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BiodivERsA: Supporting a solid knowledge base on biodiversity and nature-based solutions to tackle societal challenges

• Dr. Hilde Eggermont

Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences/Belspo BiodivERsA Vice-Chair

www.biodiversa.org

@BiodivERsA3

Pan-European network of agencies:

• funding and programming research on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and

nature-based solutions

• promoting

innovative solutions for the conservation, sustainable management and use of biological resources > tackle societal challenges BiodivERsA1: FP6 ERA-net 2005-2010 (13 countries) BiodivERsA2: FP7 ERA-net 2010-2014 (15 countries) BiodivERsA3: H2020 ERA-net 2015-2019 (21 countries, 32 partner organisations)

• Austria (FWF)
• Belgium (BelSPO et FWO)
• Bulgaria (NSFB)
• Estonia (ETAG)
• Finland (AKA)
• France and Overseas (FRB, ANR, MEDDE,

ADECAL, GUA-REG, GUY-REG, RR)

• Germany (DFG et DLR)
• Hungary (VM)
• Lithuania (RCL)
• The Netherlands (NWO)
• Norway (RCN)
• Poland (NCN)
• Portugal et Azores (FCT et FRC)
• Romania (UEFISCDI)
• Slovakia (SAS)
• Spain and Canary islands (MINECO et

GOBCAN)

• Sweden (FORMAS et SEPA)
• Switzerland (SNSF)
• Turkey (MFAL)
• United Kingdom (JNCC)

BiodivERsA3: 32 partners in 21 countries, from both mainland & overseas National and regional partners funding research on biodiversity + Latvia (MOEPRD) as an associate partner

‘BiodivERsA ERA-net reached a level of maturity and efficiency comparable to that of full-fledged JPIs

• The enlargement of the network for an

improved geographic and thematic coverage

• Joint calls with co-funding by the European

Commission

• Stronger link with Joint Programming

Initiatives, with international programmes and organisations, including infrastructures

• Intensified links with practitioners and

policy-makers, increased outputs specifically targeting these audiences

• Work on the alignment of national

programmes

Main functions of BiodivERsA

Knowledge brokerage & dissemination Mapping & Foresight activities Other joint initiatives (national programme alignment, young scientist mobility scheme, research- business mobility scheme) Research Programming: Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) Effective stakeholder engagement Funding joint calls for research

Medium-sized projects that are selected based on criteria of academic excellence, societal/policy relevance, and Pan-European added-value In cash contributions to joint calls to date (7 calls for over 100M €)

+ 25M € for 2017 Call (COFUND with Belmont Forum) 73 pan-european projects awarded

BiodivERsA funded projects with marine focus

• BIOMARKS: Biodiversity of marine eukaryotes – its importance for global biogeochemical

cycles and for monitoring the health of marine ecosystems (2008 Call)

• BUFFER: Partially protected areas as buffers to increase the linked social-ecological

resilience in coastal ecosystems (2011-2012 Call)

• SALMOINVADE: Causes and consequences in aquatic ecosystems by non-native salmonids

(2012-2013 Call)

• BIOTIDE: The role of microbial biodiversity in the functioning of marine tidal flat sediments

(2015-2016 Call)

• MARFOR: Functional Variability of dynamics of responses of marine forests to global change

(2015-2016 Call)

• PERCEBES: Tools for the transition to spatial management of coastal resources: the stalked

fishery in SW Europe (2015-2016 Call)

• RESERVEBENEFIT: Evaluating and managing connectivity in a network of MPA to maintain

genetic diversity and deliver fish beyond protected limits (2015-2016)

Main functions of BiodivERsA

Knowledge brokerage & dissemination Mapping & Foresight activities Research Programming: Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) Other joint initiatives (national programme alignment, young scientist mobility scheme, research- business mobility scheme) Effective stakeholder engagement Funding joint calls for research

Main functions of BiodivERsA

Knowledge brokerage & dissemination Mapping & Foresight activities Research Programming: Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) Other joint initiatives (national programme alignment, young scientist mobility scheme, research-business mobility scheme) Effective stakeholder engagement Funding joint calls for research

Interfacing science – society - policy

Interfacing science – society - policy

Main functions of BiodivERsA

Knowledge brokerage & dissemination Mapping & Foresight activities Other joint initiatives (national programme alignment, young scientist mobility scheme, research- business mobility scheme) Research Programming: Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) Effective stakeholder engagement Funding joint calls for research

Mapping & Foresight – some examples….

NBS typology in Eggermont et al (2015) – GAIAI Ecological Perspectives 24: 243-248 BiodivERsA database archiving 12.000+ biodiversity projects http://www.biodiversa.org/database

Main functions of BiodivERsA

Knowledge brokerage & dissemination Mapping & Foresight activities Other joint initiatives (national programme alignment, young scientist mobility scheme, research- business mobility scheme) Research Programming: Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) Effective stakeholder engagement Funding joint calls for research

Download @www.biodiversa.org/968 BiodivERsA SRIA: Common agenda with research priorities that will guide BiodivERsA activities over the coming 4-5 yrs ⇒ Input from wide range of SH ⇒ Strong emphasis on better understanding

• f the role of biodiversity for the delivery
• f ES and resilience/resistance of (social)-

ecological systems to global change ⇒ Europe as global leader in conserving, restoring and managing biodiversity and developing NBS ⇒ Implementation plan updated every 2 years

Core themes:

• Mission-oriented, with high expected societal

impact

• Ground-breaking for science
• Of urgency for policy and management at the

European and international levels

• Comprehensive for building the overall

BiodivERsA strategy, and promoting synergies between sectors, actors and policies Transversal themes:

• Dealing with general issues that are relevant

to all cores themes => Themes will not necessarily translate into specific calls for projects or joint activities

2013 joint call + common activities

IPBES Future Earth EKLIPSE Research Infrastructures LIFE

• promoting strategic cooperation on biodiversity research and related disciplines at Pan-European scale
• promoting systemic, cross-sectoral and cross-policy approaches to reinforce the knowledge-base on

nature-based solutions > openess for collaboration

2017 joint call

Belmont Forum

possible joint call + common activities

www.biodiversa.org @BiodivERsA3