On the 4th of April 2017, BiodivERsA held the Kick-off meeting of the projects funded through the 2015-2016 COFUND Call BiodivERsA has selected 26 successful projects under the 2015-2016 COFUND call on « understanding and managing biodiversity dynamics to improve ecosystem functioning and delivery of ecosystem services in a global change context » part of which are focusing on soil…
When 2022-11-08 09:00 to 2022-11-08 19:00 Location Brussels Address In-person: Herman Teirlinck building (Havenlaan 88, 1000 Brussels) Virtual: Link accessible upon registration In the context of the green week on the theme “Nature, our health, our wealth”, BiodivERsA organized with the European Commission a side event on 2 June 2015 on Nature-Based Solutions. Nature-based solutions…
On 23-24 June 2015, BiodivERsA organized a ‘Project Clustering’ Workshop with as main goals to provide a space for dialogue between relevant policy makers and researchers from BiodivERsA funded projects in order to promote the development of policy briefs based on clustered results from several BiodivERsA projects addressing current policy needs. As more and more…
When 2015-05-18 00:00 to 2015-05-20 00:00 Location Ghent Belgium Together with the European Commission and under the auspices of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, ALTER-Net will host an international conference on Nature-Based Solutions. Relevant to research in many disciplines and communities, to EU policies and to practitioners, ‘Nature and Urban…
On the 29th of April 2015, BiodivERsA and FACCE-JPI hold the final conference of the projects funded through their 2013-2014 joint call on “Promoting synergies and reducing rade-offs between food supply, biodiversity and ecosystem services”. In 2013-2014, BiodivERsA launched jointly with FACCE-JPI* a pan-European call on the theme “Promoting synergies and reducing trade-offs between food…
When 2015-01-14 09:30 to 2015-01-14 14:00 Location Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the EU Address Rue Wiertz 77, 1000 Brussels Belgium The project URBES, funded under the BiodivERsA 2010-2011 joint call, will present during this conference its research outcomes regarding the role of biodiversity and ecosystem services in urban landscapes. Over the…
On the 3rd of October 2014, the BiodivERsA network hold the final conference of the projects funded through the 2012-2013 joint call on “Invasive species and biological invasions”. In 2012-2013, BiodivERsA partners developed and implemented a pan-European joint call on “Invasive species and biological invasions”, a topic which was previously identified as a pressing issue…
On the 2nd of October, 2014, the BiodivERsA2 project hold its final conference. The final conference was an excellent opportunity to present the wide variety of activities covered by the network (from research mapping and programming to research funding, stakeholder engagement, dissemination of projects’ outputs and knowledge brokerage (see the presentation “The BiodivERsA partnership: a…
When 2014-09-30 10:00 to 2014-09-30 17:00 Location European Parliament, Brussels Belgium The European Parliament Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development’, in partnership with IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature and the European Commission will held on the 30th of September a conference on Nature-Based Solutions. Europe faces enormous challenges in the…
On 11th and 12th June 2014, the BioadivERsA consortium organized a “horizon scanning workshop” in Brussels to investigate key future challenges and policy needs for biodiversity research at European level. In this context and along with the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, the “nature-based solutions” concept has been emerging, calling for renewed needs of knowledge…