The Future of Biodiversity Monitoring in Europe – ECCB Symposium
Biodiversa+ and EuropaBON are joining forces at the European Conference of Conservation Biology…
Call for papers – Transformative Change
In view of the upcoming Transformative Change Assessment of the IPBES, the scientific journal Biodiversity and Conservation is preparing a special issue on how such transformative change can help achieve the 2050 vision of biodiversity. The journal Biodiversity and Conservation invite interested individuals to submit a short synopsis of a topic they would like to…
Consultation on draft European Research & Innovation Roadmap for Nature-based solutions
How can Research & Innovation help achieve EU goals for Nature-Based Solutions development and deployment? Have your say and help shape the European Research & Innovation Roadmap for NBS! Biodiversa+, as part of NetworkNature, is facilitating the development of the EU R&I Roadmap for Nature-based solutions and is now opening a public consultation on its first draft until the 18th of September. This…
Collateral effects of pesticides and agriculture on plant symbionts
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…
IPBES Values Assessment – What impact does a narrow set of market values have on global biodiversity?
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…
IPBES Sustainable Use Assessment – How can people sustainably benefit from wild species?
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…
Water4All 2022 Joint Transnational Call Pre-Announcement
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…
Seminar on the Implementation of the European Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
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…
Press briefing – Concrete actions for the sustainable use of biodiversity and consideration of biodiversity values
“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…
New funding opportunity – Call pre-announcement
Get ready for the upcoming Biodiversa+ Call on “Improved transnational monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem change for science and society” Biodiversa+ is pleased to announce that it will soon launch a new transnational joint research call on the following topic: Improved transnational monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem change for science and society. It is scheduled to be launched…