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NHM Science Strategy - All
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A new Science Advisory Council has been formed by the Welsh Assembly, to meet for the first time on 1 December 2010, chaired by John Harries, the Welsh Chief Scientific Adviser. /....
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Membership listed is:
Paul Allen, FRSA, B.Eng (Hons) - External Relations Director for Centre
for Alternative Technology (CAT), Machynlleth;Professor Huw Beynon, D.SocSc, AcSS, Cardiff University
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The UK Department for International Development, DFID, has called for proposals for a scoping study of UK potential and options with respect to REDD+
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The Council of Canadian Academies have published Canadian Taxonomy: Exploring Biodiversity, Creating Opportunity. Very interesting reading on science/biodiversity/taxonomy policy /.....
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The Atlas of Living Australia has been under development for some years, but was launched formally recently. It has a lot of familiar elements, but is interesting in bringing such a range of biodiversity information, links and tools together: collections, taxonomy, biological recording, citizen science, social media, news, events and more.
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HEFCE have published a report on a research impact pilot that was conducted in preparation for the Research Excellence Framework planned for completion in 2014. Excludes academic impacts. Interesting methodology, such as one case study per ten staff, broader impact statements, the inclusion of public engagement and a heavy emphasis on high-level peer review in evaluating impact. In addition to the broader science base comparisons, will be interesting to see how the th
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Just as background, but apparently still a reference point in developing US science policy, the report from the NSTC subcommittee on scientific collections that was published in 2008 Scientific Collections: Mission-critical infrastructure for Federal Science Agencies.
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The Environmental Research Funders Forum (ERFF) merged a little while ago with the Living with Environmental Change (LWEC) network. A final product is a report on the skills needed for environmental management and policy which should be a useful reference for planning and advocacy to funders, thinking about training and HE, and consultancy planning - Most Wanted: Skills needs in the environment sector.
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An interesting site - Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool from Birdlife, Conservation International, IUCN, UNEP and WCMC, that presents information on protected sites. Two versions - one for business and the other for non-profit.This links to the World Protected areas database, which supports other sites such as Protected Planet and A-Z areas of Biodiversity Importance.
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The Tenth Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has now finished. A useful summary is available with detail from IISD. /.....
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But in brief, the COP achieved its three high level objectives:
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The BIS working group on Science for All reported early in 2010 and has now produced a new action plan in September 2010. The action plan is very interesting in anticipating future development and opportunities, but obviously very UK focused.