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Biodiversa+ is the European Biodiversity Partnership that supports excellent research on biodiversity with an impact on policy and society. Biodiversa+ is working towards the 2050 vision of “living in harmony with nature,” in line with global biodiversity goals and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030.
The partnership aims to halt ecosystem loss by 2030, reduce species extinction risks, and support the recovery of biodiversity across Europe.
A major focus is on scaling up nature-based solutions to address societal challenges while strengthening the role of biodiversity in sustainable development and the green economy.
To deliver impact, Biodiversa+ has identified five strategic objectives, including improving biodiversity monitoring, generating actionable knowledge, and supporting evidence-based policymaking. It also promotes science-based approaches to valuing ecosystem services and natural capital, helping integrate biodiversity into broader decision-making.
These ambitions are implemented through nine interconnected work packages covering research and innovation, monitoring, policy support, international cooperation, and stakeholder engagement. Communication, open science, and coordination are also central to ensuring that Biodiversa+ activities remain aligned and effective.
Together, these efforts are designed to drive transformative change and put biodiversity on a path to recovery in Europe and beyond.
Contact
BiodivERsA: https://www.biodiversa.eu/contact/
FWO: Toon Monbaliu
Belspo: Aline Van der Werf
Partnerships group the EC and private and/or public partners, to coordinate and streamline the research & innovation initiatives and funding in some selected key domains.
pascal.verheye@vlaio.be
The Miricle project, ‘Mine Risk Clearance for Europe’, obtained funding under the European Defence Industrial Development programme call ‘Underwater control contributing to resilience at sea’. The main objective of the project was to achieve a European and sovereign capacity in future mine warfare and create a path for the next generation ‘made in Europe’ countermeasure solutions. In order to realise this objective, Miricle addressed various stages: studies, design, prototyping and testing. These stages inter alia included the successful testing of an XL Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, a protototyped mine disposal system and multiple innovative systems to detect buried mines. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), was one of the five Belgian partners in the consortium. Within the project, VLIZ was able to forward its research on the acoustic imaging of the seabed to spatially map and visualize buried structures and objects - in this case buried mines - in the highest possible detail. VLIZ also led the work on ‘Port and Offshore Testing’, building on the expertise of the institute in the field of marine operations and technology.
