This opportunity funds projects developing innovative solutions to detect illegal wildlife trade and invasive alien species in trade. Funded activities include creating deployable technologies for law enforcement and customs authorities to monitor online and physical trade routes, interpret multimodal data, and prevent biodiversity loss. The work supports EU biodiversity strategies and global frameworks targeting species protection and invasive species management.
Eligible applicants must comply with general admissibility conditions including proposal page limits and layout, be from eligible countries as described in the Horizon Europe Work Programme, and meet financial and operational capacity requirements. Entities controlled by China are excluded.
