Events

From October 21 to November 1, 2024, the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) convened in Cali, Colombia, gathering stakeholders from across the globe to address critical issues in biodiversity, biosafety, and equitable nature restoration. Against this backdrop, four Horizon Europe-funded projects – CO-OP4CBD, BioAgora, RESPIN, and Biodiversa+ – jointly organized two impactful side events at the EU Pavilion, underscoring the pivotal…

Four Horizon Europe-funded projects – CO-OP4CBD, BioAgora, RESPIN, and Biodiversa+, will play a central role in the upcoming UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD COP16), taking place from 21 October to 1 November 2024 in Cali, Colombia!  These projects will host two side events at the EU Pavilion, designed to explore how the Science-Policy…

At the 10th International Degrowth Conference and the 15th Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) 2024 which took place between 18-21 June in Pontevedra, Spain, BioAgora Project researchers Kata Fodor (ESSRG), Karmen Czett (ESSRG) and M. Susana Orta-Ortiz (University of Trento) led an engaging interactive role play workshop. The session was designed to help develop an…

BioAgora participated in the 2024 World Biodiversity Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which took place between 16-21 June! BioAgora organised and convened sessions featured key members of the BioAgora coordination team and leading experts in the field, drawing significant interest and engagement from attendees.  On Monday, June 17, in a session titled “Closing the Social-Ecological Loop:…

On 13 June, BioAgora hosted an engaging workshop at the Sustainability Research & Innovation (SRI) Congress which took place between in Helsinki, Finland.  . The workshop titled “Co-Creating an Inclusive European Science Service for Biodiversity: Protecting the Wadden Sea’s Treasures” provided vital insights into the challenges of marine biodiversity protection, working together to find policy…

The 2024 Free Flow Conference, hosted by the World Fish Migration Foundation and the Institute of Fisheries Management, recently brought together a diverse group of stakeholders, including policymakers, river managers, ecologists, researchers, students, and members of the freshwater industry. The conference aimed to address the urgent challenges of global river ecosystems amidst declining freshwater biodiversity…

The 5th EUBP Meeting took place on 24-25 April 2024 In 2024, the European Commission (EC) organised five EU Biodiversity Platform (EUBP) meetings, including an ad hoc session on biodiversity financing and subgroup meetings on green infrastructure, monitoring & assessment, and marine topics. BioAgora observers participated in each session, contributing with valuable insights. Below is…

The European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) recently concluded its 5th conference, commemorating its 10th anniversary in Vienna on 3-6 April. Hosted by the Austrian Network for Citizen Science at BOKU, and the Natural History Museum, Vienna, the event drew funders, members, students, project leaders, volunteers, artists, and policymakers from various countries. The theme of the…

On 6 May BioAgora hosted a webinar focusing on the BioAgora Science-Policy Interface. The event titled “Introduction to the BioAgora Science Policy Interface (SPI) pilot training” gathered over 40 researchers and policymakers with the aim to present the concept of the SPI and the future pilot training on the topic. Three panelists provided a focus…