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EFTA-BRI: “Helping humanity to read the diversity of biodiversity, its natural wonder, and to show the values of research for science and society”
Welcome to the EFTA Biodiversity Research Centre (EFTA-BRI)
“The mission of The Biodiversity Institute is to promote understanding, appreciation and conservation of biodiversity and to provide better descriptions, scientific analyzes and research reports with broad public involvement, through innovative research and information.”
On the research center: The Biodiversity Research Centre of the life and Development Knowledge Centre Foundation (EFTA-BRI) aims to study and examine biodiversity diversity, ecology, evolution and conservation through research and analysis, in current thematic areas, from genes to ecosystems to interactions with society.
With our educational research and publications, we intend to actively contribute to the information of social information on biodiversity.
Our main task: Research on biodiversity, study of The development of life communities, and increase nature conservation knowledge at national and EU level, in order to expand our knowledge and skills to explore biodiversity research.
Projects:
- “Promoting the importance of biodiversity”/ theoretical paper, works”
Introductory thoughts on biodiversity and more detailed information on research tasks, topics and programs.
What is biodiversity?
Biodiversity literally means biodiversity. Biodiversity is the diversity of all forms of life on Earth that define the diversity of all life communities on the planet and the diversity of living beings, including all forms. The scope of the concept of biodiversity includes the origin, number of species, their genetic variations, ecological diversity and the impact of these life forms on each other within complex ecosystems.
Why is biodiversity important?
The survival of biodiversity is essential for a healthy humanity and ecosystem.
In nature, plants utilize and convert solar energy through the biochemical process of photosynthesis, making it available to other life forms (e.g. oxygen-food). Bacteria-microorganisms and other living organisms break down organic matter into nutrients, thus providing the healthy soil necessary for plant growth. Pollinators play an essential role in the growth of plants, ensuring the production of our food. Plants and oceans are significant carbon sinks.
What is the importance of biodiversity ecosystem services?
Biodiversity, that is, biodiversity, is the basis and form of operation of ecosystem services that critically contribute to human well-being, the fundamental quality of human well-being, and the welfare of the Earth. Biodiversity diversity greatly supports our major needs for life. e.g. It provides us with oxygen, clean water, good quality soil, food, pollination of plants, natural based new or existing drugs or individual raw materials.
Why do we need biodiversity research and information today?
It is an indisputable fact today that biodiversity is steadily declining and that, as a result of these declines, the ecosystems of our planet are becoming less and less able to create balance, supply and sustainability in the system of the healthy functioning of man and nature. With the loss of biodiversity, not only the genetic diversity of the wildlife of species, plants, animals and aquatic organisms living on the earth is reduced, but also the basic values of the ecological system. As a result of chain reactions, the ecological system weakens the sustainability of pollination, soil formation, climate control and flood control.
Both terrestrial and oceanic ecosystems are vital to maintain the natural systems – ecosystem services that provide protection, nutrition and livelihoods, and are heavily reliant on the societies and economies of the Earth. Diversity provides food, medicine and raw materials. They form the basis of soil formation, decomposition, water filtration and flow, pollination, pest control and climate control. Hundreds of millions of people are the primary source of biosphere, living and energy around the world. As a result of chain reactions, the ecological system is weakened by total organic operation through pollination, soil formation, and the sustainability of climate control and flood control.
Accordingly, the knowledge center intends to carry out the following research and analysis in the research and development of the biodiversity ecosystem-society system.
Basic tasks for biodiversity monitoring and research:
- Analysis and evaluation of basic data on biodiversity monitoring
- Continuous montage of biodiversity: The aim of The continuous montage of biodiversity is to monitor and evaluate the changes that occur in our environment and climate change.
- To provide information and assessments for environmental impact studies and for monitoring and rehabilitation of habitats and ecosystems.
- Evaluation of the role of biodiversity conservation and enhancement in our country.
- Educational research.
- Monitoring analyzes aimed at studying nature conservation and ecological conditions.
Why do we need basic tasks for biodiversity monitoring and research?
On the one hand, we analyze and examine the temporal changes (decrease or even spread-montage) of the environmental-natural observation of the different biological life forms on the earth, and on the other hand we observe and evaluate the representative wildlife change of the different diversity habitats.
Research topics: In The planned research, we research and analyze multiple levels of biodiversity. the most important of these are:
- 1, Ecological research for the protection of biodiversity (research and analysis on The state, dynamics or trends of biodiversity)
- 2, current state of The flora and fauna of The hundred and fifty (status assessment)
- 3, The impact on The ecosystem of aquatic organisms and biodiversity
- 4, the effects of biodiversity loss
- 5, Biodiversity and nature protection (importance of conservation of rare or protected species, analysis of species and plants sensitive to pollution and climate change, natural impact studies)
- 6: Research on The dynamics of near-natural ecosystems to understand how biodiversity affects global change.
- 7, EFTA-BRI strategic research. Improving and supporting the implementation of a national strategic plan, from planning to knowledge management. Strategic research supports the directions, plans or goals that are used to improve the state of biodiversity loss and decline.
- 8: Conservation of biodiversity in research on the maintenance of so-called (ecosystem services) provided by nature. (ecosystem value systems – services such as food, medicines, water, air, soil fertility, climate change or the cycle of nutrients.)
What research and analysis is needed to preserve and improve biodiversity and nature protection? “our core tasks and programs”
In our basic research tasks and programs, we deal with the most accurate research of the habitats and the survival of biodiversity and nature conservation of plant and animal species, which serves the conservation and conservation of species more effectively. We research the interaction of the changing environment of plants and animals in different periods, and analyze the future (first century period). Since many global and local processes have occurred in the past, from changes at the environmental and ecological levels of the climate (looking back to the former adaptation mechanisms and extinctions), conclusions and abstractions can be drawn, to the current conditions and to the future, such as 21. the effects of survival in the 21st century, the consequences and the possibilities.
Our research tasks and programs. „A biológiai sokféleség csökkenésének állapota”
In our research tasks and programs, are we dealing with the main issues in which we are looking for an answer to the effects and interactions of biodiversity loss and change on economic, social and human well-being? What effects and interactions do biodiversity loss and change have on natural-environmental values and ecosystems. Are we researching and analyzing biological processes and functions of biodiversity and looking for ways to better monitor, predict and possibly mitigate negative trends in biodiversity loss and change and its declining consequences?
Strategic considerations. “topics of proposals and plans”
The knowledge center considers planning and preparation of the development of the new national biodiversity strategy to be an important task and research area, therefore the research center should define the main objectives for the next decade as well as the related measures, in order to maintain the diversity of Hungary’s wildlife in the long term.
Strategic considerations:
We are making proposals to plan the next biodiversity strategy
- Analyse the progress of the agricultural and agricultural policy objectives of the National Biodiversity Strategy
- To study the results of decision-making in different sectors for biodiversity conservation and to evaluate the implementation of plans and programs in sectoral strategies.
Knowledge-based research is linked to national and European biodiversity guidelines and targets for the period up to 2030. To this end, the knowledge center wishes to take a special role in assessing the status of protected areas, species and habitats, in providing an opinion on the nature conservation status and status of each species, in developing national and international basic natural and environmental values and in examining the spread of invasive species.
Biodiversity – ecosystems
‘Foundations of life’ In The areas of biodiversity and ecosystem research (EFTA-BRI) is the fundamental task of the Commission to study knowledge and findings on the state, dynamics and diversity of biodiversity and systems through research and analysis. Accordingly, we consider it an important task to find an answer through research to the effect of general contamination, overexploitation, habitat loss, soil fertility, pollinators’ populations, individual marine and freshwater organisms, fish stocks and climate change on the balance of the Earth’s natural values, and thus the situation of civilization.
Regenerative research
Through regenerative research, we studied the changes in the natural Regulation of animals, vegetation and aquatic life over time, examining the extent to which areas were affected, and the areas that are likely to be close to nature and ecological regeneration in the longer term.
Environment and biodiversity
Our research programs include the action plans and directions in which the research center investigates a wider range of biodiversity and ecosystems-environmental impacts in its environmental status reports, journals, analyzes and scientific and general papers. The aim is to research and develop a balanced relationship between society and nature, and to disseminate knowledge about the real needs and the relationship between society and the environment.
Questions we are looking for a more accurate answer to in biodiversity research
- How has the environment shaped the origin, maintenance and decline of biodiversity to date? (Based on EFTA research)
How do current and future biodiversity changes affect nature, the environment, the economy, ecosystems, and civilization? - How do current and future environmental changes affect biodiversity and the social spheres?
- What empirical systems allow more accurate and valuable ecological analyzes of the impacts of environmental changes on biodiversity?