PALMS

Palm harvest impacts in tropical forests

 Coordinatore AARHUS UNIVERSITET 

 Organization address address: Nordre Ringgade 1
city: AARHUS C
postcode: 8000

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Dennis
Cognome: Pedersen
Email: send email
Telefono: +45 8715 6516

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Denmark [DK]
 Sito del progetto http://www.fp7-palms.org
 Totale costo 4˙202˙430 €
 EC contributo 3˙145˙879 €
 Programma FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)
 Code Call FP7-ENV-2007-1
 Funding Scheme CP-FP
 Anno di inizio 2009
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2009-01-01   -   2013-12-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    AARHUS UNIVERSITET

 Organization address address: Nordre Ringgade 1
city: AARHUS C
postcode: 8000

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Dennis
Cognome: Pedersen
Email: send email
Telefono: +45 8715 6516

DK (AARHUS C) coordinator 0.00
2    AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

 Organization address address: CALLE SERRANO 117
city: MADRID
postcode: 28006

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Manuel J.
Cognome: Macía
Email: send email
Telefono: -914202983
Fax: -914200123

ES (MADRID) participant 0.00
3    DANISH CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS

 Organization address address: Strandgade 56
city: Copenhagen
postcode: 1401

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Helle Munk
Cognome: Ravnborg
Email: send email
Telefono: +45 32698694
Fax: +45 32698700

DK (Copenhagen) participant 0.00
4    DANSK INSTITUT FOR INTERNATIONALE STUDIER

 Organization address address: OSTBANEGADE 117
city: KOBENHAVN
postcode: 2100

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Annette
Cognome: Holm
Email: send email
Telefono: +45 32698612

DK (KOBENHAVN) participant 0.00
5    FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN

 Organization address address: Kaiserswertherstrasse 16-18
city: BERLIN
postcode: 14195

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Maximilian
Cognome: Weigend
Email: send email
Telefono: -83856492
Fax: -+49-30-838 55434

DE (BERLIN) participant 0.00
6    INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT

 Organization address address: Boulevard de Dunkerque - CS 90009 44
city: MARSEILLE
postcode: 13572

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Ariel
Cognome: Crozon
Email: send email
Telefono: +33 0 1 48 03 77 21
Fax: +33 0 1 40 36 23 85

FR (MARSEILLE) participant 0.00
7    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL ECUADOR

 Organization address address: Avenida 12 de Octubre y Carrion
city: QUITO
postcode: 17012184

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Renato
Cognome: Valencia
Email: send email
Telefono: +5932 2991 685
Fax: +5932 2567 117

EC (QUITO) participant 0.00
8    RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAT BONN

 Organization address address: REGINA PACIS WEG 3
city: BONN
postcode: 53113

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Daniela
Cognome: Hasenpusch
Email: send email
Telefono: 49228737274
Fax: 49228736479

DE (BONN) participant 0.00
9    ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW

 Organization address address: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW
city: RICHMOND
postcode: TW93AB

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: George
Cognome: Sarkis
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 20 8332 5192
Fax: +44 20 8332 5196

UK (RICHMOND) participant 0.00
10    UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID

 Organization address address: CALLE EINSTEIN, CIUDAD UNIV CANTOBLANCO RECTORADO 3
city: MADRID
postcode: 28049

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Ana
Cognome: Amigo
Email: send email
Telefono: +34 914972897

ES (MADRID) participant 0.00
11    UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES

 Organization address address: "Avenida Villazon 1995, Monoblock Central"
city: LA PAZ
postcode: N/A

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Mónica
Cognome: Moraes R.
Email: send email
Telefono: +591 2 2792416
Fax: +591 2 2770962

BO (LA PAZ) participant 0.00
12    UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA

 Organization address address: Carrera 30
city: BOGOTA
postcode: N/A

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Gloria
Cognome: Galeano
Email: send email
Telefono: +57 1 3165000 11506
Fax: +57 1 3165365

CO (BOGOTA) participant 0.00
13    UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS

 Organization address address: "AVENIDA GERMAN AMEZAGA S/N, EDIFICIO JORGE BASADRE 4TO PISO"
city: LIMA
postcode: LIMA 1

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Betty
Cognome: Millán Salazar
Email: send email
Telefono: +511 4704471
Fax: +511 2656819

PE (LIMA) participant 0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Tropical forests harbour thousands of useful plants which are harvested and used in subsistence economies or traded in local, regional or international markets. The effect on the ecosystem is little known, and the forests’ resilience is badly understod. Palms are the most useful group of plants in tropical American forests and we will study the effect of extraction and trade of palms on forest in the western Amazon, the Andes and the Pacific lowlands. We will determine the size of the resource by making palm community studies in the different forest formations and determine the number of species and individuals of all palm species. The genetic structure of useful palm species will be studied to determine how much harvesting of the species contributes to genetic erosion of its populations, and whether extraction can be made without harm. We then determine how much palms are used for subsistence purposes by carrying out quantitative, ethnobotanical research in different forest types and then we study trade patterns for palm products from local markets to markets which involve export to other countries and continents. Palm populations are managed in various ways from sustainable ones to destructive harvesting; we will study different ways in which palms are managed and propose sustainable methods to local farmers, local governments, NGOs and other interested parties. Finally we will study national level mechanism that governs extraction, trade and commercialization of palm products, to identify positive and negative policies in relation to resilience of ecosystems and use this to propose sustainable policies to the governments. The results will be diseminated in a variety of ways, depending on need and stake holders, from popular leaflets and videos for farmers, reports for policy makers to scientific publication for the research community. The team behind the proposal represents 10 universities and research institutions in Europe and northwestern South America.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Palms are among the most versatile group of plants found in tropical American forests and are used for furniture and cosmetics and in the food industry. However, the impact of harvesting these species on the forest ecosystem and the effect of managing wild populations has been poorly understood until recently.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Tropical forests contain a huge variety of useful plants that are not well understood by science. Palm species can serve as a proxy to enable researchers to investigate regional biological diversity and the effect of harvesting on biodiversity and ecosystems.

The EU-funded 'Palm harvest impacts in tropical forests' (http://www.fp7-palms.org/ (PALMS)) project was established to investigate the impact of removing trees and/or fruit from forests in north-western South America. This area includes parts of the countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

Researchers from Europe and South America studied useful palm species to discover how their harvesting and trading contributes to the loss of genetic material from wild populations. Scientists also employed advanced molecular biology methods to determine palm diversity.

Interviews with local people revealed that hundreds of palm species are used for thousands of different purposes. This information, together with economic, management and policy data, was subjected to sophisticated statistical analysis. Project findings were shared with local advisory committees from all four participating South American nations, who made suggestions for improving the work.

Project results give an indication of the level of human extraction of palm products from the study area and an estimated impact on the tropical forest ecosystem. It was also found that the legal framework for harvesting and commercialising palm products was complex and poorly understood.

The success of the PALMS project has helped to protect and conserve the palms and biodiversity of the tropical forest in north-western South America. This was achieved by providing alternatives to unsustainable management practices and improving local government regulation of the use and trade of palm resources. It has also contributed to national policies for the extraction, harvesting, trade and commercialisation of palm products.

PALMS provided a new approach for evaluating ecosystem diversity and resilience and developed criteria and indicators. This will facilitate the sustainable management of biodiverse tropical forests both in South America and around the globe.

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