Contribute to shape the IPBES rolling work programme The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) would like to gather requests, inputs and suggestions regarding the rolling work programme of IPBES up to 2030, in time for consideration by the Plenary at its tenth session (2023), and to consider at the same session…
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In view of the upcoming Transformative Change Assessment of the IPBES, the scientific journal Biodiversity and Conservation is preparing a special issue on how such transformative change can help achieve the 2050 vision of biodiversity. The journal Biodiversity and Conservation invite interested individuals to submit a short synopsis of a topic they would like to…
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More than 50 methods and approaches exist to make the diverse values of nature visible, experts say. Following the launch of the Sustainable Use of Wild Species Assessment Report last Friday, the IPBES has released today a second major scientific report, the Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature (known as the…
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50,000 wild species meet the needs of billions of people – Experts propose options to ensure their sustainable use On 8 July 2022, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) launched the Sustainable Use of Wild Species Assessment Report, the latest scientific report on the sustainable use of wild species, which millions of…
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The Water4All Partnership has just announced their upcoming call to be launched in September 2022. Water4All is pleased to pre-announce a joint transnational call for research and innovation projects on “Management of water resources for increased resilience, adaptation and mitigation to hydroclimatic extreme events”. Topics: Resilience, adaptation and mitigation to hydroclimatic extreme events Tools for water…
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On 22 May 2022, the world was led by the Convention on Biological Diversity to celebrate the international biodiversity day. It aims to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues and to bring them to the forefront of the policy debate. This year’s theme “Building a shared future for all life” builds on the momentum…
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NetworkNature collects stakeholder-driven knowledge gaps on NbS BiodivERsA is engaged in NetworkNature that highlights timely topics in the NbS field with its semester themes. In the ongoing semester, NetworkNature collects stakeholder-driven knowledge gaps on Nature-based Solutions to contribute to the development of a roadmap for EU Research and Innovation on NbS and inform European R&I programming efforts. BiodivERsA and…
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Opportunities to join-up with research in Scotland The Scottish Government’s Ecosystem and Land Use Policy Exchange Group provides a forum for direct discussions between those managing and leading Scotland’s Strategic Research Programme (SRP) on biodiversity, land use, climate change, rural development and agriculture, and forestry and the policy customers within Scottish Government. The group wishes…
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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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This FRB publication presents data to better understand the place of biodiversity research and interests within the European 7th Framework Programme. “Biodiversity within the ‘Environment’ theme of the 7th framework programme” (2007-2010); Funding amounts, success rates, temporal trends & comparisons between countries,” Matei S., Henckel L, Gauthier C.A. & Le Roux X, FRB report, 2011, 32 pp…
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