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Healthy Alps: Alpine Landschaften im Klimawandel: Einfluss von Landnutzungsänderungen auf regulierende Ökosystemleistungen, Biodiversität, Gesundheit und Wohbefinden
Projektleitung
Andreas Bohner
Forschungseinrichtung
HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, BMLFUW
Projektnummer
101080Projektlaufzeit
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Finanzierungspartner
Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft| Bundesministerium für Nachhaltigkeit und Tourismus
Allgemeine Projektinformationen
Abstract (deutsch)
Im Projekt “Healthy Alps” wird erforscht, ob und in welchem Ausmaß
(1) Biodiversität und Ökosystemleistungen mit der Gesundheit und dem Wohlbefinden des Menschen verbunden sind,
(2) die Intensität der Landnutzung und die Bewirtschaftungsaufgabe einen Einfluss auf die Gesundheit des Menschen aufweisen und ob diese unterschiedlich bewirtschafteten Landschaften von Menschen als erholsam empfunden werden,
(3) “Soundscapes” eine nützliche Methode zur Messung von Verknüpfungen zwischen Biodiversität und menschlicher Gesundheit darstellen.
Schlagwörter (deutsch)
biodiversity research, plant ecology, animal ecology, landscape conservation, agroecology, alpine grassland, land-use, human health and well-being, ecosystem services
Titel, Abstract, Schlagwörter (englisch)
Titel (englisch)
Alpine landscapes under global change: Impacts of land-use change on regulating ecosystem services, biodiversity, human health and well-being
Abstract (englisch)
“Healthy Alps” specifically examines whether and to what extent
1) ecosystem services, biodiversity, human health and well-being are connected
2) land-use intensity and land-use abandonment of cultural landscapes have an impact on human health and that these differently managed landscapes are perceived as restorative by visitors
3) soundscapes are useful tools for measuring linkages between biodiversity and human health
Projektziele
“Healthy Alps” specifically examines whether and to what extent
1) regulating ecosystem services, biodiversity, human health and well-being are connected
2) land-use intensities and land-use abandonment of cultural landscapes have an impact on human health and that these differently managed landscapes are perceived as restorative by visitors
3) soundscapes are useful tools for measuring linkages between biodiversity and human health
We hypothesize that
(I) there is a close positive correlation between regulating ecosystem services and human wellbeing and that more diverse meadows will receive a psycho-physiological appreciation by visitors than meadows with lower diversity,
(II) a decrease in management intensity (i.e. from properly managed meadows to abandonment) and associated changes in landscape composition will result in a decrease in human health measures
(III) acustic surveys (soundscapes) are cost-effective tools to describe connections between different categories of ecosystem services (i.e. regulating vs. cultural ecosystem services).
Addressing these topics is urgently needed because biosphere reserves aim in being a role model for nature-based health-related offers. Unfortunately, information on restorative effects of landscape types such as semi-natural grasslands subject to different level of land-use change is missing, while at the same time these traditionally managed meadows are disappearing. Demonstrating health effects resulting from a stay in biosphere landscapes will raise public awareness about the valuable naturalcultural capital of the area, which can assist in maintaining natural and historic-cultural landscapes and supporting the biosphere reserve idea. Findings may also support the role of a biosphere reserve for the well-being of its local residents and visitors.
To answer these research questions an interdisciplinary team consisting of Austrian and Swiss experts from zoology, botany, ecology, environmental psychology, recreation and landscape planning, and environment engineering will analyse these relationships.
Praxisrelevanz
Ein Nachweis von Gesundheitseffekten, die aus einem Aufenthalt in Biosphärenpark-Landschaften resultieren, würde das öffentliche Interesse für das natürliche und kulturelle Kapital dieser Region wecken und die Verbreitung der Biosphärenpark-Idee vorantreiben.