July 2, 2018
Ainhoa Magrach, becaria post-doctoral Juan de la Cierva en el Basque Centre for Climate Change ha accedido a esta beca por su trabajo titulado. “Entendiendo el rol funcional de los colibríes migradores en redes de interacción planta-polinizador a lo largo de un gradiente latitudinal (cardinal)”. Las Becas Leonardo están destinadas a apoyar directamente proyectos personales de investigadores y creadores culturales en estadios intermedios de su carrera, entre 30 y 45 años, que se caractericen por una producción científica, tecnológica o cultural altamente innovadora.
September 3, 2018
The Multidisciplinary Expert Panel of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has selected Ignacio Palomo to be Lead Author for Chapter 3 of the Methodological assessment regarding the diverse conceptualization of multiple values of nature and its benefitsThe assessment of diverse values of nature, which begins this year, will be conducted over the next three years and be presented to the Plenary of IPBES at its 9th session.
September 26, 2018
Most land use (change) decisions are still based on incomplete information about the real welfare effects (costs and benefits) because many so-called externalities (positive and negative) associated with the change in land use and management are neglected. This leads to loss and degradation of ecosystems and their services affecting human well-being. Worldwide more than 25% of the land surface is now more or less degraded (UNCCD Global Land Outlook, 2017), costing between 4 and 20 trillion US$/year in terms of damage, repair or replacement costs (Costanza et al., 2014).
October 15, 2018
The Ministry of Science, Innovation and University has awarded a network of excellence to the Red Ecosoil, led by Jorge Curiel, Ikerbasque research professor at BC3. The project, “Biodiversity, trophic levels and ecological interactions in the soil system and its relationship to ecosystem functioning and services” is the only project given to an ecology group.