Harmonising transportation with nature. Anniversary celebration HURRAY

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1 Harmonising transportation with nature Anniversary celebration HURRAY 1

2 20 years of IENE Lessons learned and ways ahead by IENE Steering Committee: Anders Sjölund, Yannick Autret, Marita Böttcher, Elke Hahn, Lazaros Georgiadis, Carme Rosell, Tony Sangwine Andreas Seiler and Paul Wagner Why this topic 64 million km of existing roads 25 million km of new roads to be built by

3 Massive infrastructure investments on the horizon 64 million km of roads worldwide (enough for 83 return-trips to the moon!) and 1,5 million km of railways. An additional 25 million lane-km will be constructed by 2050, according to the existing plans. (the majority in raising economies) A 40 % increase in only 35 years An additional 335,000 km of railway tracks are expected by The number of vehicles on earth is set to more than double, reaching 2.8 billion by The combined area of new road and rail, plus parking, is equivalent to the size of the UK, possibly larger. * A global strategy for road building. Laurence William. * A global F. Et strategy al. Nature for 2014 road building. Laurence William. F. Et al. Nature 2014 Outlook to an infrastructured future GLOBIO future outlook

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5 IENE Infra Eco Network Europe Founded in 1996 as a non-political, formalized network of experts on Ecology and Transportation. A community of practise providing an independent arena for exchange of knowledge, experience, idéas etc. Fostering collaboration for a safer and sustainable transport infrastructure. IENE COST action 341: Habitat Fragmentation due to Transportation Infrastructure 5

6 in 2003: Cost 341 European handbook presented in Brussels 2003 at 1st IENE international conference Road Ecology Science and Solutions 2003 The concept of Road Ecology was coined Richard T.T. Forman, Daniel Sperling, John A. Bissonette, Anthony P. Clevenger, Carol D. Cutshall, Virginia H. Dale, Lenore Fahrig, Robert L. France, Charles R. Goldman, Kevin Heanue, Julia Jones, Frederick Swanson, Thomas Turrentine, and Thomas C. Winter. See more at: 6

7 IENE: From 2003 to 2008 IENE hibernation Miklus Puky & Hans Bekker galleries/restartiene The new IENE Swedish Transport Administration provided new funding Secretariat was placed at the Swedish Biodiversity Centre (now: Calluna AB) Elected Steering Committee New statutes developed 7

8 The new IENE Formal restart in Evora, Portugal 2009 Important news: individual membership general assembly elected Steering Committee. IENE Activities: A: new IENE Conferences: Velence, Hungary 2010 Potsdam, Germany 2012 Malmö, Sweden 2014 Lyon, France The Netherlands 2020 Portugal 8

9 IENE Declarations Since 2012, a Declaration is produced in each conference focusing in a topic that requires particular attention. Addressed to decision makers, planners, technicians and researchers as well as the general public, Claim for actions that contribute to find solutions, to gap lacks of knowledge and to reduce the pressures that transport infrastructure exerts on nature. Prepared by the Steering Committee, the Programme Committee members and other contributors: Agreed among all participants: a participative projects IENE 5 th International Conference on Ecology and Transportation 2016 IENE 2016 Declaration Ecological design and maintenance for Transport Infrastructure Habitats 9

10 IENE. Advising IENE was asked for advice: Road project Lugoj-Deva motorway,rumania, The Carpathian convention ( CEDR (Conference of European Directors of Roads) for preparation of a call for a research program. ( Planning and Applying Mitigating Measures to Green Transport Infrastructure in Myanmar and Thailand. IENE. Observing IENE is apointed as official observer at the Bern Convention, Council of Europe. convention 10

11 IENE is steadily growing! IENE is today o nearly 360 members o representing 50 countries o from every Continent A new landmark The new knowledge added and compiled in new Handbooks

12 Towards a global best practise in ecologicallysensitive linear infrastructure New Global Guidelines A project proposal at the IUCN Conference Poster at the IUCN Conference,Hawaii 2016 Important challanges for the coming decades Define sustainable boundaries / goals applied to Roads and Railways and mitigation strategies - global level Strategic masterplans, multi-national/national and regional Transport plans - international level Models, tools and guidelines for mitigation activities - national level A Knowledge Boom: Educate, Inform, Advice, IENE International Conferences, IENE workshops 12

13 Joint venture on scientific publications about Ecology and Transportation Andreas Seiler (IENE Steering Committee), Eric Guinard (IENE 2016, CEREMA) Carme Rosell (IENE Steering Committee) Clara Grilo (CIBIV 2016) Edgar van der Grift (Alterra, CEDR-Saferoad 2016) Rodney van der Ree (ANET) Paul Wagner (ICOET) Patty Cramer (ICOET) Ecology & Transportation IENE InfraEcoNetworkEurope Aim: establish a joint platform for publishing scientific papers from conferences and workshops (and independently of them) support cross-disciplinary access and dissemination enhance the quality of research and data acquisition increase evidence-based knowledge 13

14 Ecology & Transportation Approach: in.org a community-rooted, open-access academic publisher initiate a series of research topics linked to upcoming conferences on IENE 2016, CIBIV, ANET, ICOET 2017, IENE 2018,.. in future: promotion to section level Ecology & Transportation (with own research topics) First topic: => (journals) Ecology and Evolution => (section) Urban Ecology => (topics) on Ecology and Transportation frontiersin -> research topics -> Integrating Transport Infrastructure with Living Landscapes Ecology & Transportation 1 Transportation and infrastructure are significant drivers of the global loss of biodiversity. Their impact on nature is increasingly recognized and there is ample evidence for the negative effects of traffic 14

15 Ecology & Transportation Research Topic: Integrating Transport Infrastructure with Living Landscapes = Ecology & Transportation 1 Submission deadline: December 31, 2016 Open access costs: Full papers (1,900 $) Case reports (875 $) Data (450 $) opinion, young minds (free) IENE 2016 is funding selected 10 full papers! Discounted publication fees (15%) Welcome with your contributions! Check the website and join the network! 15