BiodivRestore ERA-NET Cofund

The project summary:

By networking 34 funding agencies from 27 countries from Europe & other continents, BiodivRestore aims to promote coordinated international research on conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and their biodiversity, in all environments, including a focus on aquatic systems. It will strengthen research & research programmes coordination to support science-based evidence for the implementation of a relatively wide range of European and International policy initiatives and therefore act for better management, conservation and restoration of ecosystems and their biodiversity.

Project activities:

Project activities are divided to 6 work packages.

WP1: Management
WP2: Preparation and launch of the Co-funded call
WP3: Evaluation and proposal selection for the Co-funded call
WP4: Follow-up and monitoring of projects resulting from the Co-funded call
WP5: Communication, exploitation and dissemination of the results
WP6: Additional activities to promote strategic collaborations and the uptake of research results

Participating organisations:

1. FONDATION FRANCAISE POUR LA RECHERCHE SUR LA BIODIVERSITE – FRB (France)
2. FONDS ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN FORSCHUNG – FWF (Austria)
3. Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique Scientifique -Belspo (Belgium)
4. FONDS DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE- FNRS (Belgium)
5. FONDS VOOR WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK-VLAANDEREN – FONDS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK – VLAANDEREN FWO (Belgium)
6. CONSELHO NACIONAL DAS FUNDACOES DE ESTADUAIS DE AMPARO A PESQUISA – CONFAP (Brazil)
7. BULGARIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE FUND – BNSF (Bulgaria)
8. TECHNOLOGICKA AGENTURA CESKE REPUBLIKY (Czech Republic)
9. INNOVATIONSFONDEN – DANMARK INNOVATIONSFOND DANISH INNOVATION FOUNDATION (Danmark)
10. SIHTASUTUS EESTI TEADUSAGENTUUR – ETAg (Estonia)
11. SUOMEN AKATEMIA (Finland)
12. AGENCE NATIONALE DE LA RECHERCHE – ANR (France)
13. DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSGEMEINSCHAFT (Germany)
14. DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV – DLR (Germany)
15. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OF IRELAND – EPA (Ireland)
16. VALSTS IZGLITIBAS ATTISTIBAS AGENTURA – VIAA (Latvia)
17. Lietuvos mokslo taryba (Lithuania)
18. AGENTIA NATIONALA PENTRU CERCETARE SI DEZVOLTARE – NATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (Moldavia)
19. MINISTERE DE L’EDUCATION NATIONALE, DE LA FORMATION PROFESSIONNELLE, DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR ET DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Maroco)
20. MINISTERIE VAN LANDBOUW, NATUUR EN VOEDSELKWALITEIT (Netherlands)
21. NORGES FORSKNINGSRAD – THE RESEARCH COUNCIL OF NORWAY (Norway)
22. NARODOWE CENTRUM NAUKI (Poland)
23. FUNDACAO PARA A CIENCIA E A TECNOLOGIA – FCT (Portugal)
24. FUNDO REGIONAL PARA A CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA – FRCT (Portugal)
25. Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a Cercetarii, Dezvoltarii si Inovarii – UEFISCDI (Romania)
26. SLOVENSKA AKADEMIA VIED – SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Slovakia)
27. WATER RESEARCH COMMISSION – WRC (South Africa)
28. AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION – STATE RESEARCH AGENCY OF SPAIN (Spain)
29. GOBIERNO DE CANARIAS – GOBCAN (Spain)
30. NATURVARDSVERKET – SEPA (Sweden)
31. SCHWEIZERISCHER NATIONALFONDS ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN FORSCHUNG (Switzerland)
32. MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Taiwan)
33. MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH – MINISTERE DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR ET DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Tunisia)
34. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY – TARIM VE ORMANCILIK BAKANLIGI (Turkey)
35. GUADELOUPE REGION – GUAD REGION (France – Guadeloupe)
36. LATVIJAS ZINATNES PADOME (Latvia)
37. VDI/VDE INNOVATION + TECHNIK GMBH (Germany)

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No 101003777.