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Among the homemade soaps, pre-loved clothing rails, local honey, tool library, wildlife charities and mime performances at Leamington Spa’s annual EcoFest, researchers from Coventry University gave festivalgoers a fresh perspective on the local ecosystem.
What makes biodiversity policy genuinely transformative?
Biodiversity in Europe continues to decline despite extensive environmental commitments, legislation, and policy initiatives. A new DAISY policy analysis asks why ambitious targets are not enough on their own — and what is needed for policymaking to generate genuinely systemic change.
In Hungary's Őrség region, farmers and conservationists experimented with a different way of rewarding biodiversity: paying for ecological results rather than prescribed actions. DAISY explores why trust, participation and simple monitoring may matter as much as the payment itself.
Around Leipzig, four self-organised food initiatives are experimenting with ways of producing and distributing food beyond conventional market relationships. DAISY explores how commons-based governance could contribute to fairer, more ecological regional food systems.
Can a biodiversity app change how communities relate to nature? Through the Coventry-Warwickshire-Solihull City Nature Challenge, DAISY explores how digital citizen science, education and community engagement could contribute to wider transformation for biodiversity.
