European Platform for Biodiversity Bioplatfom

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BioPlatform European Platform for Biodiversity
A thematic network to support EPBRS
Isabel Sousa Pinto, CIIMAR, University of Porto
Centre for Marine and Environmental
Research
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Bioplatfom (EPBRS) - History

• Finish Presidency meeting (Nov. 1999)
• Northern Dimension of Biodiversity
• Recommendation of the participants
• EU science/policy meetings
• Portuguese Presidency meeting (May 2000)
• Islands and Archipelagos
• Delegates nominated by Programme Committee on
  Environment and Sustainable Development
• Declaration of delegates creation of a
  science/policy forum European Platform for
  Biodiversity Research Strategy.

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Bioplatfom (EPBRS) - History

• French meeting (Dec 2000)
• Biology of invasions
• Unofficial meeting of delegates need for a
  permanent secretariat and core economical support
  to improve Platforms performance
• 14th of February 2001- proposal for a thematic
  Network BioPlatform was delivered in Brussels
• Swedish meeting (June 2001)
• Biodiversity of water and forest
• First informal meeting of Bioplatform (under
  negotiation)

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Bioplatfom - History

• Belgian meeting (Dec 2001)
• Scientific tools for biodiversity conservation
• First meeting supported by Bioplatform
• Preceeded by two electronic conferences
• One organised by Bioplatform
• One organised by Marble
• - Preparation of the extension contract to 11
  new NAS partners

Feb 2002 - Extension proposal delivered in
Brussels
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• Spanish meeting 11-13 of May 2002
• - Biodiversity in Mediterranean ecosystems
• Preceeded by two electronic conferences
• One organised by Bioplatform
• One organised by Marbena
• New partners already invited
• Danish meeting (October 2002)
• - Auditing the ark Science based monitoring
• - Preceeded by two electronic conferences
• One organised by Bioplatform
• One organised by Marbena
• Discussion on the future of EPBRS and
  Bioplatform

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FUTURE

• Organisation of Greek and other EPBRS meeting,
  preceeded by e-conferences
• Organisation of two Bioplatform meetings preceded
  by e-conferences
• Continue with promotion and link of National
  Platforms, and to organise the deliverables from
  Bioplatform and EPBRS
• Continue to improve web-site and start RTD
  catalogue
• BioPlatform 2(?)

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