Managing the Natura 2000 network in Cyprus and shaping a sustainable future
Funding Agency: European Commission (HORIZON Europe).
NCU Role: Partner.
Partners: CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE EN RECHERCHE (FR); AGRONOMIQUE POUR LEDEVELOPPEMENT - C.I.R.A.D. EPIC (FR); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE (FR); AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (ES); CHAROKOPEIO PANEPISTIMIO (EL); STICHTING NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER (NL); AGENTSCHAP PLANTENTUIN MEISE (BE); CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE AGRICULTURATROPICAL, CIAT (Colombia); INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS (EL); FREDERICK UNIVERSITY (CY); PARC NATIONAL DE PORT-CROS (FR); UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO (MG); DRAXIS ENVIRONMENTAL SA (EL); EBOS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (CY); PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY LIMITED (UK); ENVECO S.A. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT (EL); MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT OF CYPRUS (CY); AREA METROPOLITANA DE BARCELONA (ES).
Project's Main Objective: GUARDEN’s main mission is to safeguard biodiversity and its contributions to people by bringing them to the forefront of policy and decision-making. This will be achieved through the development of user-oriented Decision Support Applications (DSAs), and leveraging on Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (MSPs). They will take into account policy and management objectives and priorities across sectors and scales, build consensus to tackle data gaps, analytical uncertainties or conflicting objectives, and assess options to implement adaptive transformative change.
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