This call aims to fund research projects aimed at promoting knowledge of plant biodiversity, its conservation and its valorization in a perspective of sustainable development.

To be eligible, projects must:

i) fall within the geographical coverage area of the SEP2D program (22 countries in Africa, Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia)

ii) be supported by an academic institution from one of these 22 countries and, as far as possible, rely on a partnership between several teams and/or actors, who may or may not be from these countries

iii) and deal with one or, ideally, several of the following 3 priority areas of research (APR):

• multi-scale knowledge of plant diversity and ecosystems
• plant resources and uses by communities and stakeholder institutions (ecosystem services)
• strategies and operational approaches for the sustainable management of plant resources and the conservation of habitats and ecosystem services

For more information on this call for projects and in particular on the content of these priority areas of research, please consult this page and the links it contains to the terms of reference and the application form.

(application deadline 6 March 2017)