Biodiversa+ aims to increase the relevance, impact and visibility of European Research and Innovation (R&I) for biodiversity conservation and its sustainable use in biodiversity research and related policy, both in Europe and beyond.
In this domain, the Biodiversa+ objectives are to :
Biodiversa+ performs mapping of research collaborations between the ERA and other world regions. This serves as a basis to further reinforce its R&I collaboration with non-ERA countries.
Biodiversa+ also works towards an improved engagement of Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories, as well as with development aid donors/foundations to reinforce its global reach.
Biodiversa+ strives for its activities to be aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the upcoming post-2020 global biodiversity framework and the European Union’s global action for biodiversity.
Biodiversa+ also seeks to reinforce its collaboration with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and other Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs).
In addition, Biodiversa+ is collaborating closely with the Intergovernmental Science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), around its four main functions:
Biodiversa+ closely works with Global Research Infrastructure to promote the use of European and global research infrastructure and Earth Observation programmes by biodiversity scientists of the ERA.
