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NHM Science Strategy - All
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SCORE is a partnership of organisations with interests in science education policy in the UK - the Association for Science Education, the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute of Physics and the Society for Biology. It has published a report on Mathematics in Science, looking at the maths covered in 16-18 science education in particular.
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Biodiversa is an EU FP7-funded ERA network of biodiversity research funders - joint calls for biodiversity research, strategic collaboration and more. Partners are: more
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The Planet Under Pressure conference was held in London in March 2012 - originating from IGBP, Diversitas, IHDP, WCRP and a range of other partners. Outputs included the preliminary launch of the Future Earth initiative and a State of the Planet declaration which calls for greater integration of science, assess
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National Academies Press has published Ecosystem Services: Charting a Path to Sustainability. The report is a summary of a conference in which various working groups looked at a range of services and policy issues, including valuation, from a primarily USA perspective. Part of the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative - multidisciplinary forward perspectives in various areas.
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The Royal Society has issued a report People and the Planet - a view of population, consumption, poverty and prospects for development
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The CBD's scientific advisory mechanism SBSTTA 16 is meeting 30 April - 5 May 2012. Strong emphasis on marine, but covers also REDD+, Global Taxonomy Initiative, Global Biodiversity Outlook, Geoengineering and emerging issues.
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The 2011 GBIF report is published, with an overview of progress over the past decade. One area where progress has been less than hoped is digitisaion of the larger collections, although the various innovative approaches are noted.
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ICSU has been developing a strategic framework for earth system research over the past 3 years - summarised on the Earth System Visioning site. To meet the ICSU Grand Challenges for research and the Belmont Challenge, Future Earth has bee
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AfriBES/AfriSEB is an information sharing and networking mechanism for biodiversity and ecosystem services in Africa. Supported by the French CIRAD (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement).