{"id":13292,"date":"2019-12-16T12:38:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T11:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/bern-to-become-the-worlds-leading-hub-for-environment-and-sustainability-research\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:39:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:39:57","slug":"bern-to-become-the-worlds-leading-hub-for-environment-and-sustainability-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/bern-to-become-the-worlds-leading-hub-for-environment-and-sustainability-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Bern to become the world\u2019s leading hub for environment and sustainability research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The Wyss Academy for Nature \u2013 a joint initiative of the Wyss Foundation, the Canton of Bern, and the University of Bern \u2013 is on a mission to develop, test, and scale up innovations to harmonize nature conservation, human well-being, and natural resource use all around the world.<\/h4>\n<p>In recent decades, rapid societal developments have accelerated large-scale biodiversity loss, irreversible land degradation, and climate change. We are now at a pivotal moment in the history of our stewardship of the planet, with forward-looking solutions needed globally to reconcile nature conservation and human well-being. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyssfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wyss Foundation<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berninvest.be.ch\/berninvest\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canton of Bern<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unibe.ch\/index_eng.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Bern<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unibe.ch\/news\/media_news\/media_relations_e\/media_releases\/2019\/medienmitteilungen_2019\/wyss_academy_for_nature_founded_at_the_university_of_bern\/index_eng.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have joined forces<\/a> to set up a leading research and implementation center in the field of nature and people that will tackle these issues. At the Wyss Academy for Nature, teams of scientists will join forces with experts and representatives from the fields of policy, business and civil society on four continents to develop innovations aimed at protecting nature and ensuring its sustainable use. Over the next 10 years, 200 million Swiss francs will be invested in the project, leading to the creation of around 50 high-skilled jobs.<\/p>\n<h4>A leading role in transformational research<\/h4>\n<p>The University of Bern has a long tradition of research, education, and outreach in the conservation of flora and fauna, in people-land relations in vulnerable regions, and in climate science. Three of its research institutions are involved in the Wyss Academy for Nature: the Centre for Development and Environment (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.unibe.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CDE<\/a>), the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oeschger.unibe.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OCCR<\/a>) and the Institute of Plant Sciences (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ips.unibe.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IPS<\/a>). The\u00a0 combination\u00a0 of\u00a0 world-renowned\u00a0 science\u00a0 and\u00a0 education\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 three\u00a0 intersecting\u00a0 fields\u00a0 of\u00a0 climate\u00a0 change, land use and development, and biodiversity and conservation is unique. It provides an excellent basis for generating knowledge and building capacity aimed at safeguarding resources, protecting the climate, and guaranteeing the long-term viability of conservation efforts. With the creation of the Wyss Academy for Nature, the University of Bern consolidates its international and societal role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wyss Academy for Nature \u2013 a joint initiative of the Wyss Foundation, the Canton of Bern, and the University of Bern \u2013 is on a mission to develop, test, and scale up innovations to harmonize nature conservation, human well-being, and natural resource use all around the world. 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