After nearly three years, it's time again: the election for the new term of the Biodiversity Council, 2025–2028, is getting underway.
During the outgoing 2022–2025 term, the Council achieved some impressive results. Here are the most important ones:
- Composition criteria: representation across all federal provinces, disciplinary mix, gender balance, age distribution
- Solution- and project-oriented collaboration with BMK (now BMLUK) and BMFWF
- Various statements and Biodiversity Policy Barometer in a 5-year comparison
- 2022: Founding of the Allianz BiodiWa (Biodiversity & Water) — networking, priority-setting, project development, outputs
- 2024: Founding of Biodiversity Austria International — Austria's interface with the global biodiversity council (IPBES)
- Biodiversity Days 2022, 2023 and 2025
We'd like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the current members of the entire Biodiversity Council and the members of the leadership team for their dedication!
THE NEW ELECTION
Our Austrian Biodiversity Council website sets out the individual steps, the relevant documents, and the timeline: https://www.biodiversityaustria.at/biodiversitaetsrat/wahl-des-oesterreichischen-biodiversitaetsrates-2025/
ARE YOU INTERESTED in getting involved as a member of the SCIENTIFIC VOICE FOR BIODIVERSITY?
Are you familiar with the REMIT of the Biodiversity Council and do you stand behind the contents of the MISSION STATEMENT?
The first step starts today: The call for candidacies is open until 18 May (midnight). To apply, please complete the application form, sign the Mission Statement, and send both documents to office@biodiversityaustria.at.
All submissions will subsequently be reviewed, and you will be informed as to whether you have been included on the list of candidates.
