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The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has issued revised guidance on planning impact - including public engagement - in research proposals.  Links also to the RCUK more comprehensive guidance.  Other research councils also have policy and thinking on this - such as BBSRC.

One of the  large-scale assessments that came out online at the time of the CBD COP10 in late October: an assessment of conservation effectiveness for vertebrates.  Hoffmann et al. (2010) The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World's Vertebrates. Science 330, 1503; DOI: 10.1126/science.1194442.  /...more.../ See also Baillie et al 2010 in the bibliography module at the top of the page.  Conclusion is that there would have been one-fifth greater loss had not conservation efforts been made - but that conservation efforts are insufficient to offset the pressure of drivers of biodiversity loss.  Wilkinson, Gower and Mace among the authors.