SCAR NEWS
The SCAR Sustainable Animal Production Collaborative Working Group (SCAR SAP CWG) organised an expert workshop on the future of livestock production. Researchers from Wageningen University presented a comparative analysis of 20 national livestock strategies during the workshop. The workshop also included keynote speeches and breakout groups on Diversity, Consumption, Circularity, Resilience, Animal Health and Welfare, GHG emissions, Organic production, and Economy.
The workshop took place on...
The STAR-IDAZ International Research Consortium (IRC) on Animal Health includes four Regional Networks to facilitate regional coordination, with the AHW CWG operating as the European Network. The STAR-IDAZ now has a new secretariat: SIRCAH2. SIRCAH2 began on 1 October 2022 and will continue supporting STAR-IDAZ IRC for 4,5 years with funding from the European Commission. The new secretariat will build on previous collaborations in SIRCAH (Secretariat to STAR-IDAZ IRC on Animal Health)...
The SCAR FOREST SWG has been developing a draft version of a fiche for a European Partnership on forest and forestry. The partnership has been in the works since 2021. It follows the EU forest strategy objective to propose a research and innovation partnership on forestry.
The fiche was discussed during the last meeting of the SCAR SWG FOREST on 27 September 2022 in Madrid. The development of the fiche will benefit from the EUFORE project, which started in November 2022, to develop its...
The SCAR Fisheries and Aquaculture Strategic Working Group (SCAR FISH SWG) published a report “Innovation In fisheries monitoring science – fisheries dependent data as a tool for real-time advice”. The report raises awareness on the need to integrate and operationalize technological developments in fisheries monitoring.
A vital requirement to improve data collection during fishing operations and to allow the full use of such data as tools in support of fisheries management and advice. It...
Earlier this year, SCAR ARCH SWG and SCAR FOREST SWG published a joint policy brief: “Combatting imported deforestation – challenges for science”. The document is the result of a fruitful collaboration between both the SCAR ARCH SWG and the SCAR FOREST SWG.
The goal of the document is to better address deforestation and forest degradation. Both are triggered throughout the world by European imports of commodities (raw materials, food, timbers, etc.).
The process of drafting the policy brief...
The SCAR Bioeconomy SWG has elected three new co-chairs. Johanna Kohl (Finland), Luka Juvančič (Slovenia) and Martin Behrens (Germany) will lead the working group in its future endeavors.
Johanna Kohl (FI), email: johanna.kohl@luke.fi
Adjunct Professor, Dr. Johanna Kohl works as Director in Circular Bioeconomy Research Programme in Natural Resources Institute Finland. She leads the research project portfolio and future developments of optimized material cycles, added value and new products...
On 20 and 21 June 2022, the SCAR AKIS SWG met in Lugo, Spain, for their 12th meeting. The meeting further expanded upon the previous meeting. It focused mainly on education and on training of advisors, digital training and social innovation.
The meeting contributed to the Seminar on Extension and Education with a discussion on three dimensions of advisory training: technical know-how, process know-how and structural know-how, all of which can be found in the meeting report.
The participants...
“Humans in transitions: towards agroecological approaches and sustainable food systems”
The SCAR Conference was held on 14 June 2022 in Paris, and was hosted by the EU French Presidency. The conference was built as an interactive SCAR-level event, to discuss two topics:
- The transition that the agri-food sector needs to undergo in the current crisis context (COVID, climate change, war…) and the opportunities linked to those (e.g. animal well-being, promoting more resilient farming...
The SCAR Strategic Working Group on Agroecology (SCAR AE SWG) is developing the European partnership's Strategic Research Innovation Agenda (SRIA) of the future European Partnership on accelerating farming systems transition: agroecology living labs and research infrastructures (AELLRI).
Earlier this year, the Working Group organised a comprehensive consultation on the first consolidated version of the SRIA. The purpose was to collect feedback on the draft SRIA from a broad range of...
- open consultation -
The SCAR Strategic Working Group on Agroecology (SCAR-AE) is the entity responsible for the preparation of the candidate European partnership ‘Accelerating farming systems transition: agroecology living labs and research infrastructures’ (AELLRI) and, in particular, for developing the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for the candidate European partnership ’Accelerating Farming Systems Transition: Agroecology Living Labs and Research...