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12-08-2022 - BMBF Supports Research into Connections between Biodiversity and Human Health
National initiative offers funding for projects dedicated to the future prevention of disease, promotion of health as well as therapeutic approaches to physical and mental health that consider the relationship between biodiversity and human health.
Against the backdrop of the current crisis in biodiversity and ongoing challenges in relation to human health, this funding initiative by Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF - Federal Ministry for Education and Research) is designed to support investigations into the connection between biodiversity and human health. It reflects the German government’s strategy on global health which encourages an interdisciplinary and cross-sector approach for addressing health problems in accordance with the ‘One Health’ approach. The funding initiative is part of the BMBF’s overarching research programme for the conservation of biodiversity (Forschungsinitiative zum Erhalt der Artenvielfalt - FEdA).
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