About
This website is the direct follow-up of the event "Positive Visions for Biodiversity" that was held in Brussels, in November 2010. This meeting was held in the context of the 2010 Annual Belgian Biodiversity Platform conference and in the context of the 2010 European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS) Meeting. It took place under the Belgian Presidency of the European Union.
What was this meeting about?
On 16-17 November 2010, over 200 participants from 43 countries gathered in Brussels to create a Positive Vision of the world that we want and need for the future of humanity and nature and to share ideas on how to build a sustainable society.
“Positive Visions for Biodiversity” was facilitated by Global Voices, a non-profit organization using their model of a 21st Century Summit. During the course of the two days, the participants developed a “Vision Framework”. First they created “vision themes”, which were related to governance, land management, human population, technology, renewable energies, food production, sustainable production and consumption, transformation of the economic paradigm, harmonious values and behaviors, and integration of biodiversity in daily life (see slides on the homepage). For each vision theme, the participants also developed goals to achieve and actions to implement.
Why this website?
To give the opportunity to the participants of this meeting and new comers to interact, exchange ideas, foster projects in order to implement the Vision Framework that was developed during the meeting.
Who is coordinating this web-platform of discussions and exchanges?
The Belgian Biodiversity Platform: http://www.biodiversity.be/ that is in charge of the EPBRS secretariat: http://www.epbrs.org/
Contact details
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Rue Vautier 29
1000 Brussels
BELGIUM
Tel. +32 (0) 2 627 43 19
Fax.+32 (0) 2 627 41 13
Email. estelle.balian@naturalsciences.be
