Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Better understanding of routes of exposure and toxicological and ecological impacts of chemical pollution on terrestrial biodiversity

Build up of knowledge on Nature Positive Economy and supporting its scale-up

Biodiversity loss and enhancing ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban areas

Reinforcing science policy support with IPBES and IPCC for better interconnected biodiversity and climate policies

Crop wild relatives for sustainable agriculture

Biodiversity friendly practices in agriculture – breeding for Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Integrative forest management for multiple ecosystem services and enhanced biodiversity

Valorisation of ecosystem services provided by legume crops

Interlinkages between biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystems and the emergence of zoonotic diseases

Additional activities for the European Biodiversity Partnership: Biodiversa+

Impact of light and noise pollution on biodiversity

Interdisciplinary assessment of changes affecting terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, building on observation programmes

Nature protection: Better methods and knowledge to improve the conservation status of EU-protected species and habitats

Understanding and reducing bycatch of protected species

Restoration of deep-sea habitats

Demonstration of marine and coastal infrastructures as hybrid blue-grey Nature-based Solutions

Addressing biodiversity decline and promoting Nature-based Solutions in higher education

Biodiversity, economics and finance: unlocking financial flows towards reversing of biodiversity loss