Connecting
for Biodiversity
BIODIVERSITY AND TRANSFORMATIVE
CHANGE FOR PLURAL AND
NATURE-POSITIVE SOCIETIES
BIOTraCes in a Nutshell
Our researchers will develop knowledge, tools and novel approaches towards a society in harmony with nature. We aim at tackling public policies, locals strategies and corporate strategies to be more inclusive and just. Thus, BIOTraCes is in line with the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
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Video introduction of the project
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We take action for Society and Nature
To start a real transformation in society, BIOTraCes will perform nine local case studies across Europe. The high-impact sectors are agriculture & food, forestry, water and urbanisation.
These case studies will provide a matrix for a deeper understanding of the relation between societies and nature.
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Minority leadership
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Community gardening
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Food forestry
Our principles
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Pluralising (acknowledging variety in values)
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Empowering (enhancing agency of marginalised groups)
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Politicising (unveiling the political dimension of obstacles towards transformative change)
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Embedding (bringing transformative change into the economy, social practices and policy)
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Our principles
Our nine case studies will create a portfolio of good practice:
– Identifying power lock-ins
– Discerning leverage opportunities and enabling stakeholders
– Testing co-produced interventions
BIOTraCes will also analyse indirect causes of biodiversity loss: structural factors and lock-ins, being barriers to sustainable decisions and behaviour.
A Theory of Transformative Change will synthesise the project´s findings. It will outline the crucial steps towards biodiversity recovery . And it will create public and private strategies for initiating, accelerating and (up)scaling transformative changes.
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News
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Indigenous women’s ‘more complex’ idea...
By Dianna Bautista In a conversation with University World News, Dr. Luciane Lucas dos Santos,...
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Rolling in the Green: Schoolyards...
Renaturalising schoolyards in Vitoria-Gastiez
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Coffee Talk with Rosalie Van...
Join us for a coffee chat with Rosalie van Dam, a social scientist from the...
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Six new schoolyards in Vitoria-Gasteiz...
Six new schoolyards in Vitoria-Gasteiz are being naturalised this summer For several years now, the...
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Tapping traditional herders’ wisdom to...
By Fintan Burke An ethnoecologist has spent 15 years working with herders in his native...
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The hidden knowledge that could...
By Juan F. Samaniego The BIOTraCes project studies local, innovative ways to heal the relationship...
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The BIOTraCes introductory film
Watch our film about the four years journeys towards boosting biodiversity - a transformative experience!
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Save the dates!
Calling PhD students interested in “Transformative Research for Sustainability Challenges”.