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.
Preparations for the first major meetings of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in late 2011 and early 2012 are underway. Expert meeting on IPBES and capacity building in Norway at the end of May - report is available in rough outline.
The UK National Ecosystem Assessment has just been published. This will tie in with the imminent publication of the new White Paper on environment and a new England biodiversity strategy.
