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PhD Researcher Position at ZALF: Exploring AI and Biodiversity Conservation

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The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) is seeking a PhD researcher to join two innovative projects: KICS-ZERT and DAKIS. These projects focus on integrating AI and citizen science to improve biodiversity monitoring and conservation, contributing to sustainable agricultural practices and ecosystem services.

About the Role
The successful candidate will explore practical applications of AI-supported biodiversity assessments, developing business models and policy instruments that align with real-world conservation goals. The position is part of the Governance of Ecosystem Services working group, which addresses challenges in delivering societally desired ecosystem services through empirical research and interdisciplinary collaboration. [Read more…] about PhD Researcher Position at ZALF: Exploring AI and Biodiversity Conservation

2nd Transformative Change seminar: Methodologies for mapping systems interactions

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The Transformative Change Seminars, a webinar series by 7 Horizon Europe projects (part of the Transformative Change cluster of projects) working on transformative change for biodiversity conservation, aims to foster collaborative learning, enhance synergies on concepts and methodologies, co-create adaptive solutions and tools and showcase shared experiences.

This 2nd webinar in the series is focused on “Methodologies for mapping systems interactions” and will feature insightful presentations from the BIOTRAILS, BIONEXT, CircHive and MOSAIC Horizon Europe projects. Hosted within the Ecosystem Services Partnership education & training webinar series, this particular webinar will be touching upon methodologies such as Life-Cycle Assessment, Participatory System Dynamics Modelling, Structural Equation Modelling etc., which researchers are using in biodiversity-driven transformative change research efforts. [Read more…] about 2nd Transformative Change seminar: Methodologies for mapping systems interactions

Co-Bio news: Event series launched to raise awareness about urban biodiversity

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GreenFormation Kft., together with Transition Wekerle civil organisation, Kiserdő Egyesület, and volunteers, organised a successful event within the framework of the Co-Bio project’s local case study.

We launched a program series called “Wekerle, természetesen!” (Wekerle, naturally!) that aims to provide useful information and practical ideas to Wekerletelep residents, supporting them in taking nature-friendly steps to enhance biodiversity in their gardens, balconies, or shared green spaces. Our cooperating partner, the Wekerlei Kultúrház (local community centre), provided the space for the event.

With the first event, called “Wildlife in the city: Small garden, big opportunities”, we wanted to highlight the importance of urban biodiversity and provide residents with a few practical ideas for supporting urban wildlife. A presentation was held by Budapest’s Chief Landscape Architect, Sándor Bardóczi, followed by questions from the participants.

PhD position on cultural ecosystem services and nature-based solutions in mountain regions

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The Institute for Alpine Environment at Eurac Research (Bozen/Bolzano, Italy) seeks a highly motivated candidate with expertise in the field of mountain ecology, ecosystem services, and/or nature-based solutions. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in interacting with stakeholders, assessing cultural ecosystem services, and applying innovative approaches to evaluate trade-offs and synergies related to the implementation of different scenarios of nature-based solutions in Alpine ecosystems.
The position is funded within the 3-year Biodiversa+ project EVESNAT (Nature-based Solutions to meet EU Nature Restoration Targets: Evaluating synergies and trade-offs across Ecosystem Services for biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, and resilience and autonomy improvement) starting in 2025.

For more information and online application, visit here.