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Biodiversity policy: report of the first IPBES plenary
IPBES, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, has produced the report of its first plenary: emphasis on governance and organisation.
Biodiversity policy: EU horizon-scan briefing on biodiversity and health
Useful high-level brief on Biodiversity and Health from the EU, covering pharmaceuticals, infectious disease, food security, green spaces and the underpinning science.
Biodiversity science: Biogenesis
New website for the Diversitas project Biogenesis - research collaboration on evolution and biodiversity.
Biodiversity policy USA: PCAST report on natural capital
The US President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) produced the report Sustaining Environmental Capital: Protecting Society and the Economy in July. Strong emphasis on ecosystem services, valuation and assessments, including the international dimension - looks also at US involvement in IPBES
Biodiversity policy: IPBES first plenary
In progress in the week beginning 3 October, the first plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Papers, documents and updates on the website, but most of the discussion is about governance, organisation and so forth. IUCN position paper on IPBES also worth reading.
Biodiversity science: biodiversity and environmental impact assessment
New guidance out from GBIF on Preserving Biodiversity Knowledge From Impact Assessment - including biodiversity in EIAs, and using the data legacy.
Biodiversity policy: IPBES first plenary
The first plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is planned for 3-7 October in Nairobi. Papers are going up on the website: most relate to governance and organisation, but there are some papers relating to initial thinking on capacity building and assessment in work plans. The work plan itself seems likely to be discussed at the following plenary in 2012.
Biodiversity policy UK: value of ecosystem services
The UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published a report Economic Valuation of the Benefits of Ecosystem Services delivered by the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Complex but interesting, ties in to the National Ecosystem Assessment.
Biodiversity and collections: New Zealand Virtual Herbarium
The New Zealand Virtual Herbarium has just been launched. Brings together specimen records from 11 herbaria in NZ - various search options and output in mapping and matrix forms.