With the world breaking all the wrong records and the science stressing the need to mitigate the climate crisis and biodiversity loss louder than ever, it is high time to investigate current unique initiatives that are part of the solution rather than the problem. Therefore, within BIONEXT, a research and innovation project that joins the... Continue Reading →
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 →
If we look at nature through the lens of ecosystem services, sooner or later the question comes to mind as to whether some services compete with each other, and if so, how much? Moreover, which services compete with each other in the eyes of e.g. farmers, officials or nature conservationists? In this post we present... Continue Reading →
V termรญnu 2. - 5. 10. 2023 jsme se zรบฤastnili druhรฉho tematickรฉho workshopu projektu SELINA s podtitulem โAdvancing solutionsโ (for mapping, assessment and accounting of ecosystems and their services). Workshop poลรกdala partnerskรก instituce Universidad Rey Juan Carlos ve ลกpanฤlskรฉm Madridu. Projekt SELINA (akronym pro Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decisIons about NAatural capital) je podpoลen... Continue Reading →
In May and June this year, as part of the IP LIFE One Nature project, the third series of participatory seminars was held in selected Natura 2000 locations (Tลeboลsko, Kลivoklรกtsko, Slavkovskรฝ les). One of the objectives of this series of workshops was to find out how different groups of actors (mayors, officials, agricultural and forestry... Continue Reading →
Ve dnech 31. 8.-1. 9.2023 v Litomyลกli probฤhl zรกvฤreฤnรฝ workshop projektu Coop4Wellbeing, kterรฝ dlouhodobฤ usiluje o propojovรกnรญ ฤeskรฉ rozvojovรฉ spoluprรกce (ZRS ฤR) a sociรกlnฤ-ekologickรฉho vรฝzkumu v Zรกpadnรญ provincii Zambie. Cรญlem zรกvฤreฤnรฉho workshopu bylo:ย Pลedstavit realizรกtorลฏm ZRS ฤR klรญฤovรก zjiลกtฤnรญ terรฉnnรญho vรฝzkumu vโฏZambii Spoleฤnฤ diskutovat tyto vรฝsledky a jejich praktickรฉ vyuลพitรญ pลi designu a implementaci rozvojovรฝch... Continue Reading →
The PLUS Change projectโPlanning Land Use Strategies: Meeting biodiversity, climate and social objectives in a changing worldโa 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 →
Praha โ V rรกmci aktivit integrovanรฉho projektu LIFE pro soustavu Natura 2000 vย ฤR zvanรฉho Jedna pลรญroda uspoลรกdalo Ministerstvo ลพivotnรญho prostลedรญ (MลฝP) ve spoluprรกci s รstavem vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤny AV ฤR (CzechGlobe) dne 13. ฤervna 2023 v prostorรกch Akademie vฤd ฤeskรฉ republiky vย Praze druhรฉ zasedรกnรญ Nรกrodnรญ platformy pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (NPES). โKoncept ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb neboli pลรญnosลฏ... Continue Reading →
In the Horizon Europe-funded project BIONEXT, European changemakers are exploring new visions for nature-centered Europe for 2050. In the first out of three BIONEXT workshops, in May 2023 in Greece, changemakers from different backgrounds created visions of what a nature-centred Europe can look like in the year 2050. Who are the changemakers participating in BIONEXT... Continue Reading →
In the second half of May and at the turn of June, the third series of our participatory workshops took place in three geographical areas of interest (in Tลeboล on 16 May, in Beฤov nad Teplou on 30 May and in Kลivoklรกt on 1 June). The focus of this series was conflicting interests in the... Continue Reading →
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 →
Archetypovรก analรฝza je metodologickรฝ pลรญstup ke studiu sloลพitรฝch sociรกlnฤ-ekologickรฝch systรฉmลฏ a vzรกjemnรฉho pลฏsobenรญ jednotlivรฝch ฤรกstรญ tฤchto systรฉmลฏ. Napลรญklad zemฤdฤlskรฉ systรฉmy pฤstovรกnรญ plodin jsou procesy, kterรฉ vyลพadujรญ lidskou ฤinnost i specifickรฉ prostลedรญ, ale napลรญฤ regiony existuje ลกirokรก ลกkรกla biofyzikรกlnรญch atributลฏ, zemฤdฤlskรฝch postupลฏ nebo spoleฤensko-politickรฝch organizacรญ a dalลกรญch faktorลฏ, kterรฉ tyto systรฉmy utvรกลejรญ a kterรฉ vykazujรญ jedineฤnรฉ,... Continue Reading →
Ve ฤtvrtek 27. dubna probฤhla v kinฤ Pลรญtomnost premiรฉra filmu Hodnoty pลรญrody. Film je prvnรญm ucelenรฝm dokumentem, kterรฝ na pลรญkladu ฤeskรฉ krajiny vizuรกlnฤ pลรญvฤtivou formou vysvฤtluje, jakรฉ pลรญnosy ฤili ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby nรกm lidem pลรญroda poskytuje, a proฤ je dลฏleลพitรฉ o nich v ochranฤ pลรญrody i pลi rozhodovรกnรญ o vyuลพitรญ krajiny vฤdฤt. Ukazuje, jak se takovรฉ pลรญnosy mฤลรญ... Continue Reading →
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 →
The Department of Human Dimensions at CzechGlobe is a partner in the SSH Centre Project. SSH Centre is supporting the visibility and uptake of social science and humanities research in climate, energy and transport policy in Europe. As part of the project, the team is running a series of initiatives to support SSH researchers. The... Continue Reading →
Po roce se do Zรกpadnรญ provincie v Zambii vydaly v rรกmci projektu Coop4Wellbeing vรฝzkumnice z CzechGlobe, Lenka Suchรก, Zuzana Harmรกฤkovรก a Aneta Seidlovรก, spolu s kolegy z Katedry rozvojovรฝch a environmentรกlnรญch studiรญ Univerzity Palackรฉho a z organizace ฤlovฤk v tรญsni. Tรฝm se vฤnoval prohlubovรกnรญ vรฝzkumu klรญฤovรฝch tรฉmat, kterรก jsou dลฏleลพitรก jak pro ลพivot mรญstnรญch lidรญ... Continue Reading →
Vรฝzkumnรญci a vรฝzkumnice z CzechGlobe jsou souฤรกstรญ nรกrodnรญho vรฝzkumnรฉho konsorcia zkoumajรญcรญho dopady systรฉmovรฝch rizik na spoleฤnost a ekonomiku. SYRI (Nรกrodnรญ institut pro vรฝzkum socioekonomickรฝch dopadลฏ nemocรญ a systรฉmovรฝch rizik) je virtuรกlnรญ vฤdeckรฝ hub, kterรฝ sdruลพuje odbornรญky z Masarykovy univerzity, Univerzity Karlovy a รบstavลฏ Akademie vฤd ฤR. Vznikl jako reakce na zjiลกtฤnรญ, ลพe souฤasnรฉ vรฝzvy (vฤetnฤ... Continue Reading →
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 →
What are the possible solutions that would help remove barriers to landscape change and transition towards sustainable land management from the perspective of local stakeholders? In February 2023, we held the last round of Just Scapes participatory workshops. For the past two years, we have been doing research focused on possible landscape and land management... Continue Reading →
Odbornรญci z CzechGlobe se pลipojujรญ k mezinรกrodnรญmu konsorciu zkoumajรญcรญmu, jakรฉ cesty by nรกm mohly pomoci transformovat ลetฤzce mezi tฤลพbou, vรฝrobou, spotลebou a obchodem tak, abychom dosรกhli pozitivnรญch vรฝsledkลฏ pro klima a biologickou rozmanitost. Novรฝ ฤtyลletรฝ projekt TRANSPATH je financovรกn z programu Evropskรฉ unie pro vรฝzkum a inovace Horizon Europe. Pomลฏลพe identifikovat intervence a body pลฏsobenรญ... Continue Reading →
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 Unionโs research and innovation programme Horizon Europe. It will identify leverage points and... Continue Reading →
Na konci roku 2022 bylo dokonฤeno ลeลกenรญ projektu TAฤR รTA Hodnocenรญ a mapovรกnรญ kulturnรญch ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb v krajinฤ, kterรฝ se uskuteฤnil ve tลech modelovรฝch รบzemรญch (Chลiby, Litovelskรฉ Pomoravรญ a Moravskรฝ kras). Pลedchozรญ ฤlรกnek s pลedstavenรญm vรฝzkumu na pลรญkladu modelovรฉho รบzemรญ Chลiby najdete zde. Kulturnรญ ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (KES) nebo takรฉ nemateriรกlnรญ pลรญnosy pลรญrody lidem jsou pลรญnosy, kterรฉ... Continue Reading →
V rรกmci projektu Coop4Wellbeing jsme na pลelomu ledna a รบnora 2023 vyrazili spolu s kolegy a kolegynฤmi z organizace ฤlovฤk v tรญsni a Katedry rozvojovรฝch a environmentรกlnรญch studiรญ Univerzity Palackรฉho na druhou vรฝzkumnou cestu do Zambie. Bฤhem mฤsรญฤnรญho pobytu v oblasti kolem mฤsta Mongu, regionรกlnรญho centra Zรกpadnรญ provincie, jsme pokraฤovali s vรฝzkumnรฝmi aktivitami zapoฤatรฝmi v รบnoru 2022. Kromฤ prohlubovรกnรญ naลกeho poznรกnรญ... Continue Reading →
At the end of January and the beginning of February 2023, we embarked on our second Coop4Wellbeing project research trip to Zambia together with colleagues from the NGO People in Need and the Department of Development & Environmental Studies at Palacky University. During our month-long stay in the area around the city of Mongu, the... Continue Reading →
Research at CzechGlobe does not focus only on the global scale; some of it also deals with local issues that can be tackled using current scientific approaches. One such project is Golf Vinoล Citizen Science, which is looking for possible solutions to land use in suburban landscape using citizen science approaches. The main objectives of... Continue Reading →
Vรฝzkum na pลฏdฤ CzechGlobe se netรฝkรก pouze mฤลรญtek svฤtovรฝch rozmฤrลฏ, ale nฤkterรฉ vรฝzkumy se taktรฉลพ zabรฝvajรญ lokรกlnรญ problematikou, kterรฝ lze ลeลกit souฤasnรฝmi vฤdeckรฝmi pลรญstupy. Jednรญm z takovรฝch projektลฏ je Golf Vinoล Citizen Science, kterรฝ hledรก moลพnรก ลeลกenรญ vyuลพitรญ plochy v pลรญmฤstskรฉ krajinฤ pomocรญ pลรญstupลฏ Citizen science. Hlavnรญ cรญle projektu jsou rozลกรญลit povฤdomรญ o spoleฤenskovฤdnรญm vรฝzkumu,... Continue Reading →
Odbornรญci z CzechGlobe se pลipojujรญ k pลednรญm evropskรฝm vฤdcลฏm, aby poskytli praktickรก a รบฤinnรก ลeลกenรญ pro ลeลกenรญ globรกlnรญ krize biodiverzity. Novรฝ ฤtyลletรฝ projekt BIONEXT, financovanรฝ z programu EU pro vรฝzkum a inovace Horizon Europe, pลinese novรฉ poznatky demonstrujรญcรญ, jakรฝmi zpลฏsoby je biologickรก rozmanitost zรกkladem vลกech aspektลฏ ลพivota, vฤetnฤ vody, kterou pijeme, potravin, kterรฉ jรญme, a... Continue Reading →
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 EUโs 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 →
On 25th January, we were proud to be part of the official launch of the SSH Centre (Social Science and Humanities for Climate, Energy and Transport Research Excellence) project, led by our colleagues at Anglia Ruskin University in the UK.ย The project engages with actors from across research, business, policy and citizens to contribute to accelerate... Continue Reading →
Mฤsto Veฤพkรฝ ล ariลก, kterรฉ se nachรกzรญ na vรฝchodnรญm Slovensku, se v roce 2022 zapojilo do projektu MรSES+, v rรกmci kterรฉho zรญskalo strategickรฝ dokument Mรญstnรญ รบzemnรญ systรฉm ekologickรฉ stability (MรSES) s pลidanou sociรกlnรญ dimenzรญ (+). *Mรญstnรญ รบzemnรญ systรฉm ekologickรฉ stability - รSES - je zรกkladnรญm nรกstrojem ochrany pลรญrody a krajiny, rozmanitosti podmรญnek a forem ลพivota, jakoลพ... Continue Reading →
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 →
In November, the second series of our participatory workshops (continuing from the first series as part of the One Nature project) took place in the Slavkov Forest, Tลeboล and Kลivoklรกt regions. Once again, we invited representatives from a wide range of disciplines that have impact on the shaping of local nature and landscape. The content... Continue Reading →
It has long been known that higher levels of biodiversity underpin good ecosystem health and functions and, conversely, continued biodiversity loss threatens both the biosphere and human life. Research provides evidence supporitng these facts and identifies the main cause - humans. The worldโs ecosystem may undergo drastic changes and even alter to new states thanks... Continue Reading →
October 21, 2022: Earth System Governance Project 2022 conference in Toronto. Photo by Dave Chan. ESG 2022 took place from 20-24 October at Toronto University, CA. The central theme linking all the presented contributions was "Governing Accelerated Transitions". ESG 2022 hosted over a hundred sections, covering a wide range of topics connected to acceleration and... Continue Reading →
Climate change and its impacts, such as extreme heat, represent an unprecedented challenge for cities, causing overheating and threatening the future prosperity, health and well-being of urban residents. Climate adaptation is one of the central topics for sustainable cities and societies. Yet, we have limited knowledge about the magnitude of climate change that we will... Continue Reading →
Written by the Global Food and Environment Institute A new โฌ6.5 million project, funded by Horizon Europe and Innovate UK, will see colleagues from the Global Food and Environment Institute (GFEI) collaborate with partners across Africa and Europe (one of them us, CzechGlobe) over the next three and half years. The Food Systems Transformation in... Continue Reading →
What is a social-ecological system and how do we study it? Why is it good to think about linkages between humans and nature in relation to development projects?ย Projects of Czech Development Cooperation (CDC) take place in a complex social-ecological system (SES), which represents the relations between society and nature. In this sense society is...
Co je to sociรกlnฤ-ekologickรฝ systรฉm a jak se dรก zkoumat? Kโฏฤemu je dobrรฉ se zamรฝลกlet nad vazbami mezi ฤlovฤkem a pลรญrodou vโฏsouvislosti sโฏrozvojovรฝmi projekty? Projekty ฤeskรฉ rozvojovรฉ spoluprรกce (ZRS ฤR) se odehrรกvajรญ v komplexnรญm sociรกlnฤ-ekologickรฉm systรฉmu, kterรฝ pลedstavuje vzรกjemnรฉ propojenรญ spoleฤnosti a pลรญrody. V tomto pojetรญ je spoleฤnost neoddฤlitelnou souฤรกstรญ pลรญrody, a proto je nutnรฉ... Continue Reading →
ลรญฤnรญ niva neboli rovinnรฉ รบdolnรญ dno, kterรฉ vzniklo usazenรญm sedimentลฏ bฤhem povodnรญ pลestupujรญcรญch hranice svรฉho koryta, pลedstavuje specifickรฝ krajinnรฝ typ โ ลรญฤnรญ krajinu โ s nesmรญrnรฝm ekologickรฝm a kulturnรญm vรฝznamem pro spoleฤnost. ลรญฤnรญ krajina poskytuje lidem ลadu ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb a funkcรญ, zejmรฉna zรกsobovacรญch (jakoลพto loลพisko pลรญrodnรญch zdrojลฏ vฤetnฤ vody a dลeva), regulaฤnรญch (jako napล. zadrลพovรกnรญ a... Continue Reading →
Authors: Kateลina Mรกcovรก, Jitka Kozubkovรก We introduced the topic of ecosystem services to almost sixty people working in nature conservation at two seminars held in Prague and Brno in May (as part of the One Nature project). This was a step forward to greater availability of the concept of assessment of natureโs services and contributions... Continue Reading →
The one-day weekend workshop taught participants new creative writing and creative visual methods. It focused on works and ideas connected to nature, the landscape, and the environment. This workshop took place as part of the Just Scapes project, which deals with the just transformation of society and the landscape in the European countryside. We collaborated... Continue Reading →
Pลรญroda a ekosystรฉmy poskytujรญ lidem ลกirokou ลกkรกlu pลรญnosลฏ, kterรฉ umoลพลujรญ samotnou existenci lidskรฉ spoleฤnosti a jsou podstatnรฉ pro dobrou kvalitu ลพivota. Aลฅ uลพ jde o poskytovรกnรญ potravin, regulaci kvality vody, rekreaฤnรญ zรกลพitky v pลรญrodฤ a mnohรฉ dalลกรญ. Abychom vลกechny pลรญnosy pลรญrody pลedstavili a zviditelnili, vytvoลili jsme informaฤnรญ letรกk, kterรฝ pojednรกvรก o rลฏznรฝch skupinรกch pลรญnosลฏ, materiรกlnรญch,... Continue Reading →
In the second half of April and at the beginning of May, participatory workshops were held in Slavkovskรฝ les, Kลivoklรกt and Tลeboล for invited stakeholders who have the potential to influence the local landscape and nature through their activities in the regions. Representatives of the forestry, fishing, mining and agricultural industries, representatives of...
What are the key sustainability issues and problems in CAS, its departments and institutes? What are some of the good sustainability practices? What solutions are in the power of individual CAS institutes and departments alongside with other academic institutions in the...
LIFE Tree Check (โSo the city doesnโt burnโ) is a project led by Nadace Partnerstvรญ in which we are partners. It aims to help Central European cities to effectively tackle climate change. The intention is to strengthen green-blue infrastructure and the knowledge of city councillors and residents about its importance in a variety of ways... Continue Reading →
Fokusnรญ skupina s farmรกลkami ve vesnici Mabumbu v Zรกpadnรญ provincii Zambie V rรกmci projektu Coop4Wellbeing se vรฝzkumnice z naลกeho oddฤlenรญ, Lenka Suchรก a Zuzana Harmรกฤkovรก, spolu s kolegy z Katedry rozvojovรฝch a environmentรกlnรญch studiรญ Univerzity Palackรฉho a z organizace ฤlovฤk v tรญsni vydaly na cestu do Zambie, kde shromaลพฤovaly vรฝzkumnรก data a mapovaly vazby mezi spoleฤenskรฝm... Continue Reading →
What changes do we see in local landscape and society, and what would we like to happen in the future? How do we ensure that the effects of these changes are just for everyone? The European countryside is undergoing great social and natural changes, including climate change. However, the impacts of these changes affect various... Continue Reading →
Vย letech 2018โ2022 รstav vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤny AV ฤR ve spoluprรกci sย รstavem informatiky AV ฤR realizoval projekt โAdaptaฤnรญ vรฝzvy mฤst: podpora udrลพitelnรฉho plรกnovรกnรญ sย vyuลพitรญm integrovanรฉ analรฝzy zranitelnostiโ, kterรฝ byl podpoลen Technologickou agenturou ฤR (TAฤR) vย rรกmci programu รTA. Cรญlem projektu bylo na pลรญkladu Prahy, Brna a Ostravy vyvinout jednotnou metodiku pro hodnocenรญ budoucรญ zranitelnosti mฤst vลฏฤi teplotnรญm... Continue Reading →
Our project Coop4Wellbeing has entered its second phase, which is dedicated to field research in Zambia. Together with colleagues from People in Need and the Department of Development and Environmental Studies at Palacky University, we took off to Zambia in February 2022. During our month-long fieldwork we mapped the links and dynamics between nature and... Continue Reading →
Vย rรกmci projektu Coop4Wellbeing jsme v รบnoru 2022 vyrazili spolu sย kolegy a kolegynฤmi z organizace ฤlovฤk vย tรญsni a Katedry rozvojovรฝch a environmentรกlnรญch studiรญ Univerzity Palackรฉho na terรฉnnรญ sbฤr dat do Zambie. Bฤhem mฤsรญฤnรญho pobytu vย oblasti kolem mฤsta Mongu, regionรกlnรญho centra Zรกpadnรญ provincie, jsme mapovali vazby mezi spoleฤnostรญ a pลรญrodou. Zamฤลili jsme se takรฉ na to, jak... Continue Reading →
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