Objective
Knowledge about biodiversity and ecosystem services is well advanced in the European scientific community, as demonstrated by many excellent projects and their scientific impact. However, on the global as well as the European scale, there is a failure to communicate the knowledge gained into the policy-making process and society as a whole. Such communication efforts, must ensure that all relevant knowledge is accessible and that all existing biodiversity research communities and other knowledge holders are involved in a network structure that is linked to decision making bodies.
The overall objective of the project is thus to develop a recommended design for a scientific biodiversity Network of Knowledge (NoK) to inform policy-makers and other societal actors. This network shall be open, transparent, flexible, equally accessible to all, independent, be scientifically- and evidence-based and have a robust structure. It will develop links to relevant clients to support the science-society interface in Europe and beyond.
To achieve this, the project brings together expertise from all major biodiversity research fields (in the consortium and beyond). Beginning with mapping the biodiversity knowledge landscape in Europe (WP1), the project will develop a prototype NoK, involving a wide number of institutions and networks in biodiversity research and policy (WP2). This prototype will then be used as a vehicle to carry out case studies in relevant policy fields (agriculture, biodiversity conservation, marine issues) in order to test and trial its functioning and effectiveness (WP3). The experience gained will be evaluated by an additional expert group within the project (WP4) in order to provide input for developing a recommended design for a potential future Network of Knowledge (WP5). WP6 takes care of project management, and will ensure international cooperation and the proper communication with potential clients of the network and the research community.
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Call for proposal
FP7-ENV-2010
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CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actionsCoordinator
04318 Leipzig
Germany
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Participants (18)
SN2 1EU SWINDON WILTSHIRE
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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4450 208 Matosinhos
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1797 SZ DEN HOORN TEXEL
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75005 Paris
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6708 PB Wageningen
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1010 Wien
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7034 Trondheim
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28006 Madrid
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2163 VACRATOT
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1113 Budapest
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5037 AA TILBURG
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LL57 2DG Bangor
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1090 Wien
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00790 Helsinki
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2 DUBLIN
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8400 OOSTENDE
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