Project description
Biodiversity and Infrastructure Synergies and Opportunities for European Transport Networks
The future of infrastructure in the EU is green to help stop the loss of biodiversity. In this context, the EU-funded BISON project will identify future research and innovation needs for a better integration of biodiversity with infrastructure planning, construction, operation and decommissioning. Specifically, it will address the needs of western Europe where it is necessary to adapt existing infrastructure to new climate conditions. In the case of eastern Europe, the project will design solutions to address land use change and habitat fragmentation due to the surge in infrastructure developments. BISON will also engage stakeholders in biodiversity mainstreaming for infrastructure planning and development. It will further identify the construction, maintenance and inspection methods and materials that are long-lasting and resilient and can be used by different transport modes so as to mitigate impacts on biodiversity.
Objective
The main objectives of the BISON project are:
● To identify future research and innovation needs for a better integration of biodiversity with infrastructure planning, construction, operation and decommissioning. The project will develop a Strategic Research and Deployment Agenda (SRDA) which can be deployed at multiple scales, within the EU research framework programme, or by other regional, national or local programmes, in order to improve the knowledge-base on infrastructure and biodiversity.
● To make linear infrastructure more high performing and reliable while taking into account the specific needs of Western and Eastern Europe. In Western Europe, there is an increasing need to adapt existing long-lived infrastructure to new climate conditions, as well as finding innovative and sustainable solutions to reduce the impact of invasive species and support declining native species, while in Eastern Europe, there is significant land-use change and habitat fragmentation due to the surge in infrastructure developments to provide economic opportunities that are threatening the local, and very often endemic biodiversity. The project will identify the construction, maintenance and inspection methods and materials which are long-lasting and resilient and can be used by different transport modes to mitigate pressure on biodiversity.
● Support European Member States to fulfill their international commitments by engaging all stakeholders into biodiversity mainstreaming for infrastructure planning and development. It will do so by providing recommendations to minimise the impacts of infrastructure on biodiversity through supporting existing and developing projects.
● Support European Member States to become political leaders through collaboration and support of European research institutions and infrastructure operators, and providing more sustainability at the international level through jointly addressing biodiversity and infrastructure challenges.
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57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
Greece
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Participants (45)
1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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92055 Paris
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636 00 Brno
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77454 Marne-La-Vallee
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5100 Namur
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35250 Mouaze
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34140 Meze
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75002 Paris
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34980 Montferrier Sur Lez
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81540 Soreze
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84911 Avignon Cedex 9
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75015 Paris
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69500 Bron
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50131 Firenze
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050881 Bucuresti
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949 01 Nitra
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1030 Wien
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5230 Odense M
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02 390 WARSZAWA
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75005 Paris
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87032 Limoges
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94300 Vincennes
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51427 Bergisch Gladbach
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10115 Berlin
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500187 BRASOV
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400372 Cluj Napoca
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00 874 WARSZAWA
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81243 Bratislava
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08011 Barcelona
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750 07 Uppsala
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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24118 Kiel
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34125 Kassel
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53179 Bonn
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00-236 Warszawa
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810 05 Bratislava 15
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3003 Bern
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6050001 Or Yehuda
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148 00 Prague
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4 Dublin
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78280 Guyancourt
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781 89 Borlange
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08029 Barcelona
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00185 Roma
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08007 Barcelona
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