Blogs

The European Marine Board has produced in November 2012, with the European Science Foundation, a new report looking at policy, science and research needs - Marine Biodiversity: a Science Roadmap for Europe.  Also earlier in 2012 Marine Microbial Biodiversity and its role in Ecosystem Functioning and Environmental Change. EMB members are research councils and research institutions from across Europe.

The EU has launched EASIN, the European Alien Species Information Network, aiming to give better access to web information resources across Europe.

The EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 was adopted in April 2012 - a useful policy timeline sets out the steps and decisons made to reach this point.  The main EU nature and biodiversity page also has links to a brochure celebrating 20 years of the Habitats Directive. Birdlife have produced a website and recent report On the Road to Recovery that examines EU progress towards meeting the 2020 targets.

Bioversity (formerly the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute-IPGRI) has updated CGIAR technical guidelines on collecting plant genetic diversity.  Most of the content relates to technical aspects, but there is also a useful overview of legal issues covering progress so far under the CBD Nagoya Protocol and the related Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.

ICSU have produced a series of policy briefs in preparation for Rio +20, covering Energy
security, Health, Well-being, Green economy, Water security, Food security, Biodiversity
and ecosystems, Transforming governance and institutions, and Interconnected risks
and challenges