Biostrat is an FP6 Specific Support Action coordinated by the Institute of Ecology and Botany of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The main objective of Biostrat is to support the further development of a European Biodiversity Research Strategy. It will support the EPBRS (European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy), which provides a representative forum for researchers, science and environmental policy makers, and National Biodiversity Platforms. The project also seeks to create synergies with other actors who develop strategies in different fields of biodiversity research.

The overall objective will be achieved by:
- Supporting the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS) to develop and continually revise the EU Biodiversity Research Strategy
- Including the results of existing and ongoing biodiversity research projects in the development of the EU Biodiversity Research Strategy.
- Linking the EU Biodiversity Research Strategy to the national, European and international funding programmes, especially the ERA-Nets related to biodiversity issues.
- Incorporating GEOSS objectives in the EU Biodiversity Research Strategy
- Linking EU Biodiversity Research Strategy with international initiatives including the multi-stakeholder consultative process of the Paris Conference, the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, the 2010 target, ESRI, GTI, GBIF, CBD, DIVERSITAS.

Specific cooperation with BiodivERsA, as with other ERA-Nets in the field of biodiversity, is foreseen in Biostrat's workpackage 2, aiming to increase linkages with FP projects. This is to be achieved through exchanges of information and regular meetings between EPBRS and ERA-Nets projects related to biodiversity.