The Valuing Nature Programme is inviting interested parties to contribute to the shaping of its forthcoming Health & Wellbeing call - to be announced in May 2015 - by completing the an online survey (deadline March 13th)
The five year, c£6.5m Valuing Nature Programme (VNP) is supported by NERC, ESRC, BBSRC, AHRC and Defra. This funding call will address the goal of “Improving our understanding of the role biodiversity and ecosystem processes play in human health and wellbeing”. Research for this call will focus on the themes of:
- Natural hazards and extreme events
- Exposure of people to vector-borne diseases and marine toxins
- Health improvements associated with urban ecosystems (green space)
The VNP Coordination Team is asking for input to identify key research challenges that could help develop interdisciplinary capability. All responses will be used by the VNP funders to shape the Health & Wellbeing call.
A supporting document provides further details of the funders’ perspectives relating to this call and additional background aimed at stimulating ideas to help identify key challenges.
Help to shape the call by completing the survey
Further information can be found here
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