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Today in Agadir (Morocco), the International Coordinating Council for the UNESCO Human and Biosphere Programme decided to recognise KempenBroek as a cross-border Biosphere Reserve. KempenBroek thus becomes the first cross-border UNESCO Biosphere Area in the Benelux, the first in Belgium and the…
The political monitoring of June 2024 is an overview of the agenda items that were discussed at SBSTTA-26 and SBI-4 in Nairobi, Kenya in May 2024 The political monitoring is available here 280624_PolMon_0.pdf
From June 24 to September 24, 2024, the FPS Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment and the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural sciences are organizing a public consultation on the draft of the 'Update of the Belgian national biodiversity strategy until 2030'. This gives you the opportunity to give…
The political monitoring by the Belgian National Focal Point to the Convention on Biological Diversity is carried out on a periodic basis, with the goal of informing about political processes related to biodiversity in Belgium and the EU: the Chamber, the Senate, the Walloon Parliament, the…
The political monitoring by the Belgian National Focal Point to the Convention on Biological Diversity is carried out on a periodic basis, with the goal of informing about political processes related to biodiversity in Belgium and the EU: the Chamber, the Senate, the Walloon Parliament, the…
The Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences will organize its sixth Theme Day on Monday 1 December 2025. The goal of this conference is to allow researchers, who are active in overseas countries, to meet each other, whatever their specialization, but also to let them know the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences and its activities (www.kaowarsom.be). We warmly encourage lectures from young researchers, in the form of oral presentations or posters. Abstracts may be submitted in English, French or Dutch, but preferably in English.

14 October 2025 / 15:00 - 18:00 CET

In an increasingly globalised world, various parts of supply chains interact with nature, affecting biodiversity and ecosystems. The interplay of policies, trade and resource management decisions connect distant places and people in
complex ways. These

Under the initiative of the Department of Nature and Forests, the symposium “Restaurer la nature dans un monde en transition - Objectifs, méthodes et niveaux d’intervention” will take place on 13 October 2025 as part of the Festival International Nature Namur.

It will gather experts and

International Conference

18 September 2025 (full day)
Directorate-General for Environment (DG-ENV), Brussels

Biodiversity in European agricultural landscapes is declining at an alarming rate. To steer effective regulations and protection measures, reliable large-scale data is essential.

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The Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences (RAOS), the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) are jointly organising a three-day conference on Ecosystems in a Changing World.

The event will take place from 8 to 10 September 2025 at the Palace