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NHM Science Strategy - All
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FP6 funded a project on Assessing LArge-scale Risks for biodiversity with tested Methods (ALARM). Lots of information and background on the project website. A key output is the new Atlas of Biodiversity Risk lauched in the EU green week in June - lots of case studies of risk to biodiversity with good maps. Bit pricey at £110, published by Pensoft, but in the Library.
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There is continuing interest in policy understanding of the international development of science - what it means in terms of international cooperation and identity, and how patterns will change in future.
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The Biodiversity Information System for Europe was launched in June - a portal that brings together EEA initiatives with the European Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism. Useful point of access in to EU biodiversity information and policy.
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A key date on the horizon for biodiversity targets is 2020, with discussion developing for COP 10 in Nagoya in a wide range of fora internationally.
EU discussion on a whole range of policy targets for 2020 has been underway for a while, with biodiversity part of the mix.
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Published in June by the European Environment Agency, a summary of a baseline assessment of EU biodiversity in a policy context.
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Just a reminder of the existence of Countdown 2010 - an IUCN-led international network of organisations focusing on IYB and biodiversity more broadly. Good source of new information.
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The Government Office for Science has published new "Guidelines on the use of scientific and engineering advice in policy making".These Guidelines update previous versions from 1997 and 2005 and give a pretty thorough coverage of the use of scientific expertise in making policy. There are also a set of principles
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Summer edition of the UK Biodiversity news from Defra now available
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ScienceWise is a BIS-funded centre focusing on public engagement and citizen science - has been around for a while, but worth a look at the website for information on current issues.
Clear linkages in terms of the approach and the topics of interest with the BIS Science in Society initatives that reported earlier in the year. Worth looking at the board in this light.
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The report of the June 2010 meeting on an intergovernmental science-policy platform for biodiversity and ecosystem services is now available. The "Busan Outcome" at the end of the report summarises the need and purpose for development of a body that will do for biodiversity what IPCC does for climate science and policy.