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International Conference “Beyond Economic Valuation: Alternative Ways to express the Value of Biodiversity in Science and Policy”

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When 2014-03-24 09:00 to 2014-03-25 18:00 Location Natural Science Museum Address Rue Vautier 29, 1000 Brussels Belgium The EU-BIOMOT consortium and the BIOGOV unit of the University catholique de Louvain are organizing an international conference and a science-policy-society meeting on “Beyond Economic Valuation: Alternative Ways to express the Value of Biodiversity in Science and Policy”.…

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New BiodivERsA Newsletter available!

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In this Newsletter you will find further details on the joint call launched with FACCE-JPI in November. It also includes short summaries of the 2012-2013 funded projects and information on the launch of the BiodivERsA database. The newsletter also features an article about a meting hold in the European Parliament on the EU 2020 biodiversity…

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Biodiversity Institute Symposium (Oxford): Biodiversity Resilience

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When 2013-10-02 00:00 to 2013-10-03 00:00 Location Oxford United Kingdom The annual Biodiversity Institute Symposium this year (2nd- 3rd October, 2013) will tackle the subject of Biodiversity Resilience. Factors leading to the loss of resilience in social-ecological systems are the focus of many excellent on-going research programmes and symposia. However, this two-day symposium aims to highlight…

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Second Biodiversity Knowledge Conference

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When 2013-09-24 00:00 to 2013-09-26 00:00 Location Berlin Germany Towards a future Network of Knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe The second BiodiversityKnowledge conference will be held in Berlin (Jerusalemkirche) from September 24th-26th, 2013. The objective of this meeting is to discuss and finalize the recommended design of a future Network of Knowledge…

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European Parliament Event

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When 2013-09-24 00:00 Location Brussels Belgium Meeting the EU 2020 Biodiversity Targets: Mainstreaming Conservation In the context of the conference of the European Parliament intergroup on ‘Climate change, biodiversity & sustainable development’, DG-RTD and IUCN are organising an event including 4 round table debates in the European Parliament (Brussels) on Tuesday 24th of September(09:00 – 18.30). The aim…

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BiodivERsA newsletter #13 available here

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It includes the pre-announcement of the 2013-2014 joint call and you will also find further details on the 2012-2013 funded projects along with the updated BiodivERsA agenda, news about science-society and science-policy interfacing, and mapping work through the BiodivERsA database. The newsletter aslo features an article about BiodivERsA being identified as a success story by…

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Pre-Announcement of the 2013-2014 Call for proposals

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BiodivERsA/FACCE-JPI Pan-European call for international research proposals on : “Promoting synergies and reducing trade-offs between food supply, biodiversity and ecosystem services” The BiodivERsA ERA-Net and the FACCE-JPI have decided to launch a joint call for research proposals on “Promoting synergies and reducing trade-offs between food supply, biodiversity and ecosystem services”, planned to be launched in…

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Kick-off meeting for 2011-2012 projects

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2011-2012 Call “Biodiversity Dynamics: developing scenarios, identifying tipping points and improving resilience“ was highlighted on June 13 & 14 in Almeria (Spain) BiodivERsA’s third joint call funded nine research projects of scientific excellence and policy relevance for a total amount of 8.8M€. The call addressed the three following themes: 1/ Developing integrated biodiversity scenarios 2/…

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BiodivERsA Success Story!

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BiodivERsA has been selected as one of the Commission's success stories! DG Research & Innovation has recently published an article explaining how the ERA-Net takes an active part in the protection and management of biodiversity across Europe and beyond. See the full article here: “Protecting and managing biodiversity – the foundation of life as we…

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ALTER-Net recommendations available!

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ALTER-Net conference “Science underpinning the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy“, Ghent (Belgium) 15-18 April 2013 The conference primarily focused on the objectives and targets of the EU’s 2020 Biodiversity Strategy, which should be realized by the end of the decade. Being a science-policy interface network, ALTER-Net wanted to help the EU in realizing these targets by…

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