Global and regional change poses a major challenge for science, economy, policy and society as a whole… Addressing climate change, conflicts between food and energy supplies, biodiversity loss, demographic shifts and intensive land transformation requires innovative and regionally adaptive solutions. The research programme “Sustainable Land Management”, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and…
Funded by the BiodivERsA call of 2008, the RACE project now has a well established and live mapping project for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, as well as a blog and several other features allowing Check it out here: http://www.bd-maps.eu/index.php For more information on the RACE project, click here. For more information on the BiodivERsA2008 call, click here.
VITAL: Ecosystem serVIce provision from coupled planT and microbiAL functional diversity in managed grasslands An interview of Dr. Sandra Lavorel, from the BiodivERsA-funded project VITAL, has been published in the International Innovation review, together with a 2 page article on the project. To access the .pdf version, pleae click here. To access the VITAL website,…
When 2011-11-01 00:00 to 2012-02-17 00:00 Location Secretariat of the Call – Estonian Science Foundation (ETF) Address Tallinn Estonia Biodiversity dynamics: developing scenarios, identifying tipping points, and improve resilience For more information about BiodivErsA’s third joint call, please click here.
BiodivERsA Pan-European call for international research proposals on biodiversity dynamics: developing scenarios, identifying tipping points and improving resilience The BiodivERsA “Pan-European call for international research proposals on biodiversity dynamics: developing scenarios, identifying tipping points and improving resilience” has been published on the project website. Click here to access the call pages. Altogether, 10 countries have…
BioMarKs: Biodiversity of Marine Eukaryotes The BioMarKs project, funded by the 2008 BiodivERsA call, has recently published two articles in the journal Nature. To access these articles, please follow the links below: – Discovery of novel intermediate forms redefines the fungal tree of life – Sensitivity of coccolithophores to carbonate chemistry and ocean acidification
Europe must grasp the true value of biodiversity Source: European Environment Agency (EEA) Apr. 28, 2009 Europe clears forests, ploughs fields, drains wetlands and builds cities and roads, often at the expense of natural ecosystems. But how much does our current consumption and production affect the integrity of ecosystems? How much and how fast is…
The French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB) publishes its first call for proposals Sunday, 14 June 2009 The objective is to support small, innovative projects in the field of biodiversity, of fundamental or applied nature. The total budget of the call is 750 000 Euro. This call covers all disciplines and fields of research…
Monday, 22 June 2009 from the European Environment Agency (EEA) As the first indicator-based assessment of progress towards the European target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010, this report serves two purposes. First, it takes stock of the state of biodiversity and its loss in Europe based on the most recent data available. Second, it functions…
EPBRS Meeting: “Targets for Biodiversity beyond 2010: research supporting policy“ Visby, Sweden 29th of September to 1st of October 2009