Consortium

THE HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
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The leading role in this project is taken by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ. This prestigious research centre is dedicated to environmental research and strongly emphasises the sustainable utilisation of natural resources for the betterment of humanity and the environment. With approximately 1100 staff members spread across 38 departments, the centre conducts research in diverse areas concerning the environment. 
 
 

 

BELSPO
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The Federal Public Planning Service Science Policy or Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) is the federal government body responsible for research policy in Belgium. It designs and implements research programmes and networks and manages the participation of Belgium in European and international organisations.
 
 

 

FOUNDATION FOR BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH (FRB)
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The Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB), France, was created in 2008, following the Grenelle Environment Forum, on the initiative of the Ministries of Research and Ecology, by eight public research establishments. The mission of the FRB is to support and work with research to increase and transfer knowledge about biodiversity.
 
 

 

THE INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY
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The HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research is working on proposing scientific solutions to the environmental challenges of our time, such as changes in land use, habitat degradation, climate change, urbanisation, the effects of intensive agriculture, invasion and the emergence of new diseases. The research centre has nearly 80 researchers, organised into research groups, deal with numerous groups of organisms and habitats, applying diverse methodological approaches. In addition to its basic research activities, it also carries out several public monitoring tasks and applied research activities.
 
 

 

SYKE
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Finnish Environmental Institute (SYKE), Finland, is a multidisciplinary research and expert service institute focused on delivering information, knowledge and solutions to public and private decision-making on sustainability transformation. SYKE provides essential expertise in social sciences (environmental governance and policy, transition studies, and economics) and nature-based solutions, biodiversity, water, marine, food, health, urbanisation, and transport.
 
 

 

CREAF-CERCA
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Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre (CREAF), Spain, is a public research centre dedicated to terrestrial ecology, territorial analysis and global change, pursuing excellence in the production and dissemination of knowledge, in addition to the innovation, development, and transfer of methodologies. The centre strives to contribute to knowledge on conservation and management of the environment and the territory, in addition to adaptation to environmental change at local, regional, and global scales, functioning as a bridge between academia, administrations, and society, and promoting awareness within its scope of activities.
 
 

 

COKNOW
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Coproducing Knowledge for Sustainability (CoKnow Consulting), Germany, is an international consulting agency in environment, development and capacity building. They support the exchange and cooperation between science, politics and society in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. In doing so, they offer creative methods and facilitation processes to develop new knowledge and sustainable solutions (codesign of solutions).
 
 

 

HUMBOLDT
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The Humboldt Institute, Colombia, linked to Colombia's Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, researches biodiversity and its relation to human well-being. Established in 1993, it operates from multiple sites, including Villa de Leyva, Bogotá, and Palmira, hosting national biodiversity collections and field researchers. Funded by public resources and international cooperation, it manages various research projects and collaborations.
 
 

 

PENSOFT
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Pensoft Publishers, Bulgaria, is an SME specialising in academic, open-access book and journal publishing, software development and web design, project dissemination, and science communication. The company’s project department is a motivated team of active scientists, project managers and science communicators offering services including consultancy and development of communication strategies, plans for dissemination and exploitation, and data management plans.
 
 

 

UNILU
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University of Lubumbashi (UNILU), Democratic Republic of Congo, located in the copper-rich province of Katanga in the south of the country, has the advantage of being situated in a naturally rich environment. The province's fauna, flora, soil and subsoil make it a geological scandal and a site for scientific research.
 
 

 

UNEP-WCMC
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The UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) is a global centre of excellence on biodiversity and nature’s contribution to society and the economy. We work at the interface of science, policy, and practice to tackle the global crisis facing nature and support the transition to a sustainable future for people and the planet.
 
 

 

RESPIN receives funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101135490

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