Halting biodiversity loss is a critical aim for the forthcoming decades, but is hindered by the
gap between research and practice. Bridging this gap is a significant challenge in the
countries of Central and Eastern Europe, where, compared to Western European countries,
biodiversity is higher but the research budget is lower. Approaches to address bridging this
gap include participatory research prioritizing exercises. These demand-driven collaborative
ranking processes have proven to be a useful tool in providing a research agenda derived …