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.
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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 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 Policy UK: England Biodiversity Strategy published
Published today, the long-awaited Biodiversity 2020: a strategy for England's wildlife and ecosystem services. This complements the earlier publication in 2011 of the UK government's policy white paper on the natural environment Nature's Choice and the UK National Ecosystem Assessment.
Biodiversity policy: expertise and assessments
One of elements of discussion within the IPBES development process is asssessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services - there was a recent informal workshop in Japan that will input to the October plenary of IPBES. In particular, there is a difficulty in finding appropriate scaling, methodology and reasonable data that means assessment processes can have scientific and policy credibility from local to global scales. Some intitiatives of interest: /...more
Nested Networks at the Helmholtz Centre at UFZ - research directly in the context of the IPBES process
The 2009 Assessment of Assessments - looking at marine assessments and needs for science and policy relevance within the UN
A New European Environment Assessment of Assessments - a draft is available and is to be discussed in September 2011 by ministers - undertaken by EEA, but the scope is Europe-wide, not only EU.
Biodiversity science USA: the National Ecological Observatory Network
Article in Nature on the launch of NEON in the USA - The National Ecological Observatory Network, funded by NSF. Only just starting, but worth looking at the site and their science strategy. /....More
Number of Grand Challenges identified:
- Climate Change: Understanding and predicting climate variability, including directional climate change and its impacts on natural and human systems
- Land Use: Understanding and predicting changes in land use and land cover that are critical to biogeochemical cycling, ecosystem functioning and services, and human welfare.Invasive Species: Understanding and forecasting the distribution of biological invasions and their impacts on ecological processes and ecosystem services.
- Biogeochemistry: Understanding and predicting the impacts of human activities on the Earth’s major biogeochemical cycles.
- Biodiversity: Understanding the regulation of biological diversity and its functional consequences for ecosystems.Ecohydrology: Understanding and predicting changes in freshwater resources and the environment.
- Infectious Diseases: Understanding and predicting the ecological and evolutionary aspects of infectious diseases and of the interactions among pathogens, hosts/receptors, and ecosystems.
Biodiversity policy and engagement: World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment 2011
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.
Biodiversity policy UK: National Ecosystem Assessment synthesis
The UK National Ecosystem Assessment reporting has been launched with a Synthesis report - links to the 27 more detailed reports available also, but these are currently in a range of states of completion.