To achieve this, the project will be organized into five work packages, which aim at:
1- Improving the consideration of CO2 regulation ecosystem services in relevant policies, conducting social and economic valuations, and fostering awareness through co-creation with researchers and stakeholders.
2- Reanalyzing, meta-analyzing, and modeling long-term data series to gain insights into the role of catchments in regulating greenhouse gas emissions.
3- Developing innovative approaches and cost-effective technology for monitoring greenhouse gas fluxes, with a focus on high-resolution measurements.
4- Conducting field measurements throughout the seasonal cycle in a network of headwater catchments across Europe, considering climate, N-P deposition gradients, and local land use effects, to determine the balance of CO2 and other climate-relevant gases inferred from their fluxes.
5- Communicating project results to policy-makers, environmental managers, authorities, the general public, and the scientific community.
The project aims to influence international policy design, generate new knowledge on the combined effects of deposition, climate, and land use on GHG regulation and water quality, improve carbon balance estimates, models, and projections, as well as enhance valuation and monitoring methods for this ecosystem service. It also intends to have influence within advisory bodies guiding emissions control policies. A policy brief will be prepared and delivered to national and local authorities at the project’s conclusion.
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