BIOTRAILS Nexus framework for biodiversity-relevant transformative change
BIOTRAILS’s main mission is to generate knowledge and develop tools that will inspire and accelerate biodiversity-relevant transformative change in our society, using Participatory Systems Dynamics Modelling (PSDM) to take into account the complex interrelations between the indirect drivers of change in four value chains of traded products (cacao and chocolate; fishery products, gold and timber, indigenous arts and crafts), and in an integrated manner alongside the climate and social justice agendas. Based on this knowledge and tools, the project will bring together stakeholders across different stages of product/material global value chains to collaboratively design pathways that can lead to a sustainable future, proposing interventions in policy, urban consumption patterns, corporate policies and consumer behaviour.
The tools developed during the course of the project will be used by stakeholders through the Learning & Action Alliances (LAAs) in 4 case studies, representing 4 value chains of materials/products, to develop alternative pathways and identify leverage points for transformative change. The wide dissemination of these tools through the appropriate networks and through the collaboration with other projects and activities will promote the tools take-up and set the stage for continued activities after the project is over.
In parallel, the research outcomes of BIOTRAILS (PSDM and Tools / methods for better understanding the impact of indirect drivers) will advance the state-of-the-art in understanding the complex interconnections of production, trade, consumption, human dimensions, and social norms, as well as their impact on biodiversity and climate policies.
Collaboration
- Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (Italy)
- Charokopeio Panepistimio (Greece)
- Adelphi Research Gemeinnutzige Gmbh (Germany)
- White Research Sprl (Belgium)
- Stichting Global Resilient Cities Network Nl
- DRAXIS Environmental Sa (Greece)
- eBOS Technologies Limited (Cyprus)
- Centro Internacional De Agriculturatropical (Colombia)
- Hellenic Aquaculture Producers Organization (Greece)
- Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science And Technology Kumasi (Ghana)
