Project description DEENESFRITPL Incorporating biodiversity in spatial planning to transform land use Recently approved by the Commission, the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 calls for co-responsible engagement of all relevant actors in order to protect nature. But persistent land use and land cover changes are responsible for increasing biodiversity loss. The EU-funded BioValue project intends to contribute to invert this trend and explore the transformative potential of spatial policy and planning. To do so, researchers will articulate spatial planning and management instruments with environmental assessment and financing instruments, individually and in combined action, across different levels of governance. The project will build upon previous EU projects and local case studies. It will also considering the key steps of the mitigation hierarchy (avoid, minimise and offset) to stimulate the transformative potential of spatial planning through multi-level and multi-sectoral policies and strategies. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Despite international and European policies in place to halt biodiversity loss, the effect of multi-level, and multi-sector, direct and indirect drivers of change contribute to continuing negative trends. The BioValue proposal was designed upon the fact that persistent land use and land cover changes have a major effect on biodiversity loss; and on the assumption that a transformative change is needed on paradigms, goals and values shaping current spatial dynamics by a mix of sectoral policies. Such transformative change is in line with the IPBES (2020) report and the EU biodiversity strategy 2030 calling for co-responsible engagement of all relevant actors, in a whole-of-society approach to biodiversity. To address this call, we will explore the transformative potential of spatial planning, as the arena for action and the territorial expression of multi-level policies, strategic to invert current trends of biodiversity loss. The objective of BioValue is to safeguard and increase biodiversity by better articulating three instrumental perspectives - spatial planning, environmental assessment, and economic and financing instruments -, individually and in combined action. BioValue builds upon knowledge created by several EU projects, including a conceptual framework on transformative change to be adapted for analysing the potential of instruments and their interactions in local case-studies. Transformative potential lies in: a) focussing on key steps of the mitigation hierarchy (avoid, minimize and off-set) b) addressing indirect drivers, i.a. by guiding the operationalisation of the renewed EU finance strategy within spatial planning to avoid significant harm and to ensure redesign of potentially harmful projects in the design phase, and c) by providing better articulated instruments for mainstreaming biodiversity concerns into other sectors across different levels of governance. Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernancenatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencessoil sciencesland-based treatmentnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Keywords spatial planning biodiversity environmental assessment and transformative change Programme(s) HORIZON.2.6 - Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Main Programme HORIZON.2.6.2 - Biodiversity and Natural Resources Topic(s) HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-17 - Policy mixes, governance (including financing) and decision-making tools for transformative action on biodiversity Call for proposal HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator IST-ID ASSOCIACAO DO INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO PARA A INVESTIGACAO E O DESENVOLVIMENTO Net EU contribution € 605 587,50 Address Avenida antonio jose de almeida 12 1000-043 Sao jorge de arroios Portugal See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all FONDAZIONE ICONS Italy Net EU contribution € 351 750,00 Address Piazza della vittoria 1 26900 Lodi See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Lodi Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 AALBORG UNIVERSITET Denmark Net EU contribution € 406 312,50 Address Fredrik bajers vej 7k 9220 Aalborg See on map Region Danmark Nordjylland Nordjylland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ Germany Net EU contribution € 504 550,00 Address Permoserstrasse 15 04318 Leipzig See on map Region Sachsen Leipzig Leipzig Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO Italy Net EU contribution € 397 532,50 Address Via calepina 14 38122 Trento See on map Region Nord-Est Provincia Autonoma di Trento Trento Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 MUNICIPIO DE MAFRA Portugal Net EU contribution € 123 625,00 Address Praca do municipio 2644-001 Mafra See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 COMUNE DI TRENTO Italy Net EU contribution € 123 625,00 Address Belenzani 19 38122 Trento See on map Region Nord-Est Provincia Autonoma di Trento Trento Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 HAUCK JENNIFER Germany Net EU contribution € 123 625,00 Address See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00