Biodiver-City: Enhancing urban biodiversity and ecosystem services to make cities more resilient

This conference aims to deliver a set of key messages and principles on how cities can contribute to regional, national and European biodiversity policy, goals and targets.

The conference will address the following key questions:

• What is our present knowledge of urban biodiversity? What indicators are used and what are the current patterns and trends reveal about urban biodiversity?
• Why is urban biodiversity important? What are the links between urban biodiversity and urban ecosystem services and with well-being?
• Is a high urban biodiversity important for citizens and other stakeholders? How can citizens monitor biodiversity?
• How can urban green infrastructure be designed and managed to maintain and enhance urban biodiversity and ecosystem services?

Conference organisers

• European Commission - Joint Research Centre
• Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
• EnRoute project (http://oppla.eu/enroute)

Date and Venue

The conference will take place in Sofia (Bulgaria) in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on 24 April 2018