The Horizon Europe project BioValue concluded in September 2025.

Coordinated by the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST-ID), the project brought together eight partners from Portugal, Germany, Denmark and Italy to explore how biodiversity can be embedded as a value in spatial planning and policymaking.

Since its beginning in July 2022, the consortium worked on three Arenas for Transformation:

• Rewetting Peatlands and Reforestation: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Federal State, Germany
• Municipal Spatial Planning: Mafra Municipality, Portugal
• The Fersina, regenerating an urban river: Trento Municipality, Italy

Through its three case studies, researchers experimented with new planning instruments, participatory methods and multi-level governance approaches, as the results can inspire future projects and local initiatives.

Over BioValue’s lifetime, numerous open resources were created, including infopacks, policy briefs and a scientific publication. As the project ended, final resources were shared publicly:

• a comprehensive Technical brochure
• a final video, sharing valuable insights, methods and frameworks from its case studies. 

Read more about BioValue’s legacy here: https://biovalue-horizon.eu/news-events/biovalue-legacy-lessons-and-resources-for-transformative-change-in-spatial-planning/