Bridging Science and Society for Biodiversity and Environmental Health

The ZOE project partners met at the International Seminar “Science & Society in One health – Innovation in Biodiversity & Environmental Health” at CeNAT, San José, Costa Rica. The seminar featured presentations from leading partners from the ZOE consortium.

Prof. Dr. Felix Drexler from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, GLACIER and ZOE coordinator

Topic: Strengthening North–South Collaboration: Scientific Bridges with the European Union

Prof. Dr. Felix Drexler

Prof. Dr. Nadja Kabisch from Leibniz University Hannover, ZOE co-coordinator

Topic: Monitoring Biodiversity from Space: Satellite Imagery and Spatial Modeling – insights from the ZOE project

Prof. Dr. Nadja Kabisch

Field Sites Visit

During the meeting, we discussed several ZOE-related topics and we were able to visit the case study sites organized by our ZOE Costa Rican team led by Dr. Andrea Chaves and Dr. Sofia Bernal.

The meeting brought together representatives from our ZOE Latin-American team and the coordinators

  • Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) as local hosts
  • Leibniz University Hannover from Germany
  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin from Germany
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
  • Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG)