OneBioNet-E

OneBioNet is an integrated biodiversity initiative designed to strengthen biodiversity conservation under the second action plan of the Swiss Biodiversity Strategy (AP II SBS). 

The project brings together a network of coordinated research and implementation activities aimed at identifying and enhancing ecological valuable areas and the functional connectivity across Switzerland. Guided by a participatory Theory of Change (ToC) process, OneBioNet integrates inter- and transdisciplinary expertise from ecology, spatial modelling, genomics, and social sciences together with stakeholders from science, policy and practice. Building on thousands of species distribution models, functional connectivity- and social-ecological network analyses, the project identifies and prioritizes key ecological areas and connections under current and future conditions to increase conservation leverage on the ground for the future generations. Importantly, OneBioNet also incorporates genetic diversity, one of the most fundamental yet often neglected levels of biodiversity, thereby contributing to the development of a coherent, nationwide functional network that supports biodiversity across multiple spatial and temporal scales. 

OneBioNet consists of several modules: OneBioNet-E ("ecological networks", PD Dr. Janine Bolliger, WSL), OneBioNet-S ("social networks", Prof. Dr. Manuel Fischer, Eawag)