ILTER
International Long Term Ecosystem Research
| Type of Structure: |
coordinated project |
| Regional Scope: |
global
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| Parent Organisations: |
GTOS |
| Child Organisations: |
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| Duration : |
1993 to present |
| Contact Address: |
no office contact defined |
General information and objectives
Promote and enhance the understanding of long-term ecological phenomena across national and regional boundaries;
Promote comparative analysis and synthesis across sites;
Facilitate interaction among participating scientists across disciplines and sites;
Promote comparability of observations and experiments, integration of research and monitoring, and encourage data exchange;
Enhance training and education in comparative long-term ecological research and its relevant technologies;
Contribute to the scientific basis for ecosystem management;
Facilitate international collaboration among comprehensive, site-based, long-term ecological research programs; and
Facilitate development of such programs where they currently do not exist.
21 countries (as of 2000) formed formal national LTER programs:
Swiss LTER program
Last update: 4/27/22
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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