The BiodivERsA film is now here! The film highlights BiodivERsA’s objectives and achievements and showcases four of the projects funded by the BiodivERsA consortium : – Race : Risk Assessment of Chytridiomycosis to European amphibian biodiversity – LinkTree : Linking genetic variability with ecological responses to environmental changes: forest trees as model systems – Biomarks…
BiodivERsA2, from its Kick-off meeting on February 2nd in Lisbon, Portugal, wishes Ramsar another successful 40 years, and looks forward working with it and other biodiversity-related conventions to deliver sound evidence-based policies. Lisbon, Portugal, 1st and 2nd of February 2011 Following the successful application for a second-generation BiodivERsA ERA-Net, which started on 1st November 2010…
http://www.egs.mmu.ac.uk/peatbog/
BiodivERsA projects – call 2008 (pdf 3MB) BiodivERsA Highlights pdf (2MB)
& learn more about the procedures to apply to our call “Conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and their biodiversity“ Lessons learned from the first call 2008 Graham Tebb (formerly from FWF) together with the assistance of some of the other partners has compiled a list of recommendations to assist future calls. For further BiodivERsA…
The European Commission has published over the summer several calls for proposals related to research and development within the 7th Framework Programme (FP7). The European Commission has published over the summer several calls for proposals related to research and development within the 7th Framework Programme (FP7). Two calls for Cooperation Activities have topics related to…
Biodiversity and ecosystem services and their valuation
Recommended projects Follwing the evaluation of proposals and the meeting of the BiodivERsA Call Steering Committee, the project proposals below have been recommended for funding. The final funding decision will depend on the acceptance of these recommendations by the national funding agencies supporting this BiodivERsA call. ► APPEAL – Assessment and valuation of Pest suppression…
To foster a coherent vision for the setting of priorities in biodiversity research, as well as to avoid wasteful overlaps in project content, BiodivERsA has established a common strategic agenda to support research. This agenda is built upon existing research and biodiversity strategies and priorities (at agency, national and international levels) allowing the identification of…
April 2009 Abstract: The life support systems that are provided by the environment (ecosystem services) are undervalued by Europeans and must be protected by new legislation, EASAC writes in its new report published on 17 February 2009. The report identifies and assesses the essential and often irreplaceable benefits that Europeans get from their environment and shows…