The Partners of the Belmont Forum and BiodivERsA networks have jointed efforts to organise and fund an international call on "Scenarios of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services".

The aim of this call is to promote innovative research for more informed decision-making by developing scenarios of biodiversity change and its associated ecosystem services, resulting from the complex interaction of socio-economic and global environmental trends. It focuses on foresight views up to the next 50 years for management of biodiversity, ecosystem services and their contributions to human well-being. This call is contributing to international research programs, assessment bodies, and multi-lateral environmental agreements.

The two major (non-exclusive) priorities of the call are the following:
• Development and application of scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services across
spatial scales of relevance to multiple types of decisions
• Consideration of multiple dimensions of biodiversity and ecosystem services in
biodiversity scenarios

25 funding organisations from 23 countries are joining this call: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil (State of Sao Paulo only), Bulgaria, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States of America.

A two-step process will apply, with a mandatory pre-registration of projects at the first step and submission of full proposals at the second step:
Deadline for submitting pre-registration 1 December 2017; 17:00 CET
Deadline for submitting full proposals 9 March 2018; 17:00 CET
Funding decision October 2018