ALICE 2.0 Improving the management of Atlantic Landscapes: accouting for bIodiversity and eCosystem sErvices

Financed by Interrreg Atlantic Area.  Project Partners: Universidad de Cantabria / IHCantabria (coord), Consejería de Medio Rural, Pesca y Alimentación del Gobierno de Cantabria, Basque Centre for Climate Change, Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Centre for the Law and Economics of the Sea, Université de Rennes 1, Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique, National University of Ireland, Spanish Office of climate change / MAPAMA. Coordination: Pepe Barquin (IHCantabria) Principal Researcher UTAD: Edna Cabecinha. 

ALICE developed an integrated approach considering the relationships between human activities (social and economic aspects), ecosystem service provisioning and coastal and terrestrial biodiversity. The project aims at protecting biodiversity while assuring human activities through the implementation of Blue and Green Infrastructures to adapt to climate change. A Multi sectoral participation will take place through an innovative participatory process fostering local knowledge and the involvement of relevant stakeholders (institutions, private and public, NGOs, civil society).