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  • Entry points for change

    2024.09.26.

    Sharing lessons learnt and identifying entry points to upscale findings is a crucial part of PLANET4B, and project partner UNEP-WCMC has been engaging with policymakers and businesses to fulfil this goal. […]

  • Bridging Disciplines – The PLANET4B Blueprint for Transformative Biodiversity Research

    2024.09.10.

    The latest analysis (Transdisciplinary diagnostic framework for biodiversity decision-making assessment) of the PLANET4B project summarises the results of nearly one and a half years of intensive methodological research. This comprehensive study proposes a methodological framework that helps examine decision-making and influencing decisions about biodiversity by involving numerous scientific disciplines. The transdicipinary diagnostic framework proposed by PLANET4B uses the "conscious full spectrum response" model* to connect different disciplinary frameworks in the project to emphasise transformative design. The report provides researchers in [...]

  • The future of the Amazon is on your plate

    2024.08.21.

    Is the EUDR working for people and planet? PLANET4B project looks at Dutch-Brazilian beef and soy trade through the lens of intersectional environmental justice in one of its case studies. Via 20 interviews on both sides of the supply chain, PLANET4B considers the underlying drivers of environmental injustice, for humans and non-humans. […]

  • Exploring transformative pathways in environmental education

    2024.08.13.

    “As part of the PLANET4B project, this spring semester we began our collaboration with two schools to explore the transformative potential of school gardens and other experiential learning methods. Our preliminary findings highlight how these methods can enhance students’ cognitive skills and deepen their connection with nature. Sharing these results at three international conferences, we emphasized the need for innovative educational approaches and educational policy reforms to foster a sustainable future.” […]

  • Follow us on YouTube!

    2024.07.11.

    Welcome to the PLANET4B YouTube Channel! Get to know the project with our newly launched YouTube channel, where we bring you insightful interviews with our project partners. Discover their innovative work, learn about the crucial role of biodiversity, and explore creative methods used in the PLANET4B case studies. Whether you're a science enthusiast or just curious, there's something here for everyone.   Subscribe now and join us on this exciting journey of knowledge and discovery!    

  • Engaged science: changing mindsets with research intervention method sets

    2024.06.18.

    PLANET4B seeks to understand how a range of social and cultural factors come to shape people’s attitudes towards biodiversity and nature, inspire new ways of working and living and contribute to enhanced policy agendas through the very process of undertaking research, as well as through the resulting research outputs. The project is centred around the development and application of three complimentary sets of research intervention methods explored within 11 case studies. The recently published research document Report on pre-test and [...]