« Reasoning from strenght : » results of

the EPBRS-network-

Analysis dd. 19-11-2006,

rev. 18-03-2007

A.J.F.M. van Opstal

Response

• 95 questionnaires given out

• 61 filled in

• 10 blank found in the auditorium

• 24 are still missing

• > 60% respons, which is great, thanks!

Nationalities

• Number of countries 24 • Fi 4 (9) • Dld 6 • Be, Fr, Hu, Nl, Uk 3 each• At, Dk, EC, Sw 2 each• Cyp,Cz, Es, Ir, Lt, Pol, Por, Rom,

Rus, Slov, Slovak, US 1 each• Blank 11

Question 1 Education: you are trained as a:

• Ecologist, biologist 18• Botanist 10• Zoologist 10• Environmental scientist 5• Social scientist 2• Other (diff.) 10

 

Question 2 Representation:

• Researcher 31• Policy maker 14• Funding agency 4• Other (diff.) 9

Question 3 Relation with National

Biodiversity platform • No Biodiversity Platform 8• Coordinator 10• Member 9• Chair 2• Other (diff.) 18

Question 4: Member of an international learned society on biodiversity?

• Soc. Cons. Biol. 8• IALE 4• IAVS 2• other (diff.) 12• (Diversitas 7)• (GBIF/national node 10)

Question 5: Are you participating in an EU research-focused-group?

• Participating in a FP 6/7 project 25• Participating in an ERA-net 9• National delegate in the 7th FP Cie. 3• Other (diff.) 8

Question 6: Are you an official member of an

EU biodiversity-focused committee? • Biodiv. Expert Group 9• ORNIS/ Sc. W. Group 3• HABITAT/ Sc. W. Gr. 4• Water Directive W.Gr. 1• Other (diff.) 5

Question 7: Are you officially involved in national/ international policy processes?

• CBD 14• EU commun. on the 2010-target 8• Imoseb 5• Directors of Nature 2• Directors of Agricultural Research 3• Other (diff.) 9

Question 8: Are you an active member of an international oriented Biodiversity NGO?

• IUCN 9• WWF 7• Birdlife 4• Plantlife 5• other (diff) 7

Some analysis and interpretations

• Strengths and Weaknesses , Opportunities and Threats

• Elephants: Influential and Resourceful Persons.

Strenghts and Weaknesses

Policy

Interface

Science

Strenghts and Weaknesses

Policy

Interface

Science

Strenghts and Weaknesses

Policy

Interface

Science

Strenghts and Weaknesses

Policy

Interface EPBRS EPBRS EPBRS

Science

Strenghts and Weaknesses

Policy CBD:

14 hits

EU comm. on 2010: 8 hits

GBIF/Imos.: 15 hits

Interface EPBRS

56 hits

EPBRS

56 hits

EPBRS

56 hits

Science FP 6/7 and ERA-nets:

34 hits

Biodiv platf.s:

21- 37 hits

Learned soc.s: 26 (43) hits

Strenghts and Weaknesses

Policy CBD:

14 hits

EU comm. on 2010: 8 hits

GBIF/Imos.: 15 hits

Interface EPBRS

56 hits

EPBRS

56 hits

EPBRS

56 hits

Science FP 6/7 and ERA-nets:

34 hits

Biodiv platf.s:

21- 37 hits

Learned soc.s: 26 (43) hits

Strenghts and Weaknesses

Policy Programme Cie for FP 6/7:

2 hits

Eur. Directors Nature:

2 hits

Eur. Directors research:

3 hits.

Interface EPBRS:

56 hits

EPBRS:

56 hits

EPBRS:

56 hits

Science ? ?

Strenghts and Weaknesses

Policy Programme Cie for FP 6/7:

2 hits

Eur. Directors Nature:

2 hits

Eur. Directors research:

3 hits.

Interface EPBRS:

56 hits

EPBRS:

56 hits

EPBRS:

56 hits

Science ? ?

Conclusions: s & w´s

• Looking at existing strenghts of EPBRS: as we have in the left column of the matrix a lot of resources, interfaces and networking possibilities, I suggest that we should concentrate on more effective communication and networking towards CBD-related policy making persons and organisations, learned societies and NGO’s,

Conclusions: s & w´s

• Looking at existing strenghts of EPBRS: as we have in the left column of the matrix a lot of resources, interfaces and networking possibilities, I suggest that we should concentrate on more effective communication and networking towards CBD-related policy making persons and organisations, learned societies and NGO’s,

• Looking at existing weaknesses of EPBRS: (right colum) let´s strenghten the network of (potential) EPBRS-ers in deciding positions as for example the Programme cie. and the Directors of Nature, the Directors of Agricultural Research and support them by sharing information.

Conclusions: opportunities

• Looking at opportunities for EPBRS: lets make better use of our existing contacts with IUCN, WWF and other ngo´s by asking them systematically to participate.

• Example 1: EPBRS > Birdlife > Ornis Cie

• Example 2: EPBRS > IUCN > CBD

• Example 3: EPBRS > Plantlife > Habitats Cie

Influential and Resourceful Persons ?

• Who are our ”elephants”?

• About 7-9 EPBRS-ers are active in a wide network (more then 5 hits) wich goes from funding, via interfaces, to policy making.

                                                                        

Conclusions: Elephants

• Looking at opportunities for EPBRS related to Influential and Resourceful Persons:

• Let’s raise more elephants!

Thanks !

Nightly delights: some books

• The Historian by E. Kostova• Jude the obscure by Th. Hardy• Slovenia 1945 • Was going to bring "Sustainability by B. Norton" forgot it

and had to read EPBRS-papers• The Islamic challenge in Europe• The God delusion by R. Dawkins • Journals: Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Courier

International• The Story of the HUBBLE -Space telescope Book +DVD

• Moon dust (story of Moon missions) • The fabric of the Universe (cosmology/relativity/quantum

mechanics)• COST final report Green Structure & Urban Planning• No book! just drafts of scientific papers to work on.• Managing the Interface by Moll/Zander• Een vrouw by Camille Claudel• Steel, germs and guns• Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Landscape Studies:

Potentials and Limitations• Of course I did not bring any book... I just work here• Sjön utan namn by Kjell Johansson

• Goodnight, Morning• Watched Finnish television• No book this time, a scientific article on climate change• Opetajahete Leht / Teachers' Newspaper • EU-Commission Communication on Biodiversity• Hlavou Dols by S. Komarek• The poisonwood Bible• Blood Test• Conservation Biology• Mélanges bibliographiques by Lalanne

• "The Ecologist" Magazine. • My current book is on Continuous Cover Forestry• Bible• The bluest eyes• Climate change and species migration• An instance of the fingerpost, T. Pears• Shuttlecode, G. Swift• Une Vie• None (2) • The Economist (sorry!)• The Swarm• The storyteller by Jostein Gaerdner

• Wise man by W. Coetzee

• A suitable vengeance by E. George

• Ten theories of human nature by L. Stevenson

• Five philosophical paradoxes by I. Calvino

• Poems on the transcendental value of ecological diversity by J. Twardouski

• Handbook for Interreg III-B