Post by Wageningen Environmental Research

Biodiversity loss demands more than just ecological solutions; it calls for fundamental societal change. This challenge lies at the heart of the international Transformative Change for Biodiversity Conference taking place on 4 and 5 June 2026 in Brussels.   🤝 The conference will bring together researchers, policymakers, societal organisations and practitioners to explore how societal systems can shift towards nature-positive futures. Our involvement spans nine Horizon Europe projects, each addressing complex societal drivers of biodiversity loss.   🔸 TRANSPATH Project explores how societal and economic systems can change to better support biodiversity and sustainability; 🔸 TCforBE Project works on fair, just and inclusive transformative changes that help restore nature and biodiversity; 🔸 BIOTraCes studies pathways for societal transformation, focusing on how collaboration between people, organisations and initiatives can contribute to biodiversity restoration; 🔸 DAISY focuses on democratic and inclusive sustainability transitions, examining how citizens, governments and organisations can work together towards sustainable and just change; 🔸 BioAgora Project is a European flagship project that strengthens connections between science, policy and society around biodiversity.   BALANCE, DRAGONS and BIOLOGUE are among upcoming Horizon Europe projects with WUR involvement, focusing on practical routes to nature-positive farming and implementation of the European Nature Restoration Regulation.   The conference aligns with WUR’s broader research on transformative change and biodiversity. As Rosalie van Dam of Wageningen Environmental Research notes: “𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵.” 👉 https://lnkd.in/ewEn6H8s