Workshop: Challenges to scaling up citizen science
We recently held a workshop to support the integration of citizen science in biodiversity monitoring by identifying key bottlenecks and challenges limiting its full potential…
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Launch of the BiodivClim Knowledge Hub
Biodiversa+ is happy to announce the launch of the BiodivClim Knowledge Hub on the topic “Potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change”.
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Topic of our next joint call is known!
Biodiversa+ is pleased to announce that our next joint call for research will be on Nature-based Solutions! Nature-based solutions are understood as ‘actions to protect, conserve, restore, sustainably use and manage natural or modified terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems, which address social, economic and environmental challenges effectively and adaptively, while simultaneously providing human well-being,…
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BiodivProtect call – 36 projects funded!
In October 2021 Biodiversa+ has launched its BiodivProtect call on “Supporting the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems across land and sea”. The call funds 3-year transnational research projects, and was co-funded by the European Commission. It addressed the following three (non-exclusive) themes: Knowledge for identifying priority conservation areas, establishing effective and resilient ecological networks, enhancing…
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Biodiversity monitoring protocols across countries
Biodiversa+ surveyed transnational biodiversity monitoring programmes to understand current practices…
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Call for tenders – evidence synthesis on Nature-Based Solutions and transformative change
Biodiversa+, through the French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB) has opened a call for tenders. We are looking for a service provider to carry out a literature review on the capacity of NBS to foster transformative change for the sustainable use and management of biodiversity in socio-ecological systems. Through its subtask “Desk studies and…
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Biodiversa+ has joined Mastodon!
To keep connecting with our community on the fast growing social network, Biodiversa+ has created an account on Mastodon. Biodiversa+ is currently cross-posting tweets on our Mastodon account. To keep up with our content there too, please follow Biodiversa+!
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NetworkNature NBS projects database is live
Biodiversa+ is pleased to have supported the development of the NetworkNature database of EU research and innovation projects on nature-based solutions. The database has identified over 250 NBS projects ranging from 2011 to 2021, among which 35 were (co)funded by Biodiversa. The database was used to perform an analysis of EU R&I projects in terms…
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Use of biodiversity monitoring data in private decision making
On the 8 November 2022, Biodiversa+ hosted a workshop with private sector actors on the use of biodiversity data…
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Workshop on data interoperability and harmonisation
On 4 November 2022, Biodiversa+ hosted a workshop for (sub-)national initiatives to introduce their data architecture and workflows…
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