Ecosystems Research
The ECI's ecosystems research is recognised for its understanding of the ecology, functioning and sensitivity of tropical forests, through extensive field study networks across the tropics. The team use satellite remote sensing and terrestrial ecosystem model tools to assess and predict rates of change in ecosystems. They analyse the governance of forest systems at multiple levels, and monitor the effectiveness of conservation measures and protected areas.
Ecosystem Laboratory
The Ecosystem Laboratory seeks to understand what makes contemporary ecosystems; and how they may be affected by direct human pressures and global atmospheric change.
Led by Yadvinder Malhi
Forest Governance
The Forest Governance Programme seeks to strengthen our understanding of how state and non-state institutions and actors shape decisions about the conservation and use of forest resources around the world.
Led by Constance McDermott
Biodiversity and Climate Adaptation
The Biodiversity and Climate Adaptation research group is at the forefront of integrating and improving techniques for the observation and projection of the effects of environmental change on species, ecosystems and the services they provide at the international and national level.
Led by Pam Berry
Outputs
Lyster, R., MacKenzie, C. and McDermott, C.L. (eds.) (2013) Law, Tropical Forests and Carbon: The Case of REDD+. CUP, Cambridge.
Huntingford, C. et al. (2013) Simulated resilience of tropical rainforests to CO2-induced climate change. Nature Geoscience.
Ogawa-Onishi, Y. and Berry, P.M. (2013) Ecological impacts of climate change in Japan: the importance of integrating local and international publications. Biological Conservation, 157: 361-371.
Coad, L., et. al. (2013) Social, economic and ecological change over a decade in a village hunting system, Central Gabon. Conservation Biology.
Network Affiliations
Doctoral Research
Cecilia Dahlsjo: 'Unravelling the role of termites in ecosystem functioning in tropical Amazonia'
Tahia Devisscher: 'Enhancing the adaptive capacity of social-ecological systems in tropical forest landscape'
Caroline Schmidt: 'Avoiding deforestation and the geography of law in the Brazilian Amazon'
Rocio Urrutia: 'Assessment of forest ecosystem services under climate and land use change scenarios in Chile'