Biodiversity science: WRI report on reefs at risk
The US-based World Resources Institute has issued a new Reefs at Risk report: good overview with online maps.
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Biodiversity and collections: NHM paper on the use of collections for climate change research
A paper by Johnson et al. has been published arising from a project at the Natural History Museum, London, that examined the research potential of natural history collections and makes recommendations for strategic development to meet research needs and take advantage of the development of climate change work. Reference.../more
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Kenneth G. Johnson, Stephen J. Brooks, Phillip B. Fenberg, Adrian G.
Glover, Karen E. James, Adrian M. Lister, Ellinor Michel, Mark Spencer,
Jonathan A. Todd, Eugenia Valsami-Jones, Jeremy R. Young, John R.
Stewart (2011) Climate Change and Biosphere Response: Unlocking the Collections Vault. Bioscience 61 147-153 DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.2.10
Science Policy UK: Research Strategy for Global Food security
A UK research strategy for global food security is published from government and various agencies - some references to the impact of agriculture on biodiversity, and the reliance on ecosystem services. Little bit on pests, but not much on genomes of wild related species.
Biodiversity policy international: International Year of Forests launched
The UN has launched the International Year of Forests. Will be a theme in environment and biodiversity events through the year - World Environment Day, World Biodiversity Day, conferences &c.
Biodiversity Policy international: Nagoya ABS Protocol opened for signature
The Nagoya protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing was opened for signature on 2 February - CBD press release. It will enter into force 90 days after the 50th instrument of ratification is deposited with the UN: they hope by October 2012/...more
.../ The aim is to achieve entry into force in time for the October 2012 CBD Conference of the Parties in Delhi. The progress to this goal is going to be different in different countries, so achieving the deadline will be interesting. Some countries may ratify only when able to enforce the requirements, while others may ratify before they have full capacity.
Biodiversity and Geodiversity
Links between geodiversity and biodiversity - and some interesting examples for countries such as Colombia. K. E. Parks and M. Mulligan (2011) On the relationship between a resource based measure of geodiversity and broad scale biodiversity patterns Biodiversity and Conservation 19, Number 9, 2751-2766, DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9876-z