CENSOR - Climate variability and El Niño Southern Oscillation: Implications for Natural Coastal Resources and Management
Compilation of data from the literature and the web
About CENSOR:
• CENSOR deals with the effects of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on the coastal Humboldt Current ecosystem along Pacific South America.
• Fourteen institutions from South America and Europe participated in this interdisciplinary EU-funded project.
• Both the warm (El Niño) and the cold (La Niña) phase of ENSO cause major environmental changes and have either positive or negative ecological, infrastructural, and socioeconomic implications.
• Understanding and alleviating the multiple consequences of El Niño is essential to maintain the livelihood of coastal human communities.
Aims:
• An interdisciplinary understanding of coastal systems to support the sustained exploitation of marine resources and the income and livelihood of local communities.
• A web-based integration of any information on coastal ENSO effects: www.censor.name.
• Develop predictive tools for short-term forecasts of ENSO-induced environmental changes and resource availability.
• Establish recommendations and advice to decision makers, fishermen and aquafarmers for an effective, lasting use of fluctuating coastal marine resources during ENSO.
