When 19-04-2023 From 09:00 to 18:00 CEST Location Online – open to all Prague, CZ – invitation only Address Evropská 15, 160 41 Prague, Czech Republic Discover the 36 projects funded under BiodivProtect! Take this opportunity to discover 36 new projects focused on supporting the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems across land and sea! …
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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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Results from the Digging Deeper project. While antibiotics help us fight tough diseases, they leave our gut biomes in poor condition. It turns out that pesticides have a similar effect on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), a plant symbiont that is found in our soils and that helps plants acquire nutrients. That is what the Biodiversa-project…
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On 4 May 2022 On the 4th of May 2022, Biodiversa+ and Water JPI organised the virtual kick-off meeting of the research projects funded under their joint 2020-2021 research Call on “Conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and their biodiversity, including a focus on aquatic systems” (BiodivRestore). 22 excellent research projects with potential impact on…
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Both projects were funded 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: the cases of soils and sediments, and land- river and sea-scapes (habitat connectivity, green and blue infrastructures, and naturing cities)”.
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Results of the joint BiodivERsA and Water JPI Joint Research Call In the context of their BiodivRestore COFUND Action, BiodivERsA and Water JPI launched in October 2020 a joint call to support research on “Conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and their biodiversity, including a focus on aquatic systems”. The call was co-funded by the…
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New results in InvasiBES and AlienScenarios funded projects Pandemics and biological invasions have much in common. They are often linked by the same global change drivers, and are showing similar features. However, there is a lack of research exploring these links. The InvasiBES and AlienScenarios projects (both funded under the 2017-2018 BiodivERsA – Belmont Forum call) recently…
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HIGHLIGHT OF THE REEF-FUTURES FUNDED PROJECT In the framework of BiodivScen, the 2017-2018 BiodivERsA – Belmont Forum Joint Action on Scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services, 21 research projects were selected for funding, based on their scientific excellence, their involvement of relevant stakeholders and their promising societal impact. The REEF-FUTURES project (see description here), funded under BiodivScen…
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The need to manage salmonid invasions in Europe to protect native biodiversity BiodivERsA is pleased to announce that the SalmoInvade project, funded under the 2012-13 joint call, has published a policy brief on the need to manage salmonid invasions in Europe. SalmoInvade studied how the variable ecological conditions in Europe affect both the natural distribution of…
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The BiodivERsA-funded project BIOGEA has published a new policy brief on Green and Blue Infrastructure and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform BiodivERsA is pleased to announce that the BIOGEA project, funded under the 2015 Cofund call, has published a policy brief on Green and Blue Infrastructures and the Common Agricultural Policy reform. BIOGEA studies…
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