« Reasoning from strenght : »
results of the
EPBRS-network-Analysis
dd. 19-11-2006,
rev. 18-03-2007
A.J.F.M. van Opstal
Response
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95 questionnaires given out
61 filled in
10 blank found in the auditorium
24 are still missing
• > 60% respons, which is great, thanks!
Nationalities
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Number of countries
Fi
Dld
Be, Fr, Hu, Nl, Uk
At, Dk, EC, Sw
Cyp,Cz, Es, Ir, Lt, Pol, Por, Rom,
Rus, Slov, Slovak, US
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4 (9)
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3 each
2 each
1 each
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Question 1 Education: you are trained as a:
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Ecologist, biologist
Botanist
Zoologist
Environmental scientist
Social scientist
Other (diff.)
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Question 2 Representation:
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Researcher
Policy maker
Funding agency
Other (diff.)
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Question 3 Relation with National
Biodiversity platform
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No Biodiversity Platform
Coordinator
Member
Chair
Other (diff.)
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Question 4: Member of an international
learned society on biodiversity?
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Soc. Cons. Biol.
IALE
IAVS
other (diff.)
(Diversitas
(GBIF/national node
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4
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12
7)
10)
Question 5: Are you participating in an EU
research-focused-group?
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Participating in a FP 6/7 project
Participating in an ERA-net
National delegate in the 7th FP Cie.
Other (diff.)
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Question 6: Are you an official member of an
EU biodiversity-focused committee?
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Biodiv. Expert Group
ORNIS/ Sc. W. Group
HABITAT/ Sc. W. Gr.
Water Directive W.Gr.
Other (diff.)
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Question 7: Are you officially involved in
national/ international policy processes?
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CBD
EU commun. on the 2010-target
Imoseb
Directors of Nature
Directors of Agricultural Research
Other (diff.)
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5
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Question 8: Are you an active member of an
international oriented Biodiversity NGO?
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IUCN
WWF
Birdlife
Plantlife
other (diff)
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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
Science
EPBRS
EPBRS
EPBRS
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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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