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Biodiversa+ is the European co-funded biodiversity partnership supporting excellent research on biodiversity with an impact for policy and society. It was jointly developed by BiodivERsA and the European Commission (DG Research & Innovation and DG Environment) and was officially launched on 1 October 2021.
Biodiversa+ is part of the European Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 that aims to put Europe’s biodiversity on a path to recovery by 2030.
The Partnership aims to connect science, policy and practice for transformative change. It currently gathers 81 research programmers and funders and environmental policy actors from 40 European and associated countries to work on 5 main objectives:
plan and support research and innovation on biodiversity through a shared strategy, annual joint calls for research projects and capacity-building activities
set up a network of harmonised schemes to improve monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem services across Europe
contribute to high-end knowledge for deploying Nature-based Solutions and valuation of biodiversity in the private sector
ensure efficient science-based support for policy-making and implementation in Europe
strengthen the relevance and impact of pan-European research on biodiversity in a global context
Biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates, which will lead to significant consequences at a global scale. To mitigate and reverse these processes, transformative change is required across scales including a fundamental, system-wide reorganisation in technological, economic and social factors, including paradigms, goals and values. The implementation of such changes would result in biodiversity being valued, conserved, restored, and wisely used in line with the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity of “Living in Harmony with Nature”.
The CBD sets out diverse mechanisms to support and enable its implementation. Promoting international technical and scientific cooperation in the field of conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity through the appropriate international and national institutions is at the core of the efforts of the international community to advance the biodiversity agenda (CBD, Article 18). The Convention’s Clearing House Mechanism (CHM), including its national CHM network, was established to facilitate this, but needs further strengthening in order to play its full part.
Eklipse was created in 2016 to help governments, institutions, businesses and NGOs make better-informed decisions when it comes to biodiversity in Europe. It answers the need for evidence by leveraging collective intelligence from a diversity of experts in a broad set of countries. Eklipse´s robust, innovative and ethical process ensures that the synthesised knowledge is credible, relevant and legitimate, which allows it to be used effectively, even on contested issues. Among the requests submitted to Eklipse, all have been answered with publicly accessible outcomes (evidence). These requests cover a wide array of topics, ranging from developing an evaluation framework for nature-based solutions to better understanding the impacts of green and blue spaces on mental health (see Eklipse reports). Eklipse is recognised by the EU Commission as a key actor in developing the Science Service for Biodiversity as the scientific pillar of the Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity (EC-KCBD). Since 2022, Eklipse is managed by the non-profit organisation Alternet.
The RESPIN project is grounded in a triad of core objectives. First, it seeks to support the integrated provision and use of IPBES and IPCC processes and outputs, empowering decision-makers at different levels across the globe to uptake the knowledge and capacity-building provided by the two organs. Second, gaps are to be identified in the knowledge provision in pursuit of ideas on addressing them and improved engagement of diverse knowledge holders (with a particular emphasis on underrepresented regions in Central Africa, Central Asia, and Latin America). Last but not least, RESPIN also provides backing for the knowledge uptake of IPBES and IPCC outputs in the EU science service mechanism, as well as national and subnational decision-making processes.
SELINA is a Horizon EU project aiming to provide guidance for evidence-based decision-making that supports the protection, restoration and sustainable use of the environment. The project is coordinated by the Leibniz University Hannover and will run for five years (2022 – 2027). Through a collaboration of experts from 50 partner organisations from all 27 EU member states, Norway, Switzerland, Israel and the United Kingdom, SELINA will set new standards for international cooperation to promote Ecosystem Services (ES) and Biodiversity (BD) conservation and enhance Ecosystem Conditions (EC). SELINA offers an unprecedented opportunity for transdisciplinary knowledge-sharing and practical, fit-for-purpose recommendations with real-world applications in policy-making and business decisions.
Utilising EU-wide demonstration projects, workshops and multi-disciplinary Communities of Practice, the project will produce a Compendium of Guidance — a model to support decision-making that is in line with the European Union’s long-term plan to protect nature and reverse damage to ecosystems. The evidence-based Compendium of Guidance is planned to serve decision-makers at all levels. SELINA will also provide robust practical information and recommendations to stakeholders from both the public and private sectors, paving the way towards the transformative societal change required to achieve the ambitious goals of the 2030 European Biodiversity Strategy and the Green Deal.
TRANSPATH addresses the global biodiversity and climate crises by identifying key leverage points and interventions at consumer, producer and organisational levels through inclusive deliberation. It aims to achieve climate-neutrality by exploring whole-of-society opportunities, allowing local communities and nature to thrive. Operating in diverse regions such as Eastern and Western Europe, Africa and Latin America, TRANSPATH engages with stakeholders influencing and being influenced by trade regimes and 'greening' mechanisms. The interventions consider synergies, trade-offs, incentives and political barriers across various contexts.
TRANSPATH offers Transformative Pathways and a Toolbox of Interventions, guided by a Transformative Navigation Toolkit. This toolkit assists practitioners in enabling and navigating pathways, recognising that defining a 'transformative pathway' is an iterative and adaptive process. To implement these solutions, TRANSPATH builds a multi-scalar network of change agents, fostering inclusive decisions and building capacity among actor networks to collectively pursue transformative pathways.
