Jak propojit data o biodiverzitฤ› s rozhodovรกnรญm v krajinฤ›? Projekt ENABLElocal hledรก odpovฤ›di v ฤŒesku, Nฤ›mecku a ล vรฉdsku

Biodiverzita je ฤasto vnรญmรกna jako tรฉma globรกlnรญ politiky โ€“ mezinรกrodnรญ รบmluvy, evropskรฉ smฤ›rnice, nรกrodnรญ strategie. Jenลพe skuteฤnรฉ rozhodovรกnรญ o krajinฤ› a ochranฤ› pล™รญrody se odehrรกvรก pล™edevลกรญmย na lokรกlnรญ รบrovni: v chrรกnฤ›nรฝch รบzemรญch, obcรญch, lesรญch nebo na zemฤ›dฤ›lskรฉ pลฏdฤ›. A prรกvฤ› tady narรกลพรญme na zรกsadnรญ problรฉm โ€“ existuje spousta dat o druzรญch, stanoviลกtรญch nebo vyuลพรญvรกnรญ รบzemรญ, ale... Continue Reading →

What Determines the Cost of Clean Drinking Water? New Evidence from the Czech Republic

Ensuring affordable access to safe drinking water is a key sustainability and governance challenge. A new Czech study examines how land cover and watershed characteristics relate to drinking water treatment costs, offering evidence that can inform long-term water and land-use policy. Using data from surface-water utilities, the researchers found that larger systems tend to operate... Continue Reading →

Novรก studie SYRI ukazuje, jak vybudovat spoleฤnost odolnou proti katastrofรกm

Extrรฉmnรญ projevy poฤasรญ jako vichล™ice, sucho nebo povodnฤ› se kvลฏli klimatickรฝm zmฤ›nรกm iย vย ฤŒesku stรกvajรญ ฤรญm dรกl ฤastฤ›jลกรญmi. Mรญra dopadลฏ tฤ›chto katastrof zรกvisรญ na resilienci, tedy odolnosti spoleฤnosti aย jejรญ schopnosti se sย podobnรฝmi udรกlostmi vyrovnat aย pล™edchรกzet jim. Novรก studie Nรกrodnรญho institutu SYRI ukazuje, ลพe je ฤeskรฝ systรฉm sniลพovรกnรญ rizik katastrof zatรญm zamฤ›ล™enรฝ pล™edevลกรญm na tradiฤnรญ krizovรฉ ล™รญzenรญ... Continue Reading →

The 8th International Workshop on Archetype Analysis in Sustainability Research

From 29 September to 1 October 2025, the interdisciplinary research community engaged in archetype analysis convened for the 8th International Workshop on Archetype Analysis in Sustainability Research. Hosted at the Thรผnen Institute of Biodiversity in Braunschweig, Germany, the event brought together around 40 researchers, providing a dynamic forum for exchanging and advancing ideas at the... Continue Reading →

Launching the IPBES Spatial Planning and Connectivity Assessment: Reflections from the First Authorsโ€™ Meeting

The intensive and productive week-long first authorsโ€™ meeting for the IPBES Spatial Planning and Connectivity Assessment took place at IIASA in Laxenburg from 22โ€“26 September 2025. The meeting brought together more than 100 experts to launch this fast-track methodological assessment, co-chaired by Peter Verburg, Maria Jose Martinez Harms, and Luis Inostroza. This assessment focuses on... Continue Reading →

ฤŒtvrtรฉ zasedรกnรญ Nรกrodnรญ platformy pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby

V prostorรกch Akademie vฤ›d ฤŒeskรฉ republiky vย Praze uspoล™รกdalo Ministerstvo ลพivotnรญho prostล™edรญ (MลฝP) ve spoluprรกci s รšstavem vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR (CzechGlobe, ๐Ÿ”—) dne 27. kvฤ›tna 2025 jiลพ ฤtvrtรฉ zasedรกnรญ Nรกrodnรญ platformy pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby, jeลพ spadรก do aktivit integrovanรฉho projektu LIFE Jedna pล™รญroda (๐Ÿ”—). Cรญlem ฤtvrtรฉho zasedรกnรญ NPES bylo poskytnout aktuรกlnรญ informace o dฤ›nรญ... Continue Reading →

Vydali jsme novรฝ letรกk, kterรฝ pล™edstavuje Nรกrodnรญ platformu pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (NPES)

Cรญlem letรกku, kterรฝ jsme zpracovali ve spoluprรกci s ostatnรญmi partnery v projektu Jedna pล™รญroda, je pล™edstavit zรกkladnรญ informace o Nรกrodnรญ platformฤ› pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (NPES), kterรก propojuje klรญฤovรฉ aktรฉry v oblasti ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb (ES) a pล™รญnosลฏ pล™รญrody lidem. Platforma vznikla v roce 2022 jako vรฝstup projektu Jedna pล™รญroda a do konce roku 2025 se uskuteฤnรญ... Continue Reading →

Aktuality z projektu ENABLElocal

Projekt ENABLElocal sdruลพuje partnerskรฉ instituce z ฤŒeska (CzechGlobe), Nฤ›mecka (ISOE) a ล vรฉdska (Lund University) a zamฤ›ล™uje se na vรฝzkum vyuลพรญvรกnรญ dat o biodiverzitฤ› v praxi ochrany pล™รญrody a vyuลพรญvรกnรญ รบzemรญ. Naลกรญm cรญlem je podpoล™it tok dat mezi aktรฉry v oblasti ochrany pล™รญrody, systรฉmy monitorovรกnรญ biodiverzity a nรกrodnรญmi, evropskรฝmi a globรกlnรญmi datovรฝmi infrastrukturami. Vรฝzkum realizujeme v... Continue Reading →

Podpora udrลพitelnรฉho zemฤ›dฤ›lstvรญ ve prospฤ›ch opylovaฤลฏ: Zahรกjenรญ projektu Agri4Polย 

Ohroลพenรญ opylovaฤลฏ a opylovacรญch sluลพeb, kterรฉ podporujรญ zemฤ›dฤ›lstvรญ a pล™inรกลกejรญ pล™รญnosy lidem, je celosvฤ›tovรฝm problรฉmem. Tento problรฉm je uznรกvรกn ve vฤ›deckรฝch i politickรฝch kruzรญch a reflektujรญ ho nรกrodnรญ i nadnรกrodnรญ iniciativy. Tรฝm z naลกeho oddฤ›lenรญ na รšstavu vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny (CzechGlobe) se stal jednรญm zโ€ฏpartnerลฏ v novรฉm projektu, jehoลพ cรญlem je pomoci zemฤ›dฤ›lstvรญ, aby se stalo pozitivnรญ podporou biodiverzity opylovaฤลฏ, opylovacรญch sluลพeb poskytovanรฝch plodinรกm a vedlejลกรญch pล™รญnosลฏ poskytovanรฝch ekosystรฉmลฏm a lidem.

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Promoting sustainable agriculture for pollinators: Launching Agri4Polย 

Threats to pollinators and pollination services that support agriculture and provide benefits to people are a worldwide problem. This is recognised by scientists, national or transnational initiatives, and even policies. A team from our department at CzechGlobe has joined a new project that aims to help agriculture to become a positive force for pollinator biodiversity, crop pollination services and co-benefits to ecosystems and people.ย 

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Poslednรญ kroky v hodnocenรญch IPBES zamฤ›ล™enรฝch na nexus a transformativnรญ zmฤ›nu

V uplynulรฝch tล™ech letech se nฤ›kolik ฤlenลฏ naลกich sesterskรฝch oddฤ›lenรญ podรญlelo na hodnotรญcรญch zprรกvรกch Mezivlรกdnรญ vฤ›decko-politickรฉ platformy pro biodiverzitu a ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (IPBES), zejmรฉna na hodnotรญcรญ zprรกvฤ› Tematickรฉ hodnocenรญ vzรกjemnรฝch vazeb mezi biologickou rozmanitostรญ, vodou, potravinami a zdravรญm (hodnotรญcรญ zprรกva zamฤ›ล™enรก na nexus) a hodnotรญcรญ zprรกvฤ› Tematickรฉ hodnocenรญ zรกkladnรญch pล™รญฤin ztrรกty biologickรฉ rozmanitosti, determinantลฏ transformativnรญ... Continue Reading →

Vรฝsledky projektu โ€œJust Scapes: Spravedlivรก transformace krajinyโ€ย ย 

Oddฤ›lenรญ sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉ analรฝzy (SE Lab) dokonฤilo v nedรกvnรฉ dobฤ› prรกci na projektu Just Scapes, kterรฝ se zamฤ›ล™il na spravedlivou transformaci venkovskรฝch oblastรญ v Evropฤ›. ล lo o projekt v mezinรกrodnรญ spoluprรกci, pล™iฤemลพ ฤeskรก pล™รญpadovรก studie, kterou zpracovรกvalo prรกvฤ› oddฤ›lenรญ SE Lab, probรญhala na Slovรกcku a Valaลกsku. Zkoumali jsme vztah mezi ochotou mรญstnรญch obyvatel pล™ijรญmat zmฤ›ny v... Continue Reading →

ENABLElocal: Vyuลพitรญ dat z monitorovรกnรญ biodiverzity v mรญstnรญ ochranฤ› pล™รญrody

Pozadรญ projektu a jeho cรญle Praxe v oblasti ochrany pล™รญrody a vyuลพitรญ รบzemรญ mรก zรกsadnรญ vliv na biodiverzitu. Data o biodiverzitฤ› vลกak nejsou v rozhodovacรญch procesech ฤi managementu v ochranฤ› pล™รญrody na mรญstnรญ รบrovni vลพdy zohledลˆovรกna. Vyuลพรญvรกnรญ dat brรกnรญ napล™รญklad omezenรฝ taxonomickรฝ a ekologickรฝ rozsah stรกvajรญcรญch dat, jejich ฤasoprostorovรฉ pokrytรญ, kterรฉ je pro mรญstnรญ kontext... Continue Reading →

Amsterdam Complexity School on Climate Change

A modeller from the UK, a marine biologist from the Netherlands, and a policy analyst from Estonia meet in Amsterdam... What may sound like the beginning of an anecdote is in fact a snapshot of 40 individuals, mostly from Europe, meeting on the (sunny!) banks of one of Amsterdamโ€™s canals, coming together for a week... Continue Reading →

Workshop na tรฉma transformativnรญ zmฤ›ny v ฤŒR

Ve ฤtvrtek 23. kvฤ›tna 2024 se v Praze uskuteฤnil vรฝzkumnรฝ workshop mapujรญcรญ mechanismy transformativnรญ zmฤ›ny smฤ›rem k udrลพitelnosti v sektorech energetiky, potravin a zemฤ›dฤ›lstvรญ v ฤŒesku. Organizovalo jej Oddฤ›lenรญ sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉ analรฝzy (SE Lab) รšstavu vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR (รšVGZ). ล lo uลพ o druhรฉ setkรกnรญ vรฝzkumnic a vรฝzkumnรญkลฏ naลกeho oddฤ›lenรญ se stakeholdery, kteล™รญ se v... Continue Reading →

The Electoral Climate in India

In April and May this year, the largest population of climate-vulnerable voters took to the polling booths amidst unprecedented heat waves in India. The extreme weather events brought home concerns climate activists, researchers, and journalists raised about the missing climate question in India's electoral agendas. A lot has been said about whether or not climate... Continue Reading →

SELINA’s Seeds of Change

SELINA (Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decIsions about NAtural capital) is a Horizon Europe project with the mission to provide robust practical information and recommendations on ecosystem services to stakeholders from both the public and private sectors. SELINA will develop guidance for evidence-based decision-making that supports the protection, restoration, and sustainable use of ecosystems. Through... Continue Reading →

SSH Centre: Workshop on Mobility Communities

In April 2024, a two-day workshop on Mobility Communities was held in Porto, Portugal, as part of series of workshops organised under the Knowledge Brokerage Programme within the project SSH Centre. CzechGlobe, a partner of the project consortium, was represented by Tereza Prรกลกilovรก, who attended the workshop as an active observer. First day of the... Continue Reading →

Exploring farmersโ€˜ aspirations in Tanzania and Malawi

FoSTA-Health is a project where Lenka Suchรก and Aneta Seidlovรก from CzechGlobe, along with partners from the University of Leeds, contribute to the research components focused on the on-ground food systems transformation in Tanzania and Malawi. They are specifically interested in how the food systems transformations are framed by the small-scale farmers who are most... Continue Reading →

Plus Change โ€“ 1st Workshop in the Nitra City Practice Case

The PLUS Change project aims to develop strategies and decision-making processes for land use that effectively address challenges related to climate change, biodiversity, and human well-being. The project involves interventions across diverse political, economic, societal, material, and cultural contexts, involving actors at multiple decision-making levels including the individual, land management, planning, and policy levels. This... Continue Reading →

Advancements and Reflections from the SSH Centre Project: Social Sciences and Humanities for Climate, Energy and Transport Research Excellence

In January 2024, the Department of Human Dimensions at CzechGlobe participated in the Project Review meeting and Consortium meeting of the Horizon-funded project, SSH Centre (Social Science and Humanities for Climate, Energy and Transport Research Excellence), held in Brussels. The Department of Human Dimensions at CzechGlobe is a partner institution in the SSH Centre project, which is... Continue Reading →

Coop4Wellbeing: Vรฝstupy pro rozvojovou praxi

V letech 2021-2023 realizoval รšstav vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR ve spoluprรกci s Katedrou rozvojovรฝch a environmentรกlnรญch studiรญ Univerzity Palackรฉhoย a organizacรญย ฤŒlovฤ›k vย tรญsni projekt Coop4Wellbeing, kterรฝ byl podpoล™en Technologickou agenturou ฤŒeskรฉ republiky z programu ร‰ta. Projekt Coop4Wellbeing byl zaloลพen na nฤ›kolikastupลˆovรฉm participativnรญm procesu, kterรฝ kombinoval vรฝzkumnรฉ aktivity v ฤŒeskรฉ republice se sbฤ›rem dat v Zรกpadnรญ provincii... Continue Reading →

Our department at the Earth System Governance conference & PLANET4B project consortium meeting

In the week of 23-27 October 2023, the Department of Human Dimensions of Global Change was represented at two events in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, as part of the ongoing activities of the PLANET4B project. The 2023 Radboud conference on Earth System Governance brought together different scientific disciplines and stakeholders from different sectors to connect science... Continue Reading →

Workshop: Vazby mezi spoleฤnostรญ a pล™รญrodou vโ€ฏpraxi ฤeskรฉ rozvojovรฉ spoluprรกce

Ve dnech 31. 8.-1. 9.2023 v Litomyลกli probฤ›hl zรกvฤ›reฤnรฝ workshop projektu Coop4Wellbeing, kterรฝ dlouhodobฤ› usiluje o propojovรกnรญ ฤeskรฉ rozvojovรฉ spoluprรกce (ZRS ฤŒR) a sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉho vรฝzkumu v Zรกpadnรญ provincii Zambie. Cรญlem zรกvฤ›reฤnรฉho workshopu bylo:ย  Pล™edstavit realizรกtorลฏm ZRS ฤŒR klรญฤovรก zjiลกtฤ›nรญ terรฉnnรญho vรฝzkumu vโ€ฏZambii  Spoleฤnฤ› diskutovat tyto vรฝsledky a jejich praktickรฉ vyuลพitรญ pล™i designu a implementaci rozvojovรฝch... Continue Reading →

PLUS Change Project Launch & Kick off Meeting

The PLUS Change projectโ€”Planning Land Use Strategies: Meeting biodiversity, climate and social objectives in a changing worldโ€”a collaborative Horizon Europe project involving representatives from 14 countries and 23 institutions, commenced with a highly successful kick-off meeting held in Prague from June 12th to 14th. Read the press release on the project's linkedin. You can follow... Continue Reading →

How I met your colleague, aka Evidence for Policy in Disaster Risk Management Summer School

The Evidence for Policy in Disaster Risk Management Summer School brought together researchers, scientists and policy makers to network, share knowledge and explore methods for the incorporation of more research into policy making. The Summer School, organised by the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network and hosted by the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, took place in Pisa,... Continue Reading →

Druhรฉ zasedรกnรญ Nรกrodnรญ platformy pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby

Praha โ€“ V rรกmci aktivit integrovanรฉho projektu LIFE pro soustavu Natura 2000 vย ฤŒR zvanรฉho Jedna pล™รญroda uspoล™รกdalo Ministerstvo ลพivotnรญho prostล™edรญ (MลฝP) ve spoluprรกci s รšstavem vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR (CzechGlobe) dne 13. ฤervna 2023 v prostorรกch Akademie vฤ›d ฤŒeskรฉ republiky vย Praze druhรฉ zasedรกnรญ Nรกrodnรญ platformy pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (NPES). โ€žKoncept ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb neboli pล™รญnosลฏ... Continue Reading →

FoSTA-Health’s scoping visit to Malawi

In April-May 2023 FoSTA-Health researchers participated in scoping activities in Zambia and Malawi. Our CzechGlobe team member, Lenka Suchรก, joined our other colleagues from the consortium for one week in Malawi. The primary aim of the scoping visit was to gather background information about one-health and food systems transformations in order to refine our research... Continue Reading →

Leading a New Project: PLUS Change

We are very excited to be coordinating a new project called PLUS Change: Planning Land Use Strategies for meeting climate, biodiversity and social goals in a Changing world. The project is funded by Horizon Europe (grant agreement 101081464) and will launch on 1st June and run for 4 years. It involves 23 partners from across... Continue Reading →

Degrowth debunked or decoupling debunked?

Beyond economic growth in sustainability debates. We quite often witness heated disputes on the direction of sustainability transitions. These debates are slowly making its way also to popular spaces and the media, often distorted and biased. Within this discourse, there are two recognisable ideological streams: one representing the proponents of ...

SYRI: Jak posรญlit spoleฤenskou i environmentรกlnรญ odolnost jako prevenci systรฉmovรฝch rizik?

Vรฝzkumnรญci a vรฝzkumnice z CzechGlobe jsou souฤรกstรญ nรกrodnรญho vรฝzkumnรฉho konsorcia zkoumajรญcรญho dopady systรฉmovรฝch rizik na spoleฤnost a ekonomiku. SYRI (Nรกrodnรญ institut pro vรฝzkum socioekonomickรฝch dopadลฏ nemocรญ a systรฉmovรฝch rizik) je virtuรกlnรญ vฤ›deckรฝ hub, kterรฝ sdruลพuje odbornรญky z Masarykovy univerzity, Univerzity Karlovy a รบstavลฏ Akademie vฤ›d ฤŒR. Vznikl jako reakce na zjiลกtฤ›nรญ, ลพe souฤasnรฉ vรฝzvy (vฤetnฤ›... Continue Reading →

SYRI: How to strengthen social and environmental resilience as a prevention of systemic risks?

CzechGlobe researchers are part of a national research consortium investigating the impacts of systemic risks on society and the economy. SYRI (National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Disease and Systemic Risk) is a virtual scientific hub that brings together experts from Masaryk University, Charles University and institutes of the Czech Academy of... Continue Reading →

TRANSPATH: Jak zajistit synergickรก a spravedlivรก opatล™enรญ v oblasti biodiverzity a klimatu?

Odbornรญci z CzechGlobe se pล™ipojujรญ k mezinรกrodnรญmu konsorciu zkoumajรญcรญmu, jakรฉ cesty by nรกm mohly pomoci transformovat ล™etฤ›zce mezi tฤ›ลพbou, vรฝrobou, spotล™ebou a obchodem tak, abychom dosรกhli pozitivnรญch vรฝsledkลฏ pro klima a biologickou rozmanitost. Novรฝ ฤtyล™letรฝ projekt TRANSPATH je financovรกn z programu Evropskรฉ unie pro vรฝzkum a inovace Horizon Europe. Pomลฏลพe identifikovat intervence a body pลฏsobenรญ... Continue Reading →

TRANSPATH: How to make biodiversity and climate actions synergistic and just?

Experts from CzechGlobe are joining an international consortium to study what pathways could help us transform the chains between extraction, production, consumption and trade, to achieve positive outcomes for climate and biodiversity. The new four-year project, TRANSPATH, is funded by the European Unionโ€™s research and innovation programme Horizon Europe. It will identify leverage points and... Continue Reading →

Prohlubujeme vรฝzkum udrลพitelnรฝch zdrojลฏ obลพivy v Zambii s projektem Coop4wellbeing

V rรกmci projektu Coop4Wellbeing jsme na pล™elomu ledna a รบnora 2023 vyrazili spolu s kolegy a kolegynฤ›mi z organizace ฤŒlovฤ›k v tรญsni a Katedry rozvojovรฝch a environmentรกlnรญch studiรญ Univerzity Palackรฉho na druhou vรฝzkumnou cestu do Zambie. Bฤ›hem mฤ›sรญฤnรญho pobytu v oblasti kolem mฤ›sta Mongu, regionรกlnรญho centra Zรกpadnรญ provincie, jsme pokraฤovali s vรฝzkumnรฝmi aktivitami zapoฤatรฝmi v รบnoru 2022. Kromฤ› prohlubovรกnรญ naลกeho poznรกnรญ... Continue Reading →

BIONEXT: Poskytovรกnรญ integrovanรฝch ล™eลกenรญ krize biologickรฉ rozmanitosti

Odbornรญci z CzechGlobe se pล™ipojujรญ k pล™ednรญm evropskรฝm vฤ›dcลฏm, aby poskytli praktickรก a รบฤinnรก ล™eลกenรญ pro ล™eลกenรญ globรกlnรญ krize biodiverzity. Novรฝ ฤtyล™letรฝ projekt BIONEXT, financovanรฝ z programu EU pro vรฝzkum a inovace Horizon Europe, pล™inese novรฉ poznatky demonstrujรญcรญ, jakรฝmi zpลฏsoby je biologickรก rozmanitost zรกkladem vลกech aspektลฏ ลพivota, vฤetnฤ› vody, kterou pijeme, potravin, kterรฉ jรญme, a... Continue Reading →

BIONEXT: Providing integrated solutions to the biodiversity crisis

Experts from CzechGlobe are joining leading scientists from across Europe to provide practical and effective solutions for addressing the global biodiversity crisis. The new four-year project, BIONEXT, funded by the EUโ€™s research and innovation program Horizon Europe, will produce new evidence to demonstrate how biodiversity underpins every aspect of life, including the water we drink,... Continue Reading →

ฤŒesko by mฤ›lo pล™ekonat resortismus, podporovat komunity a bรฝt flexibilnฤ›jลกรญ, pokud se chce stรกt spoleฤnostรญ odolnou proti katastrofรกm

Sย rostoucรญmi teplotami planety Zemฤ› roste takรฉ intenzita a ฤetnost extrรฉmnรญch projevลฏ poฤasรญ jako jsou vlny veder a sucha, silnรฉ bouล™e ฤi pล™รญvalovรฉ deลกtฤ›. Vรฝzkumnice zย รšstavu pro vรฝzkum globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR ve spoluprรกci sย nevlรกdnรญ organizacรญ Hnutรญ DUHA v loลˆskรฉm roce zjiลกลฅovaly, kde jsou silnรฉ strรกnky a slabiny ฤeskรฉ spoleฤnosti vย odolnosti (resilienci) vลฏฤi katastrofรกm. Vychรกzely pล™i... Continue Reading →

Project launch: Food systems transformation

Just before Christmas, Julia Leventon and Lenka Sucha were excited to be in Pretoria, South Africa for the launch of the FoSTA Health project (Food Systems Transformation in Southern Africa for One Health). The project is exploring food systems transformations in Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and South Africa, and works closely with academic and practice partners from... Continue Reading →

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