Biodiversity policy: comment on IPBES - biodiversity/policy interface

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Comment piece in Science on IPBES.  The UN agreed recently to the formation of the International Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Science-Policy Interface (IPBES) as a cross-cutting initiative to provide more effective integration of biodiversity science and policy. The article's authors argue for good definition of policy needs on appropriate geographical scales and point to the need to build capacity in science as part of the initiative.../more.../ The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Science-Policy Interface Charles Perrings, Anantha Duraiappah, Anne Larigauderie, and Harold Mooney Science 4 March 2011: 331 (6021), 1139-1140. Published online 17 February 2011 [DOI:10.1126/science.1202400] 

Organizations: 
IPBES
Themes: 
Biodiversity
Ecosystem services

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