Results from the Digging Deeper project. While antibiotics help us fight tough diseases, they leave our gut biomes in poor condition. It turns out that pesticides have a similar effect on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), a plant symbiont that is found in our soils and that helps plants acquire nutrients. That is what the Biodiversa-project…
More than 50 methods and approaches exist to make the diverse values of nature visible, experts say. Following the launch of the Sustainable Use of Wild Species Assessment Report last Friday, the IPBES has released today a second major scientific report, the Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature (known as the…
50,000 wild species meet the needs of billions of people – Experts propose options to ensure their sustainable use On 8 July 2022, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) launched the Sustainable Use of Wild Species Assessment Report, the latest scientific report on the sustainable use of wild species, which millions of…
The Water4All Partnership has just announced their upcoming call to be launched in September 2022. Water4All is pleased to pre-announce a joint transnational call for research and innovation projects on “Management of water resources for increased resilience, adaptation and mitigation to hydroclimatic extreme events”. Topics: Resilience, adaptation and mitigation to hydroclimatic extreme events Tools for water…
3 June 2022 As part of its work programme, Biodiversa+ aims at setting up a forum for evidence-based policy implementation and training driven by the main question of “how to reach the protection targets of Biodiversity Strategy by 2030?”. This science-based policy forum gathering Biodiversa+ Partners, researchers, relevant national representatives/ actors and policy makers will…
“On the eve of the launch of two new Assessment Reports by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Biodiversa+ proposes to highlight very concrete actions and results at pan-European* level for the sustainable use of biodiversity and to better take into account the different values of biodiversity.” On Tuesday 28…