Acronym: BBD-Lab or BioBirDiversity Lab
Project aim and benefits:
The project
goal is to develop a shared European Laboratory to improve Biodiversity in
Nature 2000 areas in the Atlantic Coast.
This
Laboratory will be decentralized and devoted to produce, validate and
consolidate a fruitful joint research methodology
over biodiversity health based in the analysis and monitoring of a selected group
of migratory birds as bio indicators.
Also, this Laboratory
will suppose the creation of a coordinated observatory model of these bio indicators
among nature 2000 areas of biodiversity interest in European Atlantic
Arch.
The Laboratory
will be complemented with a focus in production of suitable ways to exploit sustainable
employment and marketable opportunities for green - tourism sector which will
stablish birdwatching routes across Europe to enjoy observation and taking care
selected birds, their movements and their sanctuaries. Citizens views will be
part of the scientific data source.
The aim is
to contribute with added value with three innovative values or benefits:
- Constitute a model of coordinated Laboratory in biodiversity as a model of forge for public (citizens, local public bodies, technology centers and academy) and private partnerships (non profit organizations specialized in birds study, protection and environmental education and SMES) to build up their own sustainable routes in new creative ways based in biodiversity preservation and green tourism
- Create, test and promote a range of new coordinated research among EU countries and introduce as innovation the active role of citizens as tourists and observers of birds of interest and with support of gaming in social networks.
- Development models of PPP (Public Private Partnership) to test and engage implied agents as a way to consolidate biodiversity protection and new green employment opportunities in research and sustainable tourism sector
· Methodology:
The BioBirDiversity
Laboratory would run a set of local pilot
sites experiences in Nature 2000 areas in Spain (Huelva), Portugal (Algarve),
France, UK and Ireland which will share topics of interest in birds monitoring
as biodiversity indicators and generation of new products based in its
enjoyable observation and protection. Due that birds under control will be
shared among involved partners across Europe, it will suppose a whole
enrichment throughout a feedback among each local experience. It would involve
a mix of investigation in control of monitoring biodiversity indicators and
related techniques, mix among green tourism products,…
Duration, tasks and distribution:
The project
would have a duration of 24 months with following distribution of tasks (5 Work
Packages (WPs):
·
WP1,
development of basis for BioBirDiversity-Lab in indicators and scientific
methodology (state of the art, sources, methods of control, identification of
nature 2000 areas of control, relationships within each ecosystem to be taken
into account, relationships with whole ecological system in each area, possibilities
in green tourism in each areas, design of demonstrative pilots, definition of
work to be done with researchers, citizens, existing enterprises and public
sector).
·
WP2,
development of self - training materials for conduct BioBirDiversity-Lab and
implement techniques to test and validate proposed methodology.
·
WP3,
design and development of models of PPP (Public Private Partnership) to test
and engagement of local green tourism providers, public bodies, non profit
bodies, academy and end users as consumers as instrument to consolidate new marketable
green tourism offers and employment based in new pilot demonstrative offer in
bird watching.
·
WP4,
development of local green tourism pilots in Spain, Portugal, France, UK and
Ireland, with different specialization in bird watching. It is expected to
develop pilots devoted in different marketable ways to exploit creativity with birdwatching
and share lessons learned from each pilot. Transfers and Consolidation of
lessons learned in an open BioBirDiversity-Lab
·
WP5:
project management
·
WP6
Communication and Project dissemination plan. Campaign for transfer of project
results
Gannt:
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Project partnership:
A) Public administrations (Regional and
local public administrations)
·
La
Palma del Condado municipality (Huelva), Spain interested in the implementation
of BioBirDiversity-Lab development in Nature 2000 area of Red River
·
Ayamonte
municipality (Huelva), Spain, interested in the implementation of BioBirDiversity-Lab
development in Nature 2000 area of coast areas
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SEO
birdlife, (Huelva), Spain, interested in the implementation of BioBirDiversity-Lab
development in Nature 2000 areas of National Park of Doñana and transfer its
knowledge and environmental education model
B) Technology centers as Universities, R&D
Centers,…:
·
Research
Group of UHU (Huelva), Spain, interested to transfer its knowledge, researchers
and technology
·
Ecology
School of UHU (Huelva), Spain, interested to transfer its knowledge and
environmental education model
We are looking for partners in UK,
France, Ireland and Portugal in sections A and B and from private sector (Tourism Agencies,
providers, …)
Budget: this project would have a cost of 2 Million
Euros, and distribution by WP in percentages as follows
WPS
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%
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1
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15
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2
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40
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3
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5
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4
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10
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5
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10
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6
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20
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total
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100
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For further contact, please send an email of
interest to Andrés Dochao, Municipality of La Palma del Condado (Huelva ,
Spain) at euprj@lapalmadelcondadop.org or Carlos Davila, Spanish Society
of Ornithology (Delegation in National Park of Doñana) email: donyana@seo.org before next Tuesday 12th of April.