Integrating nature and society towards sustainability - current status of global change research in the Carpathian Mountains. Presented by Katarzyna Ostapowicz at the "Perth II: Global Change and the World's Mountains" conference in Perth, Scotland in September 2010.

1. INTEGRATING NATURE AND SOCIETY
TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY
– CURRENT STATUS OF GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH
IN THE CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS
Katarzyna Ostapowicz, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Astrid Björnsen Gurung, MRI, Switzerland, IGF, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Andrzej Bytnerowicz, USDA Forest Service, USA
Pavel Cudlin, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Marine Elbakidze, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences, Ukraine
Ľuboš Halada, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Manuela Hirschmugl, Joanneum Research, Austria
Patrick Hostert, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Jacek Kozak, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Ivan Kruhlov, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Elena Matei, University of Bucharest, Romania
Katalin Mázsa, Institute of Ecology and Botany of HAS, Hungary
Maria Nijnik, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, UK and Ukraine
Bohdan Prots, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
Marc Zebisch, European Academy Bolzano (EURAC), Italy
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

2. Aims
• to introduce the goals of the scientific network:
Science for the Carpathians (S4C)
• to present the results of the 1st FORUM CARPATICUM
(open meeting of the S4C)
• to point out the main topics in the Carpathian research
• to describe future directions of the S4C activities
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

3. The Carpathians Mountains
POLAND
UKRAINE
CZECH R.
SLOVAKIA
AUSTRIA
• countries:
AT, CZ, HU, PL,
HUNGARY RO, SK, SR, UA
ROMANIA
300 – 2600 m a.s.l.
• various human
activities
– agriculture
– forestry
– mining
– tourism
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

4. Science for the Carpathians (S4C): aims
• facilitating
• coordinating
• enhancing
collaborative research
in the Carpathian mountain region Kraków 2010
Kraków 2008
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

5. Science for the Carpathians (S4C): History/Meetings
2001/2004/2006 Forum Alpinum
ENGELBERG
April 2007
KRAKÓW BOLZANO
May 2008 October 2007
Bucharest Innsbruck
06.2008 04.2008
Montenegro
10.2009 Forum Carpaticum
BRATISLAVA KRAKÓW
June 2009 March 2010
KRAKÓW …
September 2010
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

6. Science for the Carpathians (S4C): milestone meetings
• Kraków 2008: Strategy development and networking workshop
– Working groups:
• (1) Forest and Land use, (2) Climate change and
biodiversity, (3) Tourism, (4) Ecosystem services, (5) Water
– Products:
• S4C workshop report (Ostapowicz, Sitko (eds.) 2009)
• Syntesis paper in MRD (Björnsen Gurung et al. 2009)
• Webpage (http://mri.scnatweb.ch/networks/mri-europe/carpathians/)
• Newsletter (first 07/09/2008, Yurii Bihun)
• Who is who list (since 2007, more than 300 participants, Elena Matei >
new: Miora Clius )
• Experts database
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

7. Science for the Carpathians (S4C): milestone meetings
• Bratislava 2009: S4C Planning meeting
– Interim SSC S4C (2009-2010): 14 members
– Memorandum
• Kraków 2010: the 1st FORUM CARPATICUM
...
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

8. Forum Carpaticum: Aims
• to support scientifically actions leading towards sustainability in the Carpathian
region
• to increase the visibility of the Carpathian region in the global change research
agendas
• to link research and practice in the field of coupled human-environmental
systems in mountain regions
• the Forum Carpaticum is an open meeting of the S4C network
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

9. The 1st Forum Carpaticum (15-18.09.2010):
participants
1
US: 8
4 1
10 79
17 12
25
4 10
4 18
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

10. Forum Carpaticum: 12 thematic sessions
(S4C Working Groups)
• Chemical environment [14]
• Climate Change: Implications for nature and society [8]
• Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity [17]
• Ecosystem services and human well-being [7]
• Forests, their management and resources [27]
• Integrated land resource management
and regional development policy [14]
• Land use and land cover change [10]
• Natural Hazards and Risks [12]
• Tourism (Re-) Development and sustainability [10]
• Traditional knowledge [5]
• Urban and rural development – opportunities and challenges [7]
• Water resources and management,
fluvial processes and interactions with biotic processes [12]
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

11. Forum Carpaticum
• http://www.wordle.net/create
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

12. GLOCHAMORE strategy areas
and Forum Carpaticum thematic sessions
• Climate
• Land Use Change
• Cryosphere
• Water Systems
• Ecosystem Function and Services
• Biodiversity
• Hazards
• Health …
• Mountain Economies
• Society and Global Change
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

13. Forum Carpaticum
• Products:
– conference webpage: www.forumcarpaticum.org
– abstracts book (Ostapowicz & Kozak 2010)
– post-conference book
(Kozak, Ostapowicz et al. (eds.), 2011, Springer)
• Scientific Steering Committee Meeting (16.09.2010):
– SSC S4C (2010-2012)
– revised memorandum
– strategic planning
for 2011/12 and beyond
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

14. Forum Carpaticum: conclussions
• pan-Carpathian and/or meta-studies:
– integrated, multi- and/or trans- disciplinary studies to:
• assess past changes in the region and its drivers (land use, biodiversity,
climate …)
• construct scenarios for different future climate, socio-economic and
land use changes
• connect scientific, practical and traditional knowledge about ecological,
social, economic and policy systems
• apply a system approach including different issues relevant to the
sustainable development of the Carpathians
• bridge the gap between scientists, stakeholders, and decision-makers
• identification and harmonization of data
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

15. Science for the Carpathians:
emerging themes for research (2010-2012)
Source: IGBP Report 53 / IHDP Report 19, Global Land Project
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

16. Science for the Carpathians:
emerging themes for research (2010-2012)
Tourism
Climate changes
Hazards
Land use change
Forestry
Society
Water
Economy systems
Biodiversity Chemical
environment
Source: IGBP Report 53 / IHDP Report 19, Global Land Project
Global Change and the World's Mountains, Perth, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010

17. Science for the Carpathians:
future directions (2010-2012)
• identification of emerging themes for research
– further discussion in the working groups (12)
• development of colaboration
– projects (in focal scientific areas for the future S4C projects)
– working group meetings
• meetings
– SSC S4C meeting: May 2011
– 2nd Forum Carpaticum: 30th May – 2nd June 2012, SLOVAKIA
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18. Science for the Carpathians
• Join us
more information you can find at:
http://mri.scnatweb.ch/networks/mri-europe/carpathians/
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19. THANK YOU !
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