Biodiversity Respectful Leadership
Biodiversity is an entity consisting ofall living beings, including us humans. Destroying biodiversity means destroying the source of breathable air, drinkable water, sustenance –the sources of human livelihood and wellbeing.
Nature has always sheltered us. Now it is time for us to protect it.
BIODIFUL is a research project –and also much more. BIODIFUL is an expanding movement of individuals who believe in the possibility of change, have hope for the future and lead to protect life.
Are you one of us?
News

BIODIFUL at World Biodiversity Forum 2026 in Davos
BIODIFUL researchers will host three sessions at the upcoming World Biodiversity Forum in Davos, Switzerland, from June 14-19, 2026. Under the theme “Leading Transformation Together,”

Sustainability work with tensions in textile companies #ScienceNews
Abstract Sustainability work requires continuous reflection in a complex system of interconnected and competing demands. To shed light on the complexity and tensions of sustainability
Blog

Going with a Plan, Returning with Better Questions: What Ghana’s Mining Communities Taught me about the Tensions between Sustaining Livelihoods and Conserving Biodiversity
I still remember with excitement, how I embarked on a five+ months’ fieldwork journey to Ghana during last year’s autumn. That evening of October 3rd as

What if…
Trump, Greenland, Ukraine, Putin, China, Iran, Venezuela… I could continue the list indefinitely, but you get the picture. The world has gone mad. Or maybe
Events
International research workshop: Leadership for Biodiversity, 21.-22.5.2026
Conference theme: Collapse, transformation or regeneration? Save the date: 21-22 May 2026 Site and address: Mercatori, Turku School of Economics, Rehtoripellonkatu 3, Turku, Finland BIODIFUL welcomes


-Ilari Sääksjärvi, professor
-Outi Uusitalo, Professor