Biodiversa+ is happy to announce the launch of the BiodivClim Knowledge Hub! Protecting and restoring biodiversity is crucial to addressing climate change, which is a direct driver of biodiversity loss. Working with Nature to conserve, manage and restore ecosystems – notably through nature-based solutions – is one of the most cost-effective approaches to mitigating and…
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Join the 6th European Climate Change Adaptation Conference in Dublin, from 19 to 21 June 2023! At ECCA2023 you will get to discuss, learn and exchange on state of the art ‘Actionable knowledge for a climate resilient Europe’. The organising committee has opened a call to help co-designing the programme of the conference. Apply by…
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The Radboud Centre for Sustainability Challenges (RCSC) is hosting the 2023 Earth System Governance (ESG) conference from 24 to 26 October 2023, on the theme “Bridging Sciences and Societies for Sustainability Transformations”. Interested? Submit your abstract or panel proposal by 15 February 2023! More so than earlier ESG conferences, this edition will have a…
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Biodiversa+ is very pleased to be co-organising the 17th Alternet Summer School! This year’s edition will take place from 30 August to 9 September 2023 in Peyresq, France. Save the date! Alternet Summer School Open to graduate and postgraduate scientists, as well as professionals, the Alternet Summer School creates an innovative atmosphere for considering and resolving…
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The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted at the biodiversity summit COP15, along with a framework for its monitoring. In this context, it was decided to establish an ad hoc technical expert group to advise on the operationalisation of the monitoring framework. The mandate of this expert group runs until UNCBD’s COP16. The Convention on…
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The first external review of the thematic assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health (nexus assessment) is open from 9 January to 19 February 2023 (6 weeks). You can now become a reviewer for the first draft of the chapters of the IPBES nexus assessment! By becoming a reviewer you’ll be involved in…
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Biodiversa+ is pleased to announce that our next joint call for research will be on Nature-based Solutions! Nature-based solutions are understood as ‘actions to protect, conserve, restore, sustainably use and manage natural or modified terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems, which address social, economic and environmental challenges effectively and adaptively, while simultaneously providing human well-being,…
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In October 2021 Biodiversa+ has launched its BiodivProtect call on “Supporting the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems across land and sea”. The call funds 3-year transnational research projects, and was co-funded by the European Commission. It addressed the following three (non-exclusive) themes: Knowledge for identifying priority conservation areas, establishing effective and resilient ecological networks, enhancing…
DetailsBiodiversity’s equivalent to climate’s 1.5 degrees objective has been adopted: the 30 x 30. On 19 December 2022, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) agreement was reached at the 15th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15). It aims “to protect 30% of the planet for nature by 2030, reform $500…
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One of Biodiversa+’s objectives is to harmonise biodiversity monitoring schemes across Europe. A key step to tackle this issue was to carry out a literature survey on existing transnational biodiversity monitoring programmes, to get an idea of what is being done and how. This study has analysed fourteen case studies. It shows the possible strategy…
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