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function _addEventListener() { document.getElementById('search_query_solr').addEventListener('keypress', (e) => { if (e.key === 'Enter') _runSearch(); }); document.getElementById('start_site_search_solr').addEventListener('click', (e) => { _runSearch(); e.stopPropagation(); e.stopImmediatePropagation(); return false; }); $('#templateSearchResultModal').scroll(function() { if ($(this).scrollTop()) { $('#scrolltopmodal:hidden').stop(true, true).fadeIn().css("display","inline-block"); } else { $('#scrolltopmodal').stop(true, true).fadeOut(); } }); } function scrollModalTop() { $('#templateSearchResultModal').animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, 'slow'); // $('#templateSearchResultModal').scrollTop(0); } function picturesGallery() { $('body').off('click', '.paperlist-avatar img'); $('body').off('click', '#templateSearchResultContainer .paperlist-avatar img'); searchPaperListAvatar = []; searchPaperListAvatarThumb = []; search_pswpElement = document.querySelectorAll('.pswp')[0]; if (typeof search_gallery != "undefined") { search_gallery = null; } $('body').on('click', '#templateSearchResultContainer .paperlist-avatar img', function (e) { if(searchPaperListAvatarThumb.length === 0 && searchPaperListAvatar.length === 0) { $('#templateSearchResultContainer .paperlist-avatar img').each(function () { var webversion = $(this).attr('data-web'); var width = $(this).attr('data-width'); var height = $(this).attr('data-height'); var caption = $(this).attr('data-caption'); var figure = { src: webversion, w: width, h: height, title: caption }; searchPaperListAvatarThumb.push($(this)[0]); searchPaperListAvatar.push(figure); }); } var target = $(this); var index = $('#templateSearchResultContainer .paperlist-avatar img').index(target); var options = { showHideOpacity:false, bgOpacity:0.8, index:index, spacing:0.15, history: false, focus:false, getThumbBoundsFn: function(index) { var thumbnail = searchPaperListAvatarThumb[index]; var pageYScroll = window.pageYOffset || document.documentElement.scrollTop; var rect = thumbnail.getBoundingClientRect(); return {x:rect.left, y:rect.top + pageYScroll, w:rect.width}; } }; search_gallery = new PhotoSwipe( search_pswpElement, PhotoSwipeUI_Default,[searchPaperListAvatar[index]],options); search_gallery.init(); }); } function showError(code, msg) { console.error(code, msg); $("#templateSearchLoadingModal").modal("hide"); switch(code) { case -3: // http request fail case -2: // invalid MO response case 4: // CORS case 1: // project $("#templateSearchErrorModal1").modal({}); break; case -1: // timeout $("#templateSearchErrorModal2").modal({}); break; case 2: // empty term $("#templateSearchErrorModal3").modal({}); break; case 3: // DOS $("#templateSearchErrorModal4").modal({}); break; default: $("#templateSearchErrorModal1").modal({}); break; } } function clearForm() { var myFormElement = document.getElementById("library-filters") var elements = myFormElement.elements; $(".form-check-input").prop('checked', false).change().parent().removeClass('active'); for(i=0; i<elements.length; i++) { field_type = elements[i].type.toLowerCase(); switch(field_type) { case "text": case "password": case "textarea": case "hidden": elements[i].value = ""; break; case "radio": case "checkbox": if (elements[i].checked) { elements[i].checked = false; } break; case "select-one": case "select-multi": elements[i].selectedIndex = -1; break; default: break; } } } function generateShowMoreButton(offset, term) { var code = '<button aria-label="ShowMore" id="showMore" class="btn btn-success float-right mr-2" data-offset="' + offset + '">Show more</button>'; return code; } function hideModal(id) { $("#"+id).modal('hide'); } function showModal(id) { $("#"+id).modal({}); } function prepareForPhotoSwipe() { searchPaperListAvatar = []; searchPaperListAvatarThumb = []; search_pswpElement = document.querySelectorAll('.pswp')[0]; } function _sendAjax(projectID, term) { let httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest(); if(searchRunning) { console.log("Search running"); return; } if (!httpRequest) { console.error("Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance"); showError(-1); return false; } // httpRequest.timeout = 20000; // time in milliseconds httpRequest.withCredentials = false; httpRequest.ontimeout = (e) => { showError(-1, "result timeout"); searchRunning = false; }; httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() { if (httpRequest.readyState === XMLHttpRequest.DONE) { searchRunning = false; if (httpRequest.status === 200) { let rs = JSON.parse(httpRequest.responseText); if(rs) { if(rs.isError) { showError(rs.errorCode, rs.errorMessage); } else { let html = rs.resultHTMLs; $("#modal_search_query").val(rs.term); $("#templateSearchResultTerm").html(rs.term); $("#templateSearchResultNr").html(rs.resultsNr); $("#templateRefineSearch").html(rs.filter); if(rs.filter == false) { console.log('filter empty'); $("#refineSearchModal").removeClass('d-block').addClass('d-none'); } if(rs.resultsNr==1) $("#templateSearchResultNrPlural").hide(); else $("#templateSearchResultNrPlural").show(); if(rs.resultsNr==0) { hideModal('templateSearchLoadingModal'); $("#templateSearchResultContainer").html(""); $("#templateSearchResultContainerEmpty").removeClass("d-none"); showModal('templateSearchResultModal'); } else { if((rs.resultsNr - offset)>0) { html = html + generateShowMoreButton(offset, term); } $("#templateSearchResultContainerEmpty").addClass("d-none"); if( offset == INITIAL_OFFSET) { hideModal('templateSearchLoadingModal'); $("#templateSearchResultContainer").html(html); showModal('templateSearchResultModal'); } else { $('#showMore').remove(); startHtml = $("#templateSearchResultContainer").html(); $("#templateSearchResultContainer").html(startHtml + html); } // prepareForPhotoSwipe(); } } } else { showError(-2, "invalid result"); } } else { showError(-3, "There was a problem with the request."); } } }; if(offset == INITIAL_OFFSET) { hideModal('templateSearchResultModal'); showModal('templateSearchLoadingModal'); } httpRequest.open("GET", FINDER_URL+"?project="+projectID+"&term="+encodeURI(term)+((offset>INITIAL_OFFSET)?("&offset="+(offset-INITIAL_OFFSET)) : "")); httpRequest.send(); searchRunning = true; } function _runSearch() { var projectID = document.querySelector('meta[name="global_projectID"]').content; var term = _searchTrimInput(SEARCH_INPUT.value); if(term.length > 0) { _sendAjax(projectID, term); } else { showError(2, 'Empty search term') } } function _searchTrimInput(str) { return str.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/gm, ''); } function run() { _addEventListener(); $('#templateSearchInfoBtn, #modalSearchInfoBtn').popover({ sanitize: false, html: true, content: $("#templateSearchInfo").html(), placement: "bottom", template: '<div class="popover" role="tooltip"><div class="arrow"></div><button class="m-1 float-right btn btn-sm btn-danger" id="templateSearchInfoClose"><i class="fas fa-times-circle"></i></button><h3 class="popover-header"></h3><div class="popover-body"></div></div>', title: "Search tips", }); $(document).click(function (e) { let t = $(e.target); let a = t && t.attr("data-toggle")!=="popover" && t.parent().attr("data-toggle")!=="popover"; let b = t && $(".popover").has(t).length===0; if(a && b) { $('#templateSearchInfoBtn').popover('hide'); $('#modalSearchInfoBtn').popover('hide'); } }); $('#templateSearchInfoBtn').on('shown.bs.popover', function () { $("#templateSearchInfoClose").click(function(e){ $('#templateSearchInfoBtn').popover('hide'); e.stopPropagation(); e.stopImmediatePropagation(); return false; }); }) $('#templateSearchResultModal').on('hidden.bs.modal', function(e) { $('body').off('click', '#templateSearchResultContainer .paperlist-avatar img'); var pswpElement = document.querySelectorAll('.pswp')[0]; var gallery = null; var paperListAvatar = []; var paperListAvatarThumb = []; $('.paperlist-avatar img').each(function(){ var webversion = $(this).attr('data-web'); var width = $(this).attr('data-width'); var height = $(this).attr('data-height'); var caption =$(this).attr('data-caption'); var figure = { src:webversion, w:width, h:height, title:caption }; paperListAvatarThumb.push($(this)[0]); paperListAvatar.push(figure); }); $('body').on('click', '.paperlist-avatar img', function (e) { if(paperListAvatarThumb.length === 0 && paperListAvatar.length === 0){ $('.paperlist-avatar img').each(function(){ var webversion = $(this).attr('data-web'); var width = $(this).attr('data-width'); var height = $(this).attr('data-height'); var caption =$(this).attr('data-caption'); var figure = { src:webversion, w:width, h:height, title:caption }; paperListAvatarThumb.push($(this)[0]); paperListAvatar.push(figure); }); } var target = $(this); var index = $('.paperlist-avatar img').index(target); var options = { showHideOpacity:true, bgOpacity:0.8, index:index, spacing:0.15, getThumbBoundsFn: function(index) { var thumbnail = paperListAvatarThumb[index]; var pageYScroll = window.pageYOffset || document.documentElement.scrollTop; var rect = thumbnail.getBoundingClientRect(); return {x:rect.left, y:rect.top + pageYScroll, w:rect.width}; } }; gallery = new PhotoSwipe( pswpElement, PhotoSwipeUI_Default,[paperListAvatar[index]],options); gallery.init(); }); }); $('#templateSearchResultModal').on('hide.bs.modal', function(e) { $("#templateRefineSearch").removeClass('d-block').addClass('d-none'); $("#refineSearchModalHide").removeClass('d-block').addClass('d-none'); $("#refineSearchModal").removeClass('d-none').addClass('d-block'); offset = INITIAL_OFFSET; }) $(document).on("click", "#showMore", function(e){ offset+=INITIAL_OFFSET; runSearchModal() e.stopPropagation(); e.stopImmediatePropagation(); return false; }); $(document).ready(function() { $(document).on("click", "#refineSearchModal", function (e) { $("#templateRefineSearch").removeClass('d-none').addClass('d-block'); $(this).removeClass('d-block').addClass('d-none'); $("#refineSearchModalHide").removeClass('d-none').addClass('d-block'); }); $(document).on("click", "#refineSearchModalHide", function (e) { $("#templateRefineSearch").removeClass('d-block').addClass('d-none'); $(this).removeClass('d-block').addClass('d-none'); $("#refineSearchModal").removeClass('d-none').addClass('d-block'); }); $(document).on("click", "#modal_start_site_search", function (e) { runSearchModal(); e.stopPropagation(); e.stopImmediatePropagation(); return false; }); }); } function runSearchModal() { var projectID = document.querySelector('meta[name="global_projectID"]').content; 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Despite being considered a pressing global risk with several international efforts to protect and to restore, biodiversity loss and the degradation of ecosystems continue at an alarming rate. In December 2022, the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) saw the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, where four overarching international goals for biodiversity and 23 targets were set. While this is a positive step towards addressing the drivers of biodiversity loss, we will need not just public and political will but also more effective methods to integrate and use scientific information to reach the goals and targets outlined. To facilitate this, scientists and research institutions need to establish alternative and new approaches to transform the way science is conducted, communicated, and integrated into the policymaking process. 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R., Izdebski, A., Sofo, A., Larsen, A., Akinyemi, F. O., Bruckman, V. J., Baker, N., Clark, S., and Hill, C.: GC Insights: Fostering transformative change for biodiversity restoration through transdisciplinary research, Geosci. Commun., 7, 57–61, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-57-2024, 2024. </div> </p> </div> </div> <div id="article-dates" class="sec"> <div class="article-dates dates-content my-3"> <nobr>Received: 27 Jul 2023</nobr> – <nobr>Discussion started: 15 Aug 2023</nobr> – <nobr>Revised: 06 Nov 2023</nobr> – <nobr>Accepted: 02 Dec 2023</nobr> – <nobr>Published: 01 Feb 2024</nobr> </div> </div> <div class="sec intro" id="section1"><div class="grid-container no-margin header-element"><span class="grid-100 mobile-grid-100 tablet-grid-100 grid-parent more-less-mobile" data-hide="#section1 .co-arrow-open,.section1-content" data-show="#section1 .co-arrow-closed,.section1-mobile-bottom-border"><div id="Ch1.S1" class="h1"><span class="label">1</span> Introduction<span class="hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet triangleWrapper"> <i class="co-arrow-closed"></i><i class="co-arrow-open" style="display:none"></i></span></div></span></div> <div class="section1-content show-no-js hide-on-mobile-soft"><p id="d1e231">“Calls for `transformative change' point to the fundamental reorganisation necessary for global conservation initiatives to stem ecological catastrophe. However, the concept risks being oversimplified or overcomplicated, and focusing too little on power and the political action necessary for change.” (Fougéres et al., 2022)</p><p id="d1e234">Continuous and large-scale degradation of ecosystems by means of anthropogenic interference is one of the many pressures that is leading to irreversible biodiversity loss and, with it, the loss of potential knowledge about the world around us (Wilson et al., 2016). While societal efforts and policy regulations attempting to prevent and restore nature are genuine, they often fall short of meeting their targets. In the EU, for example, 81 % of protected European habitats are reported to be in poor condition despite legislation such as Natura 2000, designated under the Birds and the Habitats Directives, that<span id="page58"></span> represents the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world (Naumann et al., 2020). While the four goals and 23 targets outlined in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) (Convention on Biological Diversity, 2023) may catalyse effective action, transformative change and informed governance will be needed to achieve this.</p><p id="d1e237">The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) defines transformative change as a “fundamental, system-wide reorganisation across technological, economic and social factors, including paradigms, goals, and values” (Transformative Change, 2021). Carrying this notion to the intersection of science and policy, we hereby recommend a plural and transformative way to do science by integrating transdisciplinarity, connectivity across disciplines and sectors, and informed policymaking through scientific advice for timely and maximum impact. We understand this radical shift in our scientific approach will bring with it many challenges; however, this may be our last chance, as noted already more than 20 years ago by Edward O. Wilson, “to bring with us as much of the environment and biodiversity through the bottleneck as possible” (Wilson, 2001); Wilson's “bottleneck” is acting here as a metaphor for the anthropogenic stressors on biodiversity, which are fast closing the window of opportunity for us to reverse this trend.</p><p id="d1e240">Thus, we propose meaningful strategic action on biodiversity by establishing biodiversity benchmarks and baseline data for transparency, replicability, and standardisation of the “research language” to foster connectivity across disciplines and sectors, and we encourage the research community to actively engage in policymaking to ensure that timely and relevant scientific evidence reaches decision makers.</p></div><span class="section1-mobile-bottom-border mobile-bottom-border hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet"></span></div> <div class="sec" id="section2"><div class="grid-container no-margin header-element"><span class="grid-100 mobile-grid-100 tablet-grid-100 grid-parent more-less-mobile" data-hide="#section2 .co-arrow-open,.section2-content" data-show="#section2 .co-arrow-closed,.section2-mobile-bottom-border"><div id="Ch1.S2" class="h1"><span class="label">2</span> Methods of promoting transdisciplinarity for transformative change<span class="hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet triangleWrapper"> <i class="co-arrow-closed"></i><i class="co-arrow-open" style="display:none"></i></span></div></span></div> <div class="section2-content show-no-js hide-on-mobile-soft"><p id="d1e251">Transdisciplinarity – being endowed with united knowledge from different fields of science – favours a holistic approach that facilitates a systemic way of addressing challenges across scientific boundaries. Transdisciplinary research, therefore, often seeks to engage stakeholders in meaningful ways throughout the research process (Rigolot, 2020). Comprehending the different levels at which ecosystems function, develop, interact, degrade, and are impacted by anthropogenic processes is fundamental to establishing impactful policies and methods to prevent further degradation and promote effective restoration. By adopting a transdisciplinary approach, scientists are better able to understand the multifaceted dynamics of changing ecosystems, in turn allowing the direct and indirect consequences of these changes to be understood and sustainable strategies to protect, conserve, and restore ecosystems to be identified (Naveh, 2005). However, conducting transdisciplinary scientific research, and in most cases with an interdisciplinary team, requires both a theoretical and practical transformation in how we conduct our research as scientists: collaborating in diverse groups that encompass various scientific disciplines and sectors while carefully assessing how to achieve effective and usable outcomes through such collaborations.</p><p id="d1e254">As outlined by Rigolot (2020), for transdisciplinarity – and with it, interdisciplinary research – to be effective, it must be well planned and effectively implemented. Researchers suggest the transition to a transdisciplinary approach can be accomplished within a framework which recognises that knowledge is organised within a pyramid of four hierarchical layers as shown in Fig. 1. The bottom layer of the pyramid is composed of knowledge within empirical disciplines – the life sciences, Earth sciences, engineering sciences, and social sciences. Collaboration, connections, and communication occur across and between all levels in a process of mutual learning. Understanding the relevance of our own scientific expertise to other scientific disciplines and non-academic sectors can be the first step to thinking and subsequently working in a more interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary manner. Interacting with non-academic sectors and joining diverse working groups can also help to break down silos (Knapp et al., 2019). However, for transdisciplinarity to become the norm rather than the outlier, both its challenges (i.e. the time, effort and, resources necessary to adapt this approach) and benefits (i.e. a multi-tiered approach to scientific analysis from a wider perspective) need to be recognised by institutions and purposefully incorporated into the way in which the organisation functions.</p><div class="fig" id="Ch1.F1"><a target="_blank" class="figure-link" href="https://gc.copernicus.org/articles/7/57/2024/gc-7-57-2024-f01-web.png"><img alt="https://gc.copernicus.org/articles/7/57/2024/gc-7-57-2024-f01" data-webversion="https://gc.copernicus.org/articles/7/57/2024/gc-7-57-2024-f01-web.png" src="https://gc.copernicus.org/articles/7/57/2024/gc-7-57-2024-f01-thumb.png" data-width="2067" data-height="1001"></a><div class="caption"><p id="d1e259"><strong class="caption-number">Figure 1</strong>The pyramid of transdisciplinarity: continuous coordination/exchange between all hierarchical levels (adapted from Max-Neef, 2005; relations between tiers are suggestive and may change based on the project at hand).</p></div><p class="downloads"></p></div></div><span class="section2-mobile-bottom-border mobile-bottom-border hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet"></span></div> <div class="sec" id="section3"><div class="grid-container no-margin header-element"><span class="grid-100 mobile-grid-100 tablet-grid-100 grid-parent more-less-mobile" data-hide="#section3 .co-arrow-open,.section3-content" data-show="#section3 .co-arrow-closed,.section3-mobile-bottom-border"><div id="Ch1.S3" class="h1"><span class="label">3</span> Embracing connectivity through a systems approach<span class="hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet triangleWrapper"> <i class="co-arrow-closed"></i><i class="co-arrow-open" style="display:none"></i></span></div></span></div> <div class="section3-content show-no-js hide-on-mobile-soft"><p id="d1e276">Connectivity involves multi-layered two-way interactions across science, society, and policy, where feedback from one component or discipline continuously morphs the results of the ones it feeds into. It is, in essence, a basic version of how nature operates: through an efficient feedback mechanism and information exchange, constantly morphing, changing, and evolving. Where transdisciplinarity in scientific practice encourages advances and provides new perspectives (Knapp et al., 2019), one can think of connectivity as the core, where these perspectives can be further shaped, changed, broken, and rebuilt through continuous feedback. The benefits of connectivity between disciplines and iterative learning processes to scientific practices are further stimulated by transdisciplinarity and interdisciplinary research, and preferably, with the engagement of external stakeholders and community participation (Angelstam et al., 2013).</p><p id="d1e279">Engaging stakeholders and society for reversing biodiversity loss has been widely acknowledged by intergovernmental actors (IPBES, 2019) as an integral part of generating change which has enough momentum for<span id="page59"></span> transformation and impact. While stakeholder engagement in scientific processes and projects often falls short for conceptional reasons and a lack of best practice examples (Lavery, 2018), small-scale land practices frequently adopt sustainable approaches that are locally optimised to consider both the needs of the community and their environment. A growing number of studies (Newig et al., 2022; Flanagan et al., 2022; Holifield and Williams, 2019) indicate that considering the needs of the local population, including indigenous communities, through knowledge exchange and assessment provides greater research context, subsequently delivering more relevant and useful outcomes and, for the purposes of this commentary, aiding the possibility for transformative change (Fougéres et al., 2022). In the context of the GBF and biodiversity-related goals, this is particularly relevant, as the environmental health of lands that are managed by local and indigenous communities are observed to decline more slowly (Díaz, 2019). Conversely, the atrophy in regional heritage and identity and the loss of local and indigenous knowledge have been shown to have significant adverse effects on biodiversity (Wilder et al., 2016).</p><p id="d1e282">The global nature of the biodiversity crisis demands that we transform the way in which we connect and collaborate across political borders to find solutions and achieve the goals and targets set by the GBF (Convention on Biological Diversity, 2023). Ecosystems may span international boundaries, and nations managing such expansive ecosystems may fail to appropriately account for biodiversity due to conflict or international policy when weighing national interests against those of their neighbours (Dallimer and Strange, 2015). Often fragile ecosystems/biodiversity hotspots, such as the Eurasian grasslands and primary forests, the Sonoran Desert, Amazonia, and the Sahel, adjoin one or more international borders; subsequently, their management demands institutionalised cooperation. For this, it is essential that transboundary cooperation is established among scientists, policymakers, and local and regional authorities, to ensure delegation of responsibilities to facilitate the timely sharing of information, resources, and management approaches. Ensuring greater integration between adjacent nations by means of centralised data monitoring platforms and international forums (Bruckman et al., 2018), promoting dialogue and encouraging the development of shared interests, is vital for building evidence-based policy for greater impact.</p></div><span class="section3-mobile-bottom-border mobile-bottom-border hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet"></span></div> <div class="sec conclusions" id="section4"><div class="grid-container no-margin header-element"><span class="grid-100 mobile-grid-100 tablet-grid-100 grid-parent more-less-mobile" data-hide="#section4 .co-arrow-open,.section4-content" data-show="#section4 .co-arrow-closed,.section4-mobile-bottom-border"><div id="Ch1.S4" class="h1"><span class="label">4</span> More transdisciplinarity is needed for evidence informed policymaking<span class="hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet triangleWrapper"> <i class="co-arrow-closed"></i><i class="co-arrow-open" style="display:none"></i></span></div></span></div> <div class="section4-content show-no-js hide-on-mobile-soft"><p id="d1e293">Embracing transdisciplinarity and connected science can help us define and analyse challenges from multiple perspectives and move towards workable and sustainable solutions. However, to meet the ambitious targets and goals of the GBF, we must also ensure that the underlying issues, various policy options, and their potential consequences are considered by policymakers and integrated into evidence-informed policies. For science advice to be transformative, it needs to be relevant, clear, timely, accessible, and useful to the policymakers who determine the priorities, biodiversity targets, and their implementation (Šucha and Sienkiewicz, 2020). It is therefore vital that scientists and their interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teams understand the information needs of<span id="page60"></span> policymakers and the policy landscape in which they operate (Topp et al., 2018).</p><p id="d1e296">While organisations such as IPBES continue to produce excellent summary reports for policymakers for this purpose, the integration of science into the policymaking process requires a village rather than just a few individuals or organisations. Policymakers often need context or specific information that is tailored to individual policy discussions and legislation that is relevant to their region, and this information may even need to be in the policymaker's native language. Therefore, it is important that scientific organisations and research institutions recognise their key supporting role in contributing to evidence-informed decision-making at a regional scale. Thus, to participate in and promote transformative change, we encourage the scientific community to not only generate transdisciplinary scientific information but also institutionalise the integration of this research into formats (i.e. simple infographics, sharable files, plain-word summaries, open data) that are accessible and useful for policymakers. This requires the involvement of individual researchers who are willing to engage with policymakers to understand their needs and share relevant and timely information, as well as scientific institutions that create opportunities and activities for science-to-policy interaction. We encourage readers to consider how they can integrate these important aspects into their work and institutions to become agents of transformative change.</p></div><span class="section4-mobile-bottom-border mobile-bottom-border hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet"></span></div> <div id="section5" class="sec"><div class="grid-container no-margin header-element"><span class="grid-100 mobile-grid-100 tablet-grid-100 grid-parent more-less-mobile" data-hide="#section5 .co-arrow-open,.section5-content" data-show="#section5 .co-arrow-closed,.section5-mobile-bottom-border"><div class="h1"><span class="section-number"> </span>Data availability<span class="hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet triangleWrapper"> <i class="co-arrow-closed"></i><i class="co-arrow-open" style="display:none"></i></span></div></span></div> <div class="section5-content show-no-js hide-on-mobile-soft"><p id="d1e304">No data sets were used in this article.</p></div><span class="section5-mobile-bottom-border mobile-bottom-border hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet"></span></div> <div id="section6" class="sec"> <div class="grid-container no-margin header-element"><span class="grid-100 mobile-grid-100 tablet-grid-100 grid-parent more-less-mobile" data-hide="#section6 .co-arrow-open,.section6-content" data-show="#section6 .co-arrow-closed,.section6-mobile-bottom-border"><div class="h1"><span class="section-number"> </span>Supplement<span class="hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet triangleWrapper"> <i class="co-arrow-closed"></i><i class="co-arrow-open" style="display:none"></i></span></div></span></div> <div class="section6-content show-no-js hide-on-mobile-soft"><p id="d1e307">The supplement related to this article is available online at: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-57-2024-supplement">https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-57-2024-supplement</a>.</p></div><span class="section6-mobile-bottom-border mobile-bottom-border hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet"></span></div> <div id="section7" class="sec"><div class="grid-container no-margin header-element"><span class="grid-100 mobile-grid-100 tablet-grid-100 grid-parent more-less-mobile" data-hide="#section7 .co-arrow-open,.section7-content" data-show="#section7 .co-arrow-closed,.section7-mobile-bottom-border"><div class="h1"><span class="section-number"> </span>Author contributions<span class="hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet triangleWrapper"> <i class="co-arrow-closed"></i><i class="co-arrow-open" style="display:none"></i></span></div></span></div> <div class="section7-content show-no-js hide-on-mobile-soft"><p id="d1e316">All authors contributed to the conceptualisation of this article and participated in writing the original draft. ARC supported the article's visualisations and formatted Fig. 1. BE, ARC, and CH were the most active authors during the reviewing and editing process.</p></div><span class="section7-mobile-bottom-border mobile-bottom-border hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet"></span></div> <div id="section8" class="sec"><div class="grid-container no-margin header-element"><span class="grid-100 mobile-grid-100 tablet-grid-100 grid-parent more-less-mobile" data-hide="#section8 .co-arrow-open,.section8-content" data-show="#section8 .co-arrow-closed,.section8-mobile-bottom-border"><div class="h1"><span class="section-number"> </span>Competing interests<span class="hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet triangleWrapper"> <i class="co-arrow-closed"></i><i class="co-arrow-open" style="display:none"></i></span></div></span></div> <div class="section8-content show-no-js hide-on-mobile-soft"><p id="d1e322">One of the co-authors is an employee of EGU. This has not influenced the decision of the independent journal editor.</p></div><span class="section8-mobile-bottom-border mobile-bottom-border hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet"></span></div> <div id="section9" class="sec"><div class="grid-container no-margin header-element"><span class="grid-100 mobile-grid-100 tablet-grid-100 grid-parent more-less-mobile" data-hide="#section9 .co-arrow-open,.section9-content" data-show="#section9 .co-arrow-closed,.section9-mobile-bottom-border"><div class="h1"><span class="section-number"> </span>Ethical statement<span class="hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet triangleWrapper"> <i class="co-arrow-closed"></i><i class="co-arrow-open" style="display:none"></i></span></div></span></div> <div class="section9-content show-no-js hide-on-mobile-soft"><p id="d1e330">This article did not contain any studies involving human or animal subjects and did not need to undergo ethical review.</p></div><span class="section9-mobile-bottom-border mobile-bottom-border hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet"></span></div> <div id="section10" class="sec"><div class="grid-container no-margin header-element"><span class="grid-100 mobile-grid-100 tablet-grid-100 grid-parent more-less-mobile" data-hide="#section10 .co-arrow-open,.section10-content" data-show="#section10 .co-arrow-closed,.section10-mobile-bottom-border"><div class="h1"><span class="section-number"> </span>Disclaimer<span class="hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet triangleWrapper"> <i class="co-arrow-closed"></i><i class="co-arrow-open" style="display:none"></i></span></div></span></div> <div class="section10-content show-no-js hide-on-mobile-soft"><p id="d1e336">This article was written and published on volunteered time by the authors.<br><br>Publisher's note: Copernicus Publications remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims made in the text, published maps, institutional affiliations, or any other geographical representation in this paper. While Copernicus Publications makes every effort to include appropriate place names, the final responsibility lies with the authors.</p></div><span class="section10-mobile-bottom-border mobile-bottom-border hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet"></span></div> <div class="ack sec" id="section11"> <div class="grid-container no-margin header-element"><span class="grid-100 mobile-grid-100 tablet-grid-100 grid-parent more-less-mobile" data-hide="#section11 .co-arrow-open,.section11-content" data-show="#section11 .co-arrow-closed,.section11-mobile-bottom-border"><div class="h1"><span class="section-number"> </span>Acknowledgements<span class="hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet triangleWrapper"> <i class="co-arrow-closed"></i><i class="co-arrow-open" style="display:none"></i></span></div></span></div> <div class="section11-content show-no-js hide-on-mobile-soft"><p id="d1e345">The European Geosciences Union (EGU) Biodiversity Task Force was established in February 2022. As eight independent experts, we were selected with the aim of creating an interdisciplinary group that would be able to connect with sectors outside of academia and provide clear, timely, and contextualised scientific information to relevant policymakers (EGU's Policy Priority Area 2022–2024; EGU, 2022). While incorporating transformative change into a scientific working environment is challenging, we believe that the success that the Task Force has thus far experienced demonstrates that it is possible.</p></div><span class="section11-mobile-bottom-border mobile-bottom-border hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet"></span></div> <div id="section12" class="sec"><div class="grid-container no-margin header-element"><span class="grid-100 mobile-grid-100 tablet-grid-100 grid-parent more-less-mobile" data-hide="#section12 .co-arrow-open,.section12-content" data-show="#section12 .co-arrow-closed,.section12-mobile-bottom-border"><div class="h1"><span class="section-number"> </span>Review statement<span class="hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet triangleWrapper"> <i class="co-arrow-closed"></i><i class="co-arrow-open" style="display:none"></i></span></div></span></div> <div class="section12-content show-no-js hide-on-mobile-soft"><p id="d1e350">This paper was edited by Caitlyn Hall and reviewed by Matthias Girod and Dwight Owens.</p></div><span class="section12-mobile-bottom-border mobile-bottom-border hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet"></span></div> <div class="ref-list sec" id="section13"> <div class="grid-container no-margin header-element"><span class="grid-100 mobile-grid-100 tablet-grid-100 grid-parent more-less-mobile" data-hide="#section13 .co-arrow-open,.section13-content" data-show="#section13 .co-arrow-closed,.section13-mobile-bottom-border"><div class="h1"><span class="section-number"> </span>References<span class="hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet triangleWrapper"> <i class="co-arrow-closed"></i><i class="co-arrow-open" style="display:none"></i></span></div></span></div> <div class="section13-content show-no-js hide-on-mobile-soft"><p class="ref" id="bib1.bib1"><span class="mixed-citation">Angelstam, P., Andersson, K., Annerstedt, M., Axelsson, R., Elbakidze, M., Garrido, P., Grahn, P., Jönsson, K. 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While positive steps are being taken in the adoption of comprehensive conservation policies, more effective science-for-policy approaches are necessary to foster connectivity, engage communities, and promote transformative change. 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