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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The BiodivERsA project SIGNAL just published a policy brief on European Gradients of Resilience in the face of Climate Extremes. The BiodivERsA network is pleased to announce the publication of a policy brief by one of its funded projects: SIGNAL. The brief states that extreme weather and the presence of invasive species can act as pressures…
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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…
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New study cofunded by Biodiversa through the project RACE. A paper is just out in PNAS featuring a study that was cofunded by Biodiversa to the project RACE. Matthew Fisher, coordinator of the RACE project and co-author of the study cofunded by BiodiVERsA explains: “It is a complete mystery why we are seeing this outbreak…
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“Europe-wide dampening of population cycles in keystone herbivores“ Professor Xavier Lambin (University of Aberdeen), project leader of ECOCYCLES project, is the author of a scientific report published in Science magazine (Vol. 340 no. 6128 pp. 63-66, April 5). This project funded under BiodivERsA 2008 Call, brings together scientists from Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Poland…
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