Biodiversity policy: Antarctic ecosystems and policy
A short summary on Antarctic ecosystems, policy needs and biodiversity from DG Environment.
A short summary on Antarctic ecosystems, policy needs and biodiversity from DG Environment.
The recent World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment organised by the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford has an annual emphasis on valuing ecosystem services. Lot of reports, blogs videos and resources from high level participants available - report planned for the autumn. One of a range of fora that we might expect to contribute to the way that IPBES develops.
Nature news article on changes to the rules governing taxonomy in botany - the International Botanical Congress is in session and has agreed to radical changes in allowing electronic publication, provoked by Sandy Knapp. A more minor, but interesting, change is agreement that descriptions and diagnoses may be published in either Latin or English - not only in Latin.