BioCAM4 is an interdisciplinary and trans-sectoral research partnership dedicated to:
- Developing methodologies for mapping NBCA trends worldwide and assessing local opportunities and challenges for NBCAs with dedicated deep-dive studies in two world regions: East Africa and Central America.
- Engaging practitioners from local farming and tourism sectors and stakeholders from local governments and communities in the selected focus areas. On-site workshops and webinars will engage global institutions for policy recommendations, e.g., the UNFCCC, CBD, and global funding agencies while strengthening local capacity.
- Fostering leadership in the Global South and research collaboration through our focus areas in Africa and Central America.
The overall objective of the BioCAM4 consortium project is to develop methodologies for mapping NBCA trends worldwide and assessing local opportunities and challenges through deep-dive studies in two biodiversity hot-spot world regions: East Africa and Central America, where vulnerable groups and communities are among the most affected by climate impacts, least responsible for it, and have reduced adaptive capacity due to social and economic fragility.
BioCAM4 engages in research co-creation and policy outreach at global and local levels strengthens capacity for NBCAs.
The BioCAM4 consortium project pursues three specific objectives:
- A comprehensive global mapping and analysis of NBCAs and an open-access database to offer insights on global NBCA distribution, patterns, and performance. Understanding of global trends will inform global climate change and biodiversity processes.
- Context-specific and locally relevant exploration of local dynamics of NBCAs in four localities across two regions that are highly biodiverse: Virunga and Lake Victoria regions in East Africa, and Trifinio and Brunca regions in Central America. We uncover how biophysical, cultural and institutional factors affect community action for implementing NBCAs, understand action situations and actor interactions therein, and their outputs, outcomes, and impacts to inform performance assessments at global level and provide evidence-based, justice-driven insights for multi-level policy guidance.
- Co-creation of knowledge mobilization and policy outreach to translate research insights into policy guidance for equitable funding flows and resources that strengthen the capacity of local actors to design, implement and maintain effective and inclusive NBCAs in the project’s focus areas and worldwide.
Themes | Planetary Health |
Status | Active |
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Updates |
2025 Year in Review | December 18, 2025
Hot Off The Press — International Research Consortium BioCAM4 Calls for Integrated Nature-Climate Action as COP30 Draws Near | September 5, 2025 Dahdaleh Researchers Receive $5.9M From New Frontiers Research Fund to Support Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Efforts | June 4, 2024 |
People |
Tarra Penney, Interim Associate Director - Active
Idil Boran, Faculty Fellow, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies - Active Felipe Montoya-Greenheck, Faculty Fellow, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change - Active Dawn Bazely, Faculty Fellow, Faculty of Science - Active Annette Dubreuil, Research Associate, Project Manager, BioCAM4 - Active Yuanrong (Anna) Yang, Global Health Intern, BioCAM4 Social Media Coordinator - Active Paul De La Cruz, Global Health Intern, BioCAM4 - Active Mustafa Abdulkadhim, Global Health Intern, BioCAM4 Lab [F25] - Alum Eman Alkobaisi, Global Health Intern, Graphic Design & Video Animation Coordinator, BioCAM4 - Active |
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