B-USEFUL

Get involved with our friends in Eklipse!

Ping to our #biodiversity #cluster Early Careers at BioAgora Project , MARCO-BOLO , MarineSABRES , Mission Atlantic , @FutureMARES , @ActNOW

What is the biodiversity equivalent of the 1.5°C? Net zero targets? Tonnes of CO2-equivalent? Analogies have their limits but they're also very useful mental shortcuts to understand a topic quickly. In The Biodiversity Footprint Intelligence Company (BioInt)'s “Translating Biodiversity Goals into Action: A Global Budget Approach”, we argued to apply the same accountability tools which moved climate policies towards net zero to biodiversity policies. We wanted to learn from climate while taking into account the specificity of biodiversity. In the process, we pushed the comparison as far as possible to facilitate understanding of the biodiversity landscape. Thanks to Oliver Dauert for the inspiration for this table! 🔦 Ecosystem condition (EC) & the rest A full column for EC but Species, Genes (the other 2 Convention on Biological Diversity's biodiversity components) & Biodiversity significance bundled? Why? Our thought leadership focused on EC (with arguably the most mature assessments by corporates). The other 3 components are equally important but we could not properly do them justice in this short space so we did not assess them. 🔎 So what are the biodiversity equivalents of climate? 1️⃣ Science: the IPBES is the equivalent of the IPCC It produces global & regional assessments and summarizes modelling of future trajectories depending on policy scenarios. 2️⃣ International agreement: the Paris agreement of biodiversity is affectionately called the 2022 KMGBF, or without jargon, the Biodiversity Plan 3️⃣ Objectives: yes, there are equivalents to the 1.5°C and they include maintaining, restoring or enhancing ecological integrity Several components of biodiversity are deemed equally important & are linked to the planetary boundaries. So the 1.5°C has at least 3 equivalents, on ecosystems (mentioned above), species and genes. Basically the idea is to bend the curve of biodiversity loss, & achieve a Nature Positive world. The 30% of protected areas by 2030 is NOT the 1.5°C equivalent, it's only a sub-target among many. 4️⃣ Global budget: 57 Gt CO2-eq - +440 000 MSA.km2 (can also be expressed with other metrics) Our Biodiversity Brief details how future global budgets could be set and translated at national & company levels. 5️⃣ National budgets: Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) - improved National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP) Each country would commit to ecosystem condition impact reductions. 6️⃣ Target setting: SBTi - Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) 7️⃣ KPIs: t CO2-eq - Ecosystem condition-related metric(s) The Nature Positive Initiative has defined state of nature indicators & metrics covering all the components. 8️⃣ Mosts risks & opportunities: Energy vs Food The oil & gas of biodiversity is intensive cattle farming. 9️⃣ Advantages: Predictable vs Tangible Modelling & knowledge is more advanced on climate but you cannot see GHG emissions. You can relate to animals & plants.

Biodiversa+ RESOLVE "NatuRE based SOLutions for sustainable use of high north marine biodiVersity and ecosystems sErvices" is one of 34 funded projects, and the only one on #MarineBiodiversity Partners from Møreforsking, UiT- The Arctic University of Norway, Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway (NO), DTU Aqua (DK), @Hafogvatn (IS) Stockholm Resilience Centre (SE) will focus on #NatureBasedSolutions (NBS) to mitigate cumulative risk on #biodiversity under climate change. Partners will address cumulative risks to #MarineBiodiversity in high latitude regions, particularly the subarctic and Arctic, where the conjunction of rapid climate change and expanding human activities threatens biodiversity and #EcosystemServices. The NBS considered are area-based management measures, specifically #MarineProtectedAreas (MPAs), Other Effective Conservation Measures (OECMs) and Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs) We look forward to #clustering with RESOLVE!

European Research Council (ERC) Key Speaker James Scourse– Professor of Earth System Science, University of Exeter (SEACHANGE project) "Quantifying the Impact of Major Cultural Transitions on #MarineEcosystem Functioning and #Biodiversity" Explore how human history, from ancient civilizations to today, has transformed marine ecosystems and biodiversity. 📅 5th December 2024 ⏰ 8:30 - 18:00 CET 📍 Covent Garden, Place Rogier 16, Brussels 🌐 In-person and web streamed Register now 👉 https://bit.ly/3YR6uGj

#fundingfairy just served some more cascade calls for #biodiversity

#fundingfairy just served some more cascade calls for #biodiversity

EC-ESA #Funding opportunity for #MarineBiodiversity projects MARCO-BOLO , DiverSea , CO-OP4CBD , B-USEFUL @MARBEFES, EcoScope, BioAgora Project , OceanICU project and Biodiversa+Portfolio ... (courtesy of European Space Agency - ESA & European CommissionDG RTD) : #Tender on #Clustering ... promote collaborative research & networking across EC or nationally funded science projects, with the aim of bringing together results, data, knowledge and value-added , to achieve new innovative results beyond the single objectives of the individual projects and beyond the state of the art. 💰 Funding: >500.000 EUR 📅 Deadline: 13 Jan 2025 Expected Outcomes: 🤝 collaboration & #clustering of ESA activities with EC-funded projects and relevant Ocean Health and Biodiversity activities funded by Member States; 🔢 Novel ocean health and biodiversity datasets from the synergistic use of EO, in-situ data and model outcome, for enhanced observation and understanding of open ocean and coastal biodiversity; 🌐 Enhanced scientific understanding of the status and change of the health of ocean ecosystems (marine, coastal) including on-set and drivers of change, vulnerability and responses to natural and anthropogenic pressures, specially under extreme conditions. Specific Objectives: 🗺️ Map major ESA/EC projects #OceanHealth & #Biodiversity, the available datasets, the potential synergies; 🔢 collate #Biodiversity dataset that will serve as a basis for future projects; ❓ identify 3 major scientific challenges; ❓ identify #monitoring and knowledge gaps; ❓ identify 3 data-rich supersites in Polar, open ocean, coastal areas; ✉️ inform policy; 🗺️ Develop a Science Agenda and Roadmap for 2028-2032; 📰 Promote peer-reviewed publications in high profile journals; 🌐 Contribute to the establishment of a coordinated European research area on #OceanHealth & #Biodiversity; 🔓 Foster #OpenScience & #FAIR Principles

📅 SAVE THE DATE 📅 SEAwise Symposium: Operationalising European Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management 🌍 Confirmed date: 30 June - 3 July 2025, at the Herman Teirlinck building Brussels, Belgium, in-person. Co-convened by SEAwise and key partners, SEAwise will hold its final symposium over 5 days in Brussels, Belgium. Open to scientists, policymakers, managers, and fisheries stakeholders, the symposium will offer an opportunity to review, discuss and evolve progress on operational Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in Europe, and beyond. Participants will exchange ideas and innovative solutions in support of practical implementation of EBFM, via a mixture of scientific oral and poster presentations, interactive and policy sessions. Opening soon for submissions, presentations and posters are invited across the following dedicated theme sessions: 🧍 Sustainable management of social systems 🐟 Sustainable management under changes in productivity of fished stocks 🐬 Sustainable management of ecological effects of fisheries 🌊 Spatial management for EBFM ℹ️ Management advice integrating predicted effects on social and ecological systems. Registration opening soon! For more updates, follow here and on our website: https://loom.ly/LeBJ8SQ

🌱🌊 #CoastalRestoration transforms wetlands into thriving natural oases, delivering countless benefits for both people and nature. Discover the benefits of restoring coastal #wetlands in the infographic below 👇 via BlueCarbonLab