SPACES Projects

ASAP

The ASAP project aims at investigating the ecosystem services and environmental benefits of agroforestry systems (AFS) as an innovative, multi-purpose land-use management practice in southern Africa. A special focus will be the exploration of ...

SALDi

With regard to the widespread land degradation across South Africa, SALDi pursues to 1) develop a system for permanent observation for ecosystem changes and degradation based on satellite remote sensing; 2) model the interaction of surface changes, ...

CASISAC

In CASISAC, changes in the oceanic conditions and regional sea level around southern Africa are explored through global ocean and coupled climate modelling. The highly variable Agulhas Current System is subject to changes in the hydrography and ...

EMSAfrica

The EMSAfrica project looks at the dual impacts of climate change and land management in the savanna ecosystems of southern Africa. The interdisciplinary project aims to provide information to support decision-making concerning climate change ...

ORYCS

ORYCS investigates impacts of wildlife-based land use strategies in Namibian savannas on the feedbacks between wildlife movements and dynamics, vegetation and related ecosystem functions and services. Our study area is situated in the southwestern ...

SALLnet

The SALLnet project investigates how the functionality and resilience of multifunctional landscapes in southern Africa can be enhanced under climate change. It focuses on three land use types - rangelands, arable lands and orchards - that provide ...

BANINO

The BANINO project focusses on the physical forcing of coastal upwelling of Southwestern Africa and their variability. The project aims at building and expanding local capacities through cooperative research of German and African Scientists, summer ...

TRACES

TRACES deals with interdisciplinary investigations of the combined effects of climate change and anthropogenic impacts on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in eastern South Africa over the last 250 years. Existing data sets are completed by and ...

TRAFFIC

TRAFFIC is a cooperation of German, Namibian and South African institutes, aiming to understand the processes that drive the trophic structures of the northern and southern Benguela Upwelling System and the associated impact on fisheries and climate. ...

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