Bending the Curve
Bending the Curve

CurveBend

Duration
1 May 2025 until 1 May 2032
Project member(s)
Dr J.G. van den Born (Riyan)
Project type
Research
Organisation
Institute for Science in Society

Curvebend is a 7-year transdisciplinary research program. The program is funded as part of the National Science Agenda (NWA) by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

The CurveBend research project focuses on bending the curve of biodiversity loss and promoting a nature-positive society through mobilization of collective action at the landscape level. With a "hands-on" approach, CurveBend operates in three livestock-dominated regions: in Dutch meadows, the Argentine Pampas, and East African savannas. We study the mismatches in the spatial needs of plants, animals and people for the various parts of landscapes. In co-creation with societal partners, we seek solutions to these mismatches. We aim to develop innovative, practical solutions for biodiversity restoration at the landscape scale serving as inspiration worldwide.

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The CurveBend consortium consists of 33 researchers of 9 research institutes in the Netherlands, Argentina, Kenya and Tanzania. Also part of the consortium are 39 societal cooperation partners that work with the researchers on co-creating novel solutions. The project leader is Han Olff from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Participating research institutes are the Universities of Groningen, Leiden, Radboud University Nijmegen, VU Amsterdam and Wageningen from the Netherlands, INTA in Argentina, Maasai Mara University in Kenya and Mweka African College of Wildlife Management in Tanzania.

Cooperation partners include a range of societal organisations from the Netherlands, Argentina, Kenya and Tanzania that are active in nature conservation, agroecology, communal land management and collective action.

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