ALTER-Net: A Long-Term
Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awareness Research Network
ALTER-Net is a "Network
of Excellence" funded by the EU's 6th Framework Programme.
Integration objectives
ALTER-Net will, in collaboration
with a range of national and international organisations, develop integrated
research agendas focussing on priority policy issues. This will be achieved
through the:
- Integration of national
centres of excellence in biodiversity research and social science;
- Integration of environmental
and socio-economic approaches;
- Development of a network
of multi-functional long-term ecosystem research platforms (LTER);
- Development of a partnership
between research scientists, science communicators and science-based visitor
centres;
- Development of a Science-Policy
Link to improve information exchange related to biodiversity assessment;
- Development of a framework
for a distributed data, information and knowledge management system. ALTER-Net
will also encourage research, management and cultural changes within and
between its component organisations through support for training and communication
activities to promote the spread of excellence.
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