EuropaBONs mission is to overcome existing data gaps and workflow bottlenecks by designing an EU-wide framework for monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem services.
EuropaBON aims to engage users at the regional, national and European level to identify the data needs of policies and targets aligned with the new European Green Deal.
EuropaBON is coordinated by the project coordinator Henrique Pereira, the scientific coordinator Jessica Junker, the administrative coordinator Karolin Dietrich, and programmer and web-designer Christian Langer at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU)...
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Geographic distribution of the partners and their thematic expertise
The consortium includes the following partners:PI: Henrique Pereira
WPs/Tasks: Project coordination (lead), EuropaBON showcases: from observations to policy support tools (lead)
PI: Ian McCallum
WPs/Tasks: Stakeholder engagement (lead)
PI: Lluís Brotons
WPs/Tasks: Assessment of existing monitoring capability in Europe (lead)
PI: W. Daniel Kissling
WPs/Tasks: Co-Design of monitoring system (lead)
PI: Ingolf Kühn
PI: Aletta Bonn
WPs/Tasks: User & policy needs assessment; Co-design of monitoring system
PI: Camino Liquete
WPs/Tasks: Establishing the ToR of a Biodiversity Monitoring Coordination Centre (lead)
PI: Bruno Smets
WPs/Tasks: Stakeholder engagement, Assessment of existing monitoring capability in Europe, Co-Design of monitoring system (support)
PI: Anne Lyche Solheim
WPs/Tasks: Synergies with the Water Framework Directive (lead)
PI: Pedro Beja
WPs/Tasks: Identification of monitoring gaps (lead)
PI: Pavel Stoev
WPs/Tasks: Knowledge Management, Communication and Dissemination (lead)
PI: Simon Potts
WPs/Tasks: Cost-effectiveness analysis of monitoring schemes, Benefits of a EuropaBON (lead)
PI: Maria Dornelas
WPs/Tasks: Novel technologies for biodiversity monitoring (lead)
PI: Leho Tedersoo
WPs/Tasks: Assessment of existing monitoring capability in Europe, Co-Design of monitoring system (support)
PI: Roy H. A. van Grunsven
WPs/Tasks: Assessment of existing monitoring capability in Europe (support)
PI: Cesar Capinha
WPs/Tasks: BON in support of the Bioeconomy Strategy (and support in WPs2, 3, 4)
Prof. Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer | Natural Capital Project |
Hilde Eggermont | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Markus Erhard | European Environment Agency |
Prof. Richard Gregory | University College London |
Tim Hirsch | Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) |
Dr. Jan-Erik Petersen | European Environment Agency |
Prof. Bernhard Seeger | Philipps-Universität Marburg |
Philippe Vercruysse de Solart | Microsoft Belgium & Luxembourg |
Marc Paganini | European Space Agency |
Lead
MLU/iDiv
Co-lead
PENSOFT
Lead
IIASA
Co-lead
UFZ/iDiv
Co-lead
ICETA
Lead
University of Amsterdam
Co-lead
University of St Andrews
Co-lead
University of Reading
Lead
MLU/iDiv
Co-lead
NIVA
Co-lead
IGOT UL
T1.1 Karolin Dietrich/ Henrique Pereira/ Jessi Junker
T1.2 Christian Langer
T1.3 Henrique Pereira/ Jessi Junker
T1.4 Pensoft
T2.1 Ian McCallum/ Juliette Martin
T2.2 Aletta Bonn/ Hannah Moersberger
T2.3 Inian Moorthy/ Juliette Martin
T2.4 Camino Liquete
T2.5 Pensoft
T3.1 Lluis Brotons
T3.2 Pedro Beja
T3.3 Lluis Brotons
T3.4 Tom Breeze
T4.1 Henrique Pereira/ Laetitia Navarro/ Néstor Fernández
T4.2 Maria Dornelas/ Cher Chow
T4.3 W. Daniel Kissling/ Postdoc
T4.4 Tom Breeze
T5.1 Lluis Brotons
T5.2 Helge Bruelheide
T5.3 Anne Lyche Solheim
T5.4 Carlos Guerra/ Henrique Pereira
T5.5 César Capinha
T5.6 Néstor Fernández/ Henrique Pereira
WP1 oversees the coordination and management of the project. Stakeholder engagement (WP2) is the hub of the project in which identified critical stakeholders will be engaged into assessment (WP3) and co-design (WP4) processes of the project, as well as in drafting policy support (WP5).
Illustration of work packages and tasks and how they link/interrelate.
While WP2 is the 'heart' of EuropaBON, WP3 and WP4 will deliver on the call. Drawing on the user needs identified in WP2, WP3 assesses different sources for existing biodiversity monitoring data in Europe to identify their current gaps and bottlenecks in terms of thematic content, spatial and temporal coverage, data flows and availability, as well as cost-effectiveness. WP4 builds on WP3 to deliver a new design for biodiversity monitoring in Europe, by improving existing monitoring schemes to become more representative, maximize benefits and become better integrated into wider biodiversity policy.
The new design will close existing temporal, spatial and thematic data gaps by integrating multiple monitoring sources with EBV modelling and various new technologies at national and European level, in dialogue with major stakeholders. The policy examples showcased in WP5 will demonstrate how EuropaBON could contribute to various major environmental policies of the EU by using the new design from WP4. The work in WP3-5 is always developed in a dialog with stakeholders facilitated by WP2 to assess whether the deliverables produced by the project meet the user requirements. Ultimately a coalition with key stakeholders will be formed to trigger the establishment of ToR for a Biodiversity Monitoring Coordination Center to implement EuropaBON after the project ends.
Grant proposal
Published in: Arpha Preprints | DOI: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e81207
User and Policy Needs Assessment
Published in: Arpha Preprints | DOI: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e84517
Introductory Presentation (Kick-off Meeting, 1 Dec 2020) | PDF
Virtual Zoom Background | PPTX