On 11th and 12th June 2014, the BioadivERsA consortium organized a “horizon scanning workshop” in Brussels to investigate key future challenges and policy needs for biodiversity research at European level. In this context and along with the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, the “nature-based solutions” concept has been emerging, calling for renewed needs of knowledge…
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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…
DetailsPreliminary results from the fourth BiodivERsA call on invasive species and biological invasions As part of BiodivERsA’s strategy to integrate biodiversity research in Europe, 12 BiodivERsA members launched a joint call on “Invasive species and biological invasions” in November 2012. This call addressed the following themes, across all ecosystems and organisms: Demonstrating and characterising the…
DetailsBriefings #1 and #2 are now available! BiodivERsA partners are pleased to announce the publication of the first two BiodivERsA policy briefs. The work, coordinated on behalf of BiodivERsA by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, has procured IUCN Europe – Brussels, to act as interpreters/intermediaries in the dissemination of key BiodivERsA-funded research results to policy-makers,…
DetailsBiodivERsA database and analysis booklet now available One of the objectives of the BiodivERsA consortium is to produce a comprehensive ‘map’ of the current state of biodiversity research in Europe inorder to improve the identification of existing gaps and future needs for new research programmes, new facilities, as well as to detect potential barriers for…
DetailsPan-European call for research projects on ”promoting synergies and reducing trade-offs between food supply, biodiversity and ecosystem services” The European partners in the BiodivERsA/FACCE-JPI networks have joined efforts to organize and fund a pan-European call for research projects on ”promoting synergies and reducing trade-offs between food supply, biodiversity and ecosystem services”. The partners have a…
DetailsThe draft stakeholder engagement toolkit prepared in BiodivERsA is now available for consultation. Don't hesitate to send us your feedbacks! BiodivERsA aims to improve cooperation between scientists and stakeholders by establishing best practices for engagement (task 2.1); this is being achieved by developing a toolkit that will support research project teams to better plan and…
DetailsThe BiodivERsA partners are pleased to announce that the database is now accessible online (data.biodiversa.org)! One of the objectives of the BiodivERsA consortium is to produce a comprehensive ‘map’ of the current state of research on biodiversity and associated ecosystem services in Europe in terms of projects, programmes and funding, to improve the identification of…
DetailsBriefing “Natura 2000 and Europe’s forests“ now available! BiodivERsA partners are pleased to announce the publication of a new BiodivERsA policy briefs. The work, coordinated on behalf of BiodivERsA by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, has procured IUCN Europe – Brussels, to act as interpreters/intermediaries in the dissemination of key BiodivERsA-funded research results to policy-makers,…
DetailsWhen 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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