Science Policy: Bibliometrics and impact
Nature has published (17 October 2013) a special on Impact - methodologies, use and misuse, and implications.
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Environment policy UK: Ecosystem services and economics
July 2013 paper in Science from Bateman et al. Bringing Ecosystem Services into Economic Decision-Making: Land Use in the UK DOI: 10.1126/science.1234379. Indicates that if land use decisions focus only on agriculture that overall ecosystem service value fall, but if all potential services are considered in planning, wild species diversity is conserved.
Biodiversity policy: FAO and pollinators
FAO have just published a report Aspects determining the risk of pesticides to wild bees: risk profiles for focal crops on three continents, adding to the range of pollinator resources on its AGP - Pollination pages. This contributes to the International Pollinator Initiative, a network of activities stemming from a CBD decision.
Climate Change Policy UK: Inquiries and studies
Current UK Parliament Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry on public understanding of climate change and a Royal Society study on resilience and climate change.
Climate Change policy: IPCC Fifth Assessment Report
IPCC Fifth Assessment Report and Summary for Policymakers are both available.
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Biodiversity policy UK: Public attitudes and interests in biodiversity advocacy
Common Cause for Nature is a couple of reports from an NGO angle on segmentation, motivations, attitudes, communications, engagement and interests for public attitudes to nature in the UK from an NGO/advocacy perspective. Full Report and Practitioners Guide
Environment policy UK: pesticides and pollinators
The UK Government response to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry on Pesticides and Pollinators has been published. In short, government disagrees with the interpretation of science in this particular regulatory context.
Environment policy UK: briefing on fracking
House of Commons Library briefing on UK context and policy development on Shale Gas and Fracking
Environment policy UK: pollinator declines
The UK House of Commons Library has produced a note on Reversing Pollinator Declines - a useful summary.