BioAgora Collaborative Workshop on Freshwater River Restoration at SERE2024 

On August 25, the BioAgora Project held its final collaborative workshop of the summer at the 14th European Conference on Ecological Restoration (SERE2024) in Tartu, Estonia. Facilitated by Twan Stoffers from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and Karmen Czett and Kata Fodor from the Environmental Social Science Research Group (ESSRG),…

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BioAgora and EcoAdvance Workshop on Transformative Learning for Collaborative River Restoration at the Alpine Rivers Symposium  

On 9-11 August, the Alpine Rivers Symposium organised by OneWater took place in Burghausen, Germany. As part of this event, the BioAgora project’s Freshwater Demonstration Case, represented by Twan Stoffers and Robin Dianoux, and the EcoAdvance project, represented by Lisa Waldenberger, co-hosted an engaging workshop titled “Transformative Learning for Collaborative River Restoration.”  Held on 10…

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BioAgora Featured on SELINA’s Synergies Webpage: Strengthening Collaborative Efforts for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services 

BioAgora was featured on the EU Horizon Europe project SELINA’s Synergies webpage. SELINA (Science for Evidence-based and Sustainable Ecosystem Management) aims to extend its reach beyond its consortium by actively partnering with relevant EU-funded projects that share its vision.  SELINA’s collaborative efforts encompass activities designed to foster networking, joint workshops, knowledge exchange, and the development…

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Interactive Role Play Workshop at ESEE-Degrowth 2024 Promotes an Inclusive Science Service for Biodiversity  

At the 10th International Degrowth Conference and the 15th Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) 2024 which took place between 18-21 June in Pontevedra, Spain, BioAgora Project researchers Kata Fodor (ESSRG), Karmen Czett (ESSRG) and M. Susana Orta-Ortiz (University of Trento) led an engaging interactive role play workshop. The session was designed to help develop an…

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New BioAgora Survey: Pressing Challenges at the Science-Policy Interface for Marine Biodiversity 

A new survey developed by the BioAgora marine demonstration case partners at the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB), in collaboration with B-USEFUL, seeks to identify the most pressing challenges for the science-policy interface (SPI) for marine biodiversity.  The survey targets scientists and policymakers to share their perspectives on the key issues that need…

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BioAgora at the 2024 World Biodiversity Forum: From Science to Action  

BioAgora participated in the 2024 World Biodiversity Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which took place between 16-21 June! BioAgora organised and convened sessions featured key members of the BioAgora coordination team and leading experts in the field, drawing significant interest and engagement from attendees.  On Monday, June 17, in a session titled “Closing the Social-Ecological Loop:…

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BioAgora Held Interactive Workshop on Marine Biodiversity at the 2024 SRI Congress 

On 13 June, BioAgora hosted an engaging workshop at the Sustainability Research & Innovation (SRI) Congress which took place between in Helsinki, Finland.  . The workshop titled “Co-Creating an Inclusive European Science Service for Biodiversity: Protecting the Wadden Sea’s Treasures” provided vital insights into the challenges of marine biodiversity protection, working together to find policy…

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Opportunity: Upcoming Biodiversa+ Call on “Biodiversity and Transformative Change – BiodivTransform” 

The European Biodiversity Partnership under HE Biodiversa+ recently announced a new transnational research call on “Biodiversity and Transformative Change” (BiodivTransform). This call supports the Flagship Programme “Supporting Societal Transformation for the Sustainable Use and Management of Biodiversity” and aims to generate actionable knowledge to halt and reverse biodiversity decline.  The call is open to interdisciplinary…

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BioAgora freshwater management insights presented at the 2024 Free Flow Conference

The 2024 Free Flow Conference, hosted by the World Fish Migration Foundation and the Institute of Fisheries Management, recently brought together a diverse group of stakeholders, including policymakers, river managers, ecologists, researchers, students, and members of the freshwater industry. The conference aimed to address the urgent challenges of global river ecosystems amidst declining freshwater biodiversity…

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BioAgora Launches Pilot Science-Policy Interface Training to Bridge Gaps Between Scientists and Policymakers [canceled and postponed]

With the aim to support the bridging of the gap between biodiversity research and the practical needs of decision-makers, BioAgora is set to initiate a series of Science Policy Interface (SPI) training sessions and capacity development initiatives over the next three years. The main objective of these sessions and initiatives is to foster a collaborative…

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