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CETAF at IPBES-12: Strengthening biodiversity knowledge for decision-making
February 10, 2026CETAF participated as an observer at the twelfth session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-12), contributing expertise on taxonomic research and biodiversity data for policy and business...
CETAF at ERC annual conference: Frontier research for One Health
February 2, 2026CETAF attended the ERC Annual Conference: Frontier research for One Health, which brought together scientists, policymakers and stakeholders to explore how ERC-funded frontier research is addressing interconnected global health challenges. The conference highlighted the One...
Three CETAF statements for critical times: Integrity, Repatriation and Cybersecurity
January 27, 2026The 2nd CETAF Directors’ Summit, held in November 2024 in Berlin and hosted by the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin / Freie Universität Berlin, brought together the leaders of Europe’s major natural history museums...
CETAF secures funding for new Horizon Europe project TETTRIX
January 22, 2026CETAF has received the evaluation results of its Horizon Europe proposal TETTRIX, which achieved an outstanding final score of 14.5 out of 15 and has been successfully selected for funding. This represents a remarkable achievement...
Faces of Taxonomy: Rafael Zardoya on biodiversity and CETAF
January 19, 2026Interview with Rafael Zardoya, Director of Spain’s National Museum of Natural Sciences (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales – MNCN), CSIC. During the 2nd CETAF Directors’ Summit, held in November in Berlin, we had the opportunity...
Meet the Libroscope: a new vision for ‘liberating’ data from biodiversity publications
January 14, 2026Some of the world’s leading institutions, experts and scientific infrastructures relating to biodiversity information are uniting around a new 10-year roadmap to ‘liberate’ data presently trapped in research publications. The initiative aims to enable the...