What should be the priority for action when it comes to biodiversity monitoring? This crucial question has undergone comprehensive consideration once again. Over a year-long evaluation process, Biodiversa+ partners, with input from the Advisory Board, have revised the list of topics considered biodiversity monitoring priorities. There are now 12 priorities, and a 13th special topic: Protected…
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Biodiversa+ is pleased to announce the publication of the “European Roadmap to 2030 for Research and Innovation on Nature-based solutions”. The Roadmap identifies core action areas for European research and innovation on Nature-based solutions (NBS) that are essential to achieve EU goals for NBS development and deployment. It was facilitated by Biodiversa+ on behalf of…
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Biodiversa+ is pleased to announce our new transnational joint research call! The upcoming call will be on Nature-based Solutions for biodiversity, human well-being and transformative change (referred to as BiodivNBS). It will aim at supporting transnational, inter- and transdisciplinary research on biodiversity to gain a better understanding of the tipping points and trade-offs and underlying…
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Biodiversa+ recently conducted two workshops in Helsinki, Finland, to foster a robust network of harmonised monitoring schemes across Europe…
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One of Biodiversa+’s objectives is to produce evidence syntheses to aide decision-making and shape research calls on topical issues. A first study has been completed by the James Hutton Institute highlighting existing evidence on the role of biodiversity in the design, delivery, and benefits of Nature-based Solutions (NbS). This scoping review has synthesised a…
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Biodiversa+ is thrilled to present a first overview of the European governance landscape for biodiversity monitoring. The European biodiversity monitoring landscape is complex and fragmented, involving multiple actors at various governance levels. To ensure compatibility and accessibility across different sources, a standardised approach to data collection and analysis is necessary. Enhanced coordination and broader access…
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Biodiversa+ is proud to present its report on data interoperability, a key step for harmonising biodiversity monitoring across Europe. Ensuring that data from different sources, methods and scales are compatible and comparable is one of the main challenges for biodiversity monitoring. Data interoperability is essential to enable cross-border collaboration and inform policy decisions. However, the…
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Knowledge and capacity to facilitate the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework International community of biodiversity protection and restoration has entered a new phase with the introduction of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) following the COP 15 that took place in Montreal, Canada, in December 2022. Biodiversa+, the European Biodiversity Partnership, contributes to…
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Alternet is now officially a key collaborator of Biodiversa+! In February 2023, Biodiversa+ and Alternet officially became key collaborators! Our two initiatives join forces to strengthen the European science-policy/science-society interface and to foster capacity building for researchers from the biodiversity field. Specifically, Biodiversa+ and Alternet collaborate on the development and organisation of the Alternet Summer…
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Biodiversa+ is pleased to present its mapping of national and sub-national organisations funding and steering biodiversity monitoring schemes! This mapping covers 23 countries and shows that: In most countries, Ministries of Environment and/or Environmental Protection Agencies are the actors in charge of steering and governing biodiversity monitoring schemes In 2/3 of the studied countries,…
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