Bio-Inspired Technologies for Ecosystem Service Support, Enhancement or Replacement
A special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomimetic Design, Constructions and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2026 | Viewed by 17
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Interests: biomimetics; biomimicry; biologically-inspired design; innovation; sustainability; higher education
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Interests: sustainable design; circular economy; biomimetics; biomimicry; higher education; transferable skills
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the context of the climate crisis, our natural ecosystem functions are breaking down. Pollinators are going extinct, ocean oxygen is declining, soil is eroding, drinkable water is coming to an end and habitats are becoming hotter every year. Mitigating the coming impacts of climate change requires reductions in industrial activities to decrease global greenhouse gas emissions, and ambitious milestones exist to combat climate change and adapt to its effects.
Though prevention and reduction efforts are ongoing, the pace of change now requires adaptation strategies, forcing us to redirect resources to adaptation by developing and using technological systems to support, enhance or replace ecological services—the benefits that humans obtain from ecosystems. For example, while a lot has been achieved to reverse the loss of pollinators through conservation strategies, researchers are also studying how to replace biological pollinators with technological ones.
We are pleased to invite you to submit interdisciplinary research in the broad spectrum of bio-inspired design, focusing on biomimetic developments for ecosystem service technologies. This Special Issue aims to showcase the scientific capability of biomimetic innovation to enhance or fully replace local-level ecosystem services. As we have not adequately restored and conserved biodiversity, we argue that technologies in this context may begin by learning from natural systems that provide such services. Therefore, we seek research addressing this avenue.
This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and reviews. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: ecosystem service technologies, bio-inspired technologies, and simulation and modelling.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Kristina Wanieck
Prof. Dr. Shoshanah R. Jacobs
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomimetics
- biologically inspired design
- biomimicry
- climate change
- mitigation
- sustainability
- SDG
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