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IUCN has published a review of biodiversity in the overseas territories ("entities") of EU countries - recommendations for an integrated EU policy.
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Just posted on the secretariat website - the review of the Census of Marine Life - lessons learnt.
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Launch today of a new All-Party Parliamentary Group for Biodversity, bringing together a range of parliamentary and other interests.
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Recent paper from Cheng et al in PNAS on using museum collections of formalin-preserved amphibia to investigate chytrid epidemics. Commentary from Lips. Linked in terms of techniques to Barry Clarke's work in the NHM. References/....more
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UK government Foresight report (so horizon scanning/assessment) published in July 2011 on the International Dimensions of Climate Change, together with a wide range of supporting evidence reports.
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Good video talk from Rod Page on phylogeography visualisation and other innovation at VIZBI 2011. New possibilities for presenting and engaging with scientific ideas and data - I want one of those video walls in the galleries!
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Another facet to the public engagement/science in society/citizen science complex of activities - science shops, which have apparently been around since the 1970s with an international network. The idea seems to be to develop an interface at which the public can request/participate in/engage with research with a research provider such as a university. ScienceWise ERC provides news on a new EU injection of funds.
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Useful Biodiversity Economics website from IUCN/WWF
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UNDP/GEF report on biodiversity markets - offset and related initatives.
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There was an IPBES capacity building workshop in Trondheim in late May 2011 - summary from IIED, but link to report was not working initially.