Global biodiversity crisis: risks and opportunities for human society, Strategy AV21

The core vision of the  project is to establish a communication platform connecting researchers, government, and the civic society. The goal is to embrace the initiative, consolidate the fragmented communication, and bring the topic to the level of public debate. The project will contribute to identifying effective solutions to biodiversity decline in the context of current societal changes. The four interlinked objectives of the programme are:1. To explore the still unexplored topic of the biodiversity crisis perception. A sociologically based understanding will be essential for targeting communication tools. 2. To analyse time series on the changes in biodiversity of key groups of organisms, to define the main trends and their causes.3. To analyse the legal basis for biodiversity protection. The aim is to support the incorporation of effective legal instruments into Czech legislation. 4. To combine knowledge from the humanities and natural sciences into a functional framework; to formulate concrete steps to address the biodiversity crisis.