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.
Video introduction of the project
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.
Minority leadership
Community gardening
Food forestry
Our principles
Pluralising (acknowledging variety in values)
Empowering (enhancing agency of marginalised groups)
Politicising (unveiling the political dimension of obstacles towards transformative change)
Embedding (bringing transformative change into the economy, social practices and policy)
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
Coffee Talk with Rosalie Van...
Join us for a coffee chat with Rosalie van Dam, a social scientist from the...
Six new schoolyards in Vitoria-Gasteiz...
Six new schoolyards in Vitoria-Gasteiz are being naturalised this summer For several years now, the...
Tapping traditional herders’ wisdom to...
By Fintan Burke An ethnoecologist has spent 15 years working with herders in his native...
The hidden knowledge that could...
By Juan F. Samaniego The BIOTraCes project studies local, innovative ways to heal the relationship...
The BIOTraCes introductory film
Watch our film about the four years journeys towards boosting biodiversity - a transformative experience!
Save the dates!
Calling PhD students interested in “Transformative Research for Sustainability Challenges”.
May I introduce myself? I...
I am going to tell you my story about this very exceptional herder´s apprentice –...
Celebrating International Biodiversity Day with...
Biodiversity affects all aspects of life on Earth. This year’s International Biodiversity Day celebrates the...
Tweets by @biotraces_eu
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Searching for justice 🧑⚖️
Who is most affected by environmental injustices? How do these injustices manifest themselves? @luciane_lucas from our partners at @ces_uc, passionately seeks to address these questions…and find solutions for affected communities.
#SocialJustice #COP28
Amazing work from our sister project @BionextProject 🙌
Our projects are part of the #TransformativeChange cluster. Together with 10 other projects, we have the collective goal of facilitating such change for
#biodiversity
Read the BIONEXT report 👇
#sustainability
📢 TRANSPATH was recently represented at the 2023 Radboud Conference on Earth System Governance. The event featured presentations, aiming to promote research for #Sustainable #Transformations. 🌱
🔗Read more about it here: https://transpath.eu/news/bridging-science-and-societies-sustainability-transformation-transpath-esg-2023
1st workshop in Brazil: lively discussions & high engagement around indigenous handicraft from the Brazilian Amazon./ O workshop em Brasília foi um sucesso com debates relevantes e grande envolvimento em torno do artesanato indígena da Amazonia brasileira: https://adelph.it/twhandicraftws
Politics meets science 🔬
Next week, the #COP28 begins. In honour of the upcoming conference, we share a quote from
Zöe van Eldik. She is a researcher from our partners at @WUR. Zöe emphasises how BIOTraCes takes a political stance informed by scientific #research.
#Actionism
Transformative Change… 🌍
is the core of our project. How do we see this happening in #society? Roel During, from our @WUR coordinating team, explains his vision for achieving actionable changes. They are the basis of challenging the status quo to address #biodiversity loss.
One step beyond 👣
After our #research and case studies have been completed…what comes next? This is an important consideration for our partners at @ces_uc. As Beatriz Caitana explains, the knowledge gained from BIOTraCes can be applied for other contexts.
@luciane_lucas
Yes, you can, @luciane_lucas! Looking forward to learning more about your talks and classes - go for it!
#gender #intersectionality #environment
Collective Change
How can individual and societal change positively impact #biodiversity? What would this change look like? Judith Westerink from our partners @WUR seeks to explore these questions. Read her perspective below.
#TransformativeChange #society
