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Panel 12 – science bio/geo
(b) The societal feedbacks on the Earth System. Put together with (c)
because similar to (b).
(c) The impacts of climate / land use change on ecosystems, services and
society
4.4.2 Future plans:
Formulation of plans:
Integration of plans:
Excellent
Very good – seems more risky, little done so
far by this Dept on societal feedbacks
Adequacy of infrastructure: Very good. Excellent within Sweden,
otherwise depends on European
collaboration / funding
Suggested improvements:
Is there any University-provided start-up
money for this subject? Perhaps to help
provide links to Europe?
Future potentials and possibilities
The future strategy unites the current internationally recognized
strengths of the department around an area of global importance: modelling
trace gases within the earth system with an emphasis on terrestrial
ecosystems. The department can also currently deliver on impacts of
change on ecosystem services. To bring in the human dimension would
be excellent and undoubtedly map onto key national and international
priorities, but it is less clear how this would be done (but see suggested
action to merge with Environmental Sciences).
The future strategy should focus on the most interesting and rewarding
avenues of research out of the several highlighted, especially if the
opportunities in the SWOT analysis are included. It is very important
that basic support for lab, field and computing facilities is maintained.
There is a high dependency on external funding within INES, although
the department is very good at gaining this type of support. The fact that
funding within Sweden is not promoting large multi-institute projects
may hinder development of particular themes.
Related questions and comments: What is the future of research at
Abisko Research Station, linked with the future of Abisko Research
Station? What is the future relationship with the Environmental Science
Department?
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