Biodiversity and infrastructure synergies and opportunities for European transport networks (BISON)

Description:

The main objectives of the project are to:

• Identify future research and innovation needs for a better integration of biodiversity with infrastructure planning, construction, operation and decommissioning by developing a a Strategic Research and Deployment Agenda (SRDA).
• Make linear infrastructure more high performing and reliable while taking into account the specific needs of Western and Eastern Europe (e.g., the need to adapt existing long-lived infrastructure to new climate conditions, finding innovative and sustainable solutions to reduce the impact of invasive species and support declining native species, reduce land-use change and habitat fragmentation).
• Support European Member States to fulfill their international commitments by engaging all stakeholders in biodiversity mainstreaming for infrastructure planning and development by providing recommendations to minimise the impacts of infrastructure on biodiversity.
• Support European Member States to become political leaders through collaboration and support of European research institutions and infrastructure operators, and providing more sustainability at the international level through jointly addressing biodiversity and infrastructure challenges.

Project information

Lead

ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, Greece

Partners

FORUM DES LABORATOIRES NATIONAUX EUROPEENS DE RECHERCHE ROUTIERE FEHRLAISBL, Belgium;

MINISTERE DE LA TRANSITION ECOLOGIQUE ET SOLIDAIRE, France;

CENTRUM DOPRAVNIHO VYZKUMU v.v.i., Czechia;

UNIVERSITE GUSTAVE EIFFEL, France; SERVICE PUBLIC DE WALLONIE, Belgium;

UNION PROFESSIONNELLE DU GENIE ECOLOGIQUE, France;

UNION INTERNATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER, France; CENTRE D ETUDES ET D EXPERTISE SUR LES RISQUES L ENVIRONNEMENT LA MOBILITE ET L AMENAGEMENT, France;

AGRISTUDIO SRL, Italy;

ASOCIATIA WWF ROMANIA, Romania;

UNIVERZITA KONSTANTINA FILOZOFA VNITRE, Slovakia;

BUNDESMINISTERIUM FUER KLIMASCHUTZ, UMWELT, ENERGIE, MOBILITAET, INNOVATION UND TECHNOLOGIE, Austria;

AMPHI INTERNATIONAL APS, Denmark;

FONDATION FRANCAISE POUR LA RECHERCHE SUR LA BIODIVERSITE, France;

UNIVERSITE DE LIMOGES, France; OFFICE FRANCAIS DE LA BIODIVERSITE, France;

BUNDESANSTALT FUER STRASSENWESEN, Germany;

BUNDESMINISTERIUM FUER VERKEHR UND DIGITALE INFRASTRUKTUR DIG, Germany;

ASOCIATIA ZARAND, Romania;

UNIVERSITATEA DE STIINTE AGRICOLE SI MEDICINA VETERINARA CLUJ NAPOCA, Romania;

GENERALNA DYREKCJA DROG KRAJOWYCH I AUTOSTRAD, Poland;

SLOVENSKA TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V BRATISLAVE, Slovakia;

MINUARTIA ESTUDIS AMBIENTALS SL, Spain;

SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET, Sweden;

VLAAMSE GEWEST, Belgium;

CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITAET ZU KIEL, Germany;

UNIVERSITAET KASSEL, Germany;

BUNDESAMT FUR NATURSCHUTZ, Germany;

AGENCJA ROZWOJU MAZOWSZA SPOLKA AKCYJNA, Poland;

Ministry of Transport and Construction of the Slovak Republic, Slovakia;

FEDERAL DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT, ENERGY AND COMMUNICATIONS, Switzerland;

NETIVEI ISRAEL - NATIONAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY LTD, Israel;

NATURE CONSERVATION AGENCY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, Czechia;

NATIONAL ROADS AUTHORITY, Ireland; EGIS STRUCTURES ET ENVIRONNEMENT SA, France;

TRAFIKVERKET – TRV, Sweden; Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat - Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain;

ANAS SPA, Italy

Source of funding

H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport