Increasing biodiversity and climate change resilience in Dutch landscapes
Climate conditions, the state of nature, and human well-being are interconnected and continuously changing. In COMBINED, we will combine research on climate, nature, and human interactions in grasslands, forests, and urban nature. These landscapes cover a large part of the Netherlands and, therefore, have a large potential to contribute to our impact goals:
- Dutch landscapes, from urban to rural, contribute positively to biodiversity recovery, climate resilience, and a healthy environment
- Dutch landscape management and design respond to the changing values and demands of society and are boosted by an integrated, just, and adaptive governance system with a long-term focus in which nature and climate are considered a priority.
To reach this impact, COMBINED aims to:
- Understand how changes in biodiversity and climate interact in Dutch landscapes.
- Evaluate the effects of existing measures and strategies on biodiversity conservation and recovery, climate mitigation and adaptation, and a healthy environment that promotes social well-being and welfare.
- Identify what social, political and institutional obstacles influence the implementation of such measures and strategies and how they can be removed.
Let's #Combine strengths
Whether you work in the design and management of landscapes at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature, provinces, or land-owning organizations, you'll find value in joining one of our events to discover how to optimize landscape multi-functionality for biodiversity and climate change resilience.
A joint effort
In COMBINED, we aim for an impact in which Dutch landscapes recover their biodiversity, become climate resilient, and provide a healthy living environment working with a vast network of partners.
COMBINED is a project of the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA) programme Climate and Nature which is the initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery, Food Quality, and Nature.