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2015-2016 Joint Call
BiodivERsA COFUND Call on “Understanding and managing biodiversity dynamics to improve ecosystem functioning and delivery of ecosystem services in a global change context: the cases of soils and sediments, and land- river and sea-scapes (habitat connectivity, green and blue infrastructures, and naturing cities)"
In this joint COFUND Call, BiodivERsA has chosen to support research for understanding and managing biodiversity dynamics to improve ecosystem functioning and delivery of ecosystem services in a global change context. The call was co-funded by the European Commission and covered the two following independent themes:
- Theme #1: Understanding and managing the biodiversity dynamics of soils and sediments to improve ecosystem functioning and delivery of ecosystem services
- Theme #2: Understanding and managing biodiversity dynamics in land-, river- and sea-scapes (habitat connectivity, green and blue infrastructures, and naturing cities) to improve ecosystem functioning and delivery of ecosystem services
Based on the ranking list established by an independent evaluation panel, the Call Steering Committee - composed of BiodivERsA partners participating to the call - has recommended for funding the top 26 research projects for a total amount of over 33 million euro.
See countries and agencies involved here
See the evaluation committee composition here
Funded projects:
Under Theme 1
► BIO-TIDE - The role of microbial biodiversity in the functioning of marine tidal flat sediments. Participating countries: BE (coordinator: Koen Sabbe), CH, FR.
► BIOINVENT - Generic bio-inventory of functional soil microbial diversity in permanent grassland ecosystems across management and climate gradients. Participating countries: DE (coordinator: Franck Rasche), CH, PT, SE.
► CLIMARCTIC - Climate change impacts on Arctic soil and lake microbiomes. Participating countries: BE (coordinator: Elie Verleyen), NO, CH, ES, DE.
► SOILCLIM - Managing soil biodiversity and ecosystem services in agroecosystems across Europe under climate change. Participating countries: SE (coordinator: Klaus Birkhofer), ES, DE, CH, EE.
► SOILFOREUROPE - Predicting European forest soil biodiversity and its functioning under climate change. Participating countries: FR (coordinator: Stephan Hättenschwiler), BE, SE, DE.
► SOILMAN - Ecosystem services driven by the diversity of soil biota – understanding and management. Participating countries: DE (coordinator: Martin Potthof), FR, ES, SE, RO, EE.
► URBANMYCOSERVE - Understanding and Managing Urban Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Communities to Increase the Health and Ecosystem Service Provisioning of Urban Trees. Participating countries: BE (coordinator: Olivier Honnay), FR, PT.
Under Theme 2
► BEARCONNECT - Functional connectivity and ecological sustainability of European ecological networks - a case study with the brown bear. Participating countries: FR (coordinator: Wilfried Thuillier), DE, RO, PL, NO.
► BIOGEA - Testing BIOdiversity Gain of European Agriculture with CAP greening. Participating countries: DE (coordinator: Katrina Marsden), ES, BG.
► BIOVEINS - Connectivity of green and blue infrastructures: living veins for biodiverse and healthy cities. Participating countries: BE (coordinator: Roeland Samson), PT, FR, EE, PL, CH.
► CROSSLINK - Understanding cross-habitat linkages between blue and green infrastructure to optimize management of biodiversity, ecosystem services and multiple human uses. Participating countries: SE (coordinator: Brendan McKie), BE, DE, NO, RO.
► ENABLE - Enabling green-blue infrastructure in complex social-ecological regions - system solutions to wicked problems. Participating countries: SE (coordinator: Erik Andersson), DE, PL, NO, ES.
► FUNGREEN- Functional connectivity and green infrastructure. Participating countries: SE (coordinator: Sara Cousins), ES, BE, DE.
► GREENFUTUREFOREST - Scenarios for a sustainable future forest green infrastructure. Participating countries: SE (coordinator: Tord Snäll), DE, NO, CH.
► IMAGINE - Integrative Management of Green Infrastructures Multifunctionality, Ecosystem integrity and Ecosystem Services: From assessment to regulation in socio-ecological systems. Participating countries: FR (coordinator: Philip Roche), EE, BE, DE, NO.
► INFRAGECO - Inference, fragmentation, genomics and conservation. Participating countries: PT (coordinator: Lounes Chikhi), FR, DE.
► MARFOR - Functional Variability and Dynamics of Responses of Marine Forests to Global Change. Participating countries: PT (coordinator:: Ester Serrao), DE, FR, SE, ES.
► ODYSSEUS - Between Scylla and Charybdis - managing connectivity for freshwater fish. Participating countries: SE (Göran Englund), FR, NO, ES.
► OSCAR - Optimising the configuration of woody riparian buffer strips along rivers to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services. Participating countries: DE (coordinator: Daniel Hering), FR, NO.
► PERCEBES - Tools for the transition to spatial management of coastal resources: the stalked barnacle fishery in SW Europe. Participating countries: ES (coordinator: José Luis Acuña Fernández), FR, PT.
► RESERVEBENEFIT - Evaluating and managing connectivity in a network of Marine Protected Area to maintain genetic diversity and deliver fish beyond protected limits. Participating countries: FR (coordinator: Stéphanie Manel), DE, ES, SE.
► SPONFOREST - Unraveling the potential of SPONtaneous FORest ESTablishment for improving ecosystem functions and services in dynamic landscapes. Participating countries: FR (Coordinator: Arndt Hampe), ES, PT, DE.
► URBANGAÏA - Managing urban Biodiversity and Green Infrastructure to increase city resilience? Participating countries: PT (coordinator: António Dinis Ferreira), DE, LT, BE, ES.
► WOODNET - Connectivity patterns and processes along a gradient of European landscapes with woody vegetation and spatial heterogeneity. Participating countries: FR (coordinator: Jacques Baudry), ES, BE.
For more information:
> For an overview of allocated funding, proposal submissions and success rates per countries, please see the 2015-2016 Call brochure