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« Reasoning from strenght : » results of the EPBRS-network-Analysis. dd. 19-11-2006, rev. 18-03-2007 A.J.F.M. van Opstal. Response. 95 questionnaires given out 61 filled in 10 blank found in the auditorium 24 are still missing > 60% respons, which is great, thanks!. Nationalities.
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« Reasoning from strenght : » results of the EPBRS-network-Analysis dd. 19-11-2006, rev. 18-03-2007 A.J.F.M. van Opstal
Response • 95 questionnaires given out • 61 filled in • 10 blank found in the auditorium • 24 are still missing • >60% respons, which is great, thanks!
Nationalities • Number of countries 24 • Fi 4 (9) • Dld 6 • Be, Fr, Hu, Nl, Uk 3 each • At, Dk, EC, Sw 2 each • Cyp,Cz, Es, Ir, Lt, Pol, Por, Rom, Rus, Slov, Slovak, US 1 each • Blank 11
Question 1Education: you are trained as a: • Ecologist, biologist 18 • Botanist 10 • Zoologist 10 • Environmental scientist 5 • Social scientist 2 • Other (diff.) 10
Question 2Representation: • Researcher 31 • Policy maker 14 • Funding agency 4 • Other (diff.) 9
Question 3Relation with National Biodiversity platform • No Biodiversity Platform 8 • Coordinator 10 • Member 9 • Chair 2 • Other (diff.) 18
Question 4: Member of an international learned society on biodiversity? • Soc. Cons. Biol. 8 • IALE 4 • IAVS 2 • other (diff.) 12 • (Diversitas 7) • (GBIF/national node 10)
Question 5: Are you participating in an EU research-focused-group? • Participating in a FP 6/7 project 25 • Participating in an ERA-net 9 • National delegate in the 7th FP Cie. 3 • Other (diff.) 8
Question 6: Are you an official member of an EU biodiversity-focused committee? • Biodiv. Expert Group 9 • ORNIS/ Sc. W. Group 3 • HABITAT/ Sc. W. Gr. 4 • Water Directive W.Gr. 1 • Other (diff.) 5
Question 7: Are you officially involved in national/ international policy processes? • CBD 14 • EU commun. on the 2010-target 8 • Imoseb 5 • Directors of Nature 2 • Directors of Agricultural Research 3 • Other (diff.) 9
Question 8: Are you an active member of an international oriented Biodiversity NGO? • IUCN 9 • WWF 7 • Birdlife 4 • Plantlife 5 • other (diff) 7
Some analysis and interpretations • Strengths and Weaknesses , Opportunities and Threats • Elephants: Influential and Resourceful Persons.
Conclusions: s & w´s • Looking at existing strenghts of EPBRS: as we have in the left column of the matrix a lot of resources, interfaces and networking possibilities, I suggest that we should concentrate on more effective communication and networking towards CBD-related policy making persons and organisations, learned societies and NGO’s,
Conclusions: s & w´s • Looking at existing strenghts of EPBRS: as we have in the left column of the matrix a lot of resources, interfaces and networking possibilities, I suggest that we should concentrate on more effective communication and networking towards CBD-related policy making persons and organisations, learned societies and NGO’s, • Looking at existing weaknesses of EPBRS: (right colum) let´s strenghten the network of (potential) EPBRS-ers in deciding positions as for example the Programme cie. and the Directors of Nature, the Directors of Agricultural Research and support them by sharing information.
Conclusions: opportunities • Looking at opportunities for EPBRS: lets make better use of our existing contacts with IUCN, WWF and other ngo´s by asking them systematically to participate. • Example 1: EPBRS > Birdlife > Ornis Cie • Example 2: EPBRS > IUCN > CBD • Example 3: EPBRS > Plantlife > Habitats Cie
Influential and Resourceful Persons ? • Who are our ”elephants”? • About 7-9 EPBRS-ers are active in a wide network (more then 5 hits) wich goes from funding, via interfaces, to policy making.
Conclusions: Elephants • Looking at opportunities for EPBRS related to Influential and Resourceful Persons: • Let’s raise more elephants!
Nightly delights: some books • The Historian by E. Kostova • Jude the obscure by Th. Hardy • Slovenia 1945 • Was going to bring "Sustainability by B. Norton" forgot it and had to read EPBRS-papers • The Islamic challenge in Europe • The God delusion by R. Dawkins • Journals: Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Courier International • The Story of the HUBBLE -Space telescope Book +DVD
Moon dust (story of Moon missions) • The fabric of the Universe (cosmology/relativity/quantum mechanics) • COST final report Green Structure & Urban Planning • No book! just drafts of scientific papers to work on. • Managing the Interface by Moll/Zander • Een vrouw by Camille Claudel • Steel, germs and guns • Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Landscape Studies: Potentials and Limitations • Of course I did not bring any book... I just work here • Sjön utan namn by Kjell Johansson
Goodnight, Morning • Watched Finnish television • No book this time, a scientific article on climate change • Opetajahete Leht / Teachers' Newspaper • EU-Commission Communication on Biodiversity • Hlavou Dols by S. Komarek • The poisonwood Bible • Blood Test • Conservation Biology • Mélanges bibliographiques by Lalanne
"The Ecologist" Magazine. • My current book is on Continuous Cover Forestry • Bible • The bluest eyes • Climate change and species migration • An instance of the fingerpost, T. Pears • Shuttlecode, G. Swift • Une Vie • None (2) • The Economist (sorry!) • The Swarm • The storyteller by Jostein Gaerdner
Wise man by W. Coetzee • A suitable vengeance by E. George • Ten theories of human nature by L. Stevenson • Five philosophical paradoxes by I. Calvino • Poems on the transcendental value of ecological diversity by J. Twardouski • Handbook for Interreg III-B