
Living as Nature: Reflections from the Cooplink Day
Discover how Dutch ecovillages explore “living as nature” and propose a new model, the zooperation, to restore biodiversity together.

Discover how Dutch ecovillages explore “living as nature” and propose a new model, the zooperation, to restore biodiversity together.

Esther Turnhout, Tamalone van den Eijnden and Iris Poels from the initiative Voedselpark Amsterdam joined the “Navigating the Anthropocene” conference at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. One central question that emerged was about the role of science in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss. Is it possible to have ‘value-free’ knowledge on these complex and entangled issues?

By Zsolt Molnár
The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) took place from 21st October to 2nd November 2024 in Cali, Colombia. BIOTraCes expert Zsolt Molnár from the Centre for Ecological Research (CER) in Hungary participated in the conference. In this article, he shares his insights.