🌳 #Forests impact well-being through various mechanisms.
From the #BIOESSHEALTH project (balancing sustainable wood production with ecosystem preservation and public health), papers showing how certain forest types & management styles boost feelings of restoration & health! 👇

A nice introduction to the #WOBEC project: eleven partners joining forces to assess #biodiversity in a proposed #MarineProtectedArea in the #Antarctic Weddell Sea! 👇

🌊 Tomorrow is #WorldOceansDay
And today is Friday, and sometimes we just want to share beautiful pictures. Enjoy!

🙏🎥 Paul Nicklen, European Research Council (ERC), MBARI, WWF_Australia

(Feel free to share other images in the comments, open door policy: 🐋🐬🦭🦦🐟🐠🐡 🦈🐙🦑🐚🦀🦞...)

🚨NEW WEBINAR🚨

Do you care about fungi conservation? Do you want to know more about the process of Red Listing for Fungi?

Join us, Global Center for Species Survival & IUCN SSC Aquatic Fungi Specialist Group for the webinar “Red Listing for Fungi”.

28 June 2024 | 14:00 UTC
Registration: bit.ly/RedListFungi

🌐 NEW WEBSITE! 🌳✨
ForBioMon launches its site today!

Discover our goals and future plans at: forbiomon.github.io

Our mission: elevate biodiversity monitoring in European forests. 🌲🌿
#ForBioMon #Biodiversity #Conservation

Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership)
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering UGent

From the MPA4Sustainability project: Exploring punctuated evolution—evolutionary changes that occur in abrupt bursts due to environmental conditions and multiscale feedback. The concept extends to culture and technology, offering insights for conservation in the Anthropocene 👇

📢 Passionate about #biodiversity & keeping things organised? Biodiversa+ is looking for a new Project Officer!
🔎 Required: Master’s degree from Dutch-speaking higher ed, and strong admin & financial skills.
Apply by 13 June:
👉 biodiversa.eu/2024/06/03/ope…

#Brussels #Job #EUaffairs

The Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) restoration Knowledge Hub met for the last 2 days and developed ambitious agenda for R&I generation, synthesis and prioritization and dissemination and capacity building for restoration. Fantastic group dealing with one of the most important topics of our time

Attending the 2024 Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress in Helsinki in June?
Be sure to join the Alternet day and its 3 sessions all about #NatureRestoration (ecosystem benefits, science-policy interface, governance)!
It's free and open to all🙌

Registration 👇

🌊💡 Check out REST-COAST 's latest publication:

'Key Innovations in Financing Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Adaptation.'

Discover sustainable strategies and financial innovations to tackle coastal challenges. networknature.eu/breaking-waves… 📖

📢 Pilot training on science-policy interfaces (SPIs) inviting mid-career policy makers and scientists (preferably in the field of freshwater) to develop skills, mutual understanding and co-creation!
More info on the pilot: drive.google.com/file/d/166S7p2…

Registrations 👇

We'll be at the SRI Congress for a roundtable with DUT Partnership, Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership & Water4All Partnership - EU, moderated by NetworkNature.
The discussion will focus on efforts to advance #NatureBasedSolutions across land, inland water, and marine environments.
📅10 June, 18:00 CEST

Nature-based solutions (NbS) can fight climate change, but what's holding them back?
The BiodivClim Knowledge Hub is surveying experts and practitioners to identify barriers to NbS implementation.
Share your insights & help us unlock Nature's potential!
👉 biodiversa.eu/2024/05/27/bio…

Focus on the European Biodiversity Observation Coordination Centre at EuropaBON's final conference. EBOCC would help integrate data, fill gaps, build capacity, and inform policy decisions.
Investing in EBOCC is investing in Europe's future!
👉 Proposal: preprints.arphahub.com/article/128042/

📅 Join us on 7 June at 10:00 CEST for a webinar on the second ipbes Global Assessment!
🔍 Learn about the process and lessons from the first assessment, explore the draft scoping report, and discover opportunities to contribute!
👉 biodiversa.eu/2024/05/27/web…