The object of study for this programme is the landscape resulting from the relationship between ecosystems and society. Analysing the impacts of different change factors on the dynamics of ecosystems, their natural values and the goods and services they provide, allied to multi-objective planning, are key to ensuring the sustainable provision of these goods and services within the context of global change.

Our work focuses on landscape ecology, ecohydrology and fluvial dynamics, natural disturbances, changes in land use and forest management, mosaic landscapes, the study of the ecological and hydrological processes that govern ecosystem dynamics, the projection of scenarios and the estimation of the provision of ecosystem goods and services within multiple contexts of change, as well as the development and application of innovative tools for the modelling and planning of agroforestry landscapes in order to contribute to decision-making.

Particular emphasis is placed on the use of advanced methodologies and technologies to characterise the condition of the landscape, multi-scale modelling of ecological and hydrological processes, the planning of forest management at the forest/landscape/basin/regional level, and the development of tools to support decision-making. All of these elements are key to the analysis of landscape dynamics and the ecosystem services that are derived from it, and to the selection of efficient policies for integrated land management and planning.