Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Observing and mapping biodiversity and ecosystems, with particular focus on coastal and marine ecosystems

Building taxonomic research capacity near biodiversity hotspots and for protected areas by networking natural history museums and other taxonomic facilities

Network for nature: multi-stakeholder dialogue platform to promote nature-based solutions

Natural capital accounting: Measuring the biodiversity footprint of products and organizations

Intercropping – understanding and using the benefits of complexity in farming and value chains

Monitoring and effective measures for agrobiodiversity

Protection and sustainable management of forest genetic resources of high interest for biodiversity, climate change adaptation, and forest reproductive materials

Assessing the nexus of extraction, production, consumption, trade and behaviour patterns and of climate change action on biodiversity in the context of transformative change

Understanding the role of behaviour, gender specifics, lifestyle, religious and cultural values, and addressing the role of enabling players (civil society, policy makers, financing and business leaders, retailers) in decision making

Cooperation with the Convention on Biological Diversity