BIOmappers – Community-driven Initiative for Biodiversity Mapping

BIOmappers – Community-driven Initiative for Biodiversity Mapping is sponsored by European Commission. An Erasmus+ adult education project empowering citizens to map and protect urban biodiversity in community gardens using digital tools.

Biodiversity - Research and innovation - European Commission Biodiversity research, funding, collaboration and jobs, projects, results, documents news and contacts Why the EU supports biodiversity research and innovation Biodiversity - the variety of life in the world - is essential for us, but also vital on a genetic and ecosystems level. Nature provides us with food, health and medicines, materials, recreation and wellbeing.

A healthy ecosystem filters our air and water, helps keep the climate in balance, converts waste back into resources, pollinates crops and much more. Yet we are losing nature like never before because of unsustainable human activities.

The global population of wild species has fallen by 60% over the last 40 years according to the Living Planet Report 2022, and the IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services published in 2019 estimated that one million species are at risk of extinction.

The European Green Deal, and its EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, require intensifying research and innovation activities and investments to help put Europe’s biodiversity on the path to recovery by 2030. Advances in research and innovation will support achieving policy targets, developing nature-based solutions and holistic approaches to address the main direct and indirect causes of biodiversity loss.

This knowledge will enable us to design the best ways to protect and sustainably restore ecosystems - currently under pressure on several fronts. It will also preserve their capacity to deliver a wide range of essential services on land, inland water and at sea, including solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the changing climate.

The EU takes a leading role in research related to international negotiations on a global framework to halt biodiversity loss and supports IPBES, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Read about the EU's biodiversity research policy .

On this page you can find more information, the work programme and a link to biodiversity calls European Biodiversity Partnership (Biodiversa+) The co-funded European Biodiversity Partnership brings together 83 partners from 41 countries to promote pan-European research on biodiversity and to connect science, policy and practice for transformative change.

Natural Capital Financing Facility (NCFF) Financial instrument that supports projects delivering on biodiversity and climate adaptation through tailored loans and investments, backed by an EU guarantee International Partnerships Support for international cooperation and development projects on sustainable development and climate change Stories of particularly successful EU-funded biodiversity research projects Results packs on biodiversity Thematic collection of innovative EU-funded biodiversity research results (CORDIS) Research project database (CORDIS) The Commission's primary portal for the results of EU-funded research projects Latest news, interviews and features about thought-provoking biodiversity research projects funded by the EU.

Biodiversity: a new deal for nature Article about EU support for biodiversity research focusing on 7 EU-funded projects Transformative change in the global post-2020 biodiversity framework Independent expert report on a workshop that brought together scientists and policymakers in a transparent dialogue on transformative change Report on biodiversity and nature-based solutions Independent expert report of EU-funded projects Projects funded by the European Biodiversity Partnership Information on previously funded research projects and joint calls Projects funded by the European Research Council The 2023 report “Mapping ERC frontier research on biodiversity” summarizes over 230 projects and their contributions to science, policy and practice.

Sea of possibilities: the underwater gardeners restoring marine forests EU-funded researchers are regenerating marine forest ecosystems, supporting their crucial role in maintaining ocean biodiversity and resilience.

Project locations Italy, Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Ireland, Norway, Spain Co-creating healthy corridors for Europe’s biggest cities By rethinking traditional approaches and using nature-based solutions such as parks and green infrastructure we can reconnect fragmented urban communities, supporting happier, healthier citizens.

Project locations Portugal, Belgium, Bulgaria, Poland, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden More research and innovation success stories Find partners for open EU calls for proposal Researcher jobs in the field of biodiversity Scientific publications, tools and databases Knowledge centre for biodiversity Commission initiative on better knowledge management for evidence-based biodiversity policymaking Detailed information on every biodiversity-related LIFE project Biodiversity information system for Europe (BISE) Data and information on biodiversity supporting the EU biodiversity strategy Science at the service of biodiversity A dedicated Science Service will provide decision makers with timely research-based options for policymaking on biodiversit Oppla open platform repository Open platform repository of natural capital, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions case studies Online library of EU research publications on biodiversity EU approach to ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction Research on biodiversity and ecosystem services innovation for sustainable development Scientific research publications on biodiversity published by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre(JRC) You can access all scientific publications from Horizon 2020 via OpenAIRE Single point of access to open data produced by the EU institutions - all data free to use for commercial and non-commercial purposes Business and Biodiversity: EU delegation joins the 12th Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Today, the Plenary adopted the IPBES Business and Biodiversity report and welcomed five new members, including three EU Member States.

G20 Ministers commit to Global Science Cooperation – EU’s leading role instrumental in advancing sustainable, inclusive, and innovative science, technology and innovation Throughout South Africa’s G20 Presidency in 2025, the European Commission has played a central and active role in shaping the work of the G20 Research and Innovation Working Group (RIWG).

Tuesday 2 June 2026, 09:00 - 13:00 (CEST) Horizon Europe info days—Cluster 6 Thursday 22 January 2026, 09:00 - Friday 23 January 2026, 18:00 (CET) Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean Health and Coastal Resilience - EU Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030 Thursday 11 July 2024, 14:00 - 17:30 (CEST)