ECU-MAES (ECU-MAES)
Project: Ecu-MAES completed ·
Profile ECU-MAES

Project Title
ECU-MAES
(Original TitleA National Ecosystem Services Assessment and Mapping for the status and future development of ecosystem services and biodiversity – a fast track study in Ecuador.)
Project-Duration
01. October 2019 until 31. December 2021 (completed)
Project-Lead
Prof. Dr. Christine Fürst, Dr. Janina Kleemann
Project-Orientation
Assessment of ecosystem services, scenario development
Research Area
Ecuador
Contact
Dr. Janina Kleemann
Funding-Agencies
- DAAD/GIZ
Partners
- Ikiam
Publications
Koo, H., Kleemann, J., Cuenca, P., Noh, J.K., Fürst, C. (2024) Implications of landscape changes for ecosystem services and biodiversity: A national assessment in Ecuador. Ecosystem Services, 69, p.101652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101652
Kleemann, J., Zamora, C., Villacis-Chiluisa, A.B., Cuenca, P., Koo, H., Noh, J.K., Fürst, C., Thiel., M. (2022) Deforestation in Continental Ecuador with a Focus on Protected Areas. Land 11(2), 268. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020268
Kleemann, J., Koo, H., Hensen, I., Mendieta-Leiva, G., Kahnt, B., Kurze, C., Inclan, D.J., Cuenca, P., Noh, J.K., Hoffmann, M.H., Factos, A., Lehnert, M., Lozano, P., Fürst (2022) Priorities of action and research for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services in Ecuador. Biological Conservation 265, 109404.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109404
Noh, J.K., Echeverria, C., Gaona, G., Kleemann, J., Koo, H., Fürst, C., Cuenca, P. (2022) Forest Ecosystem Fragmentation in Ecuador: Challenges for Sustainable Land Use in the Tropical Andean. Land 11, 287. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020287
Noh, J.K., Echeverria, C., Kleemann, J., Koo, H., Fürst, C., Cuenca, P. (2020) Warning about conservation status of forest ecosystems in tropical Andes: National assessment based on IUCN criteria. PLoS ONE, 15(8), e0237877. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237877
