, federal states Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia were particularly affected, experiencing most fatalities material damage. rapid surge rivers creeks these areas overwhelmed residents authorities. After flood,...
To assess the potential risk of NaTech disasters in Germany, we present an approach that evaluates both natural hazards triggering industrial accidents and potentially affected population. First, exposure installations, facilities registered under Seveso Directive, chemical parks, nuclear power plants to earthquake wildfire is mapped. Second, because can amplify risks nearby populations, study examines effects on communities surrounding these sites. It necessary type vulnerable social groups...
Mangrove forest is an important ecosystem located in coastal area that provides various ecological and economical services. One of the services provided by mangrove ability to act as carbon sink sequestering CO<sub>2</sub> from atmosphere through photosynthesis burial on sediment. The buried sediment may persist for millennia before return atmosphere, thus effective long-term sink. Therefore, it understand distribution stored within a spatial temporal context. In this paper, effort map...
Climate variations and historical land use had a major impact on landscape development in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica). In southeast Brazil, rainforest expanded under warm-humid climate conditions late Holocene, but have been dramatically reduced times. Nevertheless, numerous remaining forest fragments are of outstanding biological richness. our research Rio de Janeiro we aim at reconstruction Quaternary evolution an assessment human landscapes rainforests. this context,...