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The UN General Assembly is currently in session but it is not clear yet whether the Intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services will make it onto the agenda - the decision has been postponed for the present. Paper number A/65/191 is the one that summarises the Busan outcome.
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Interesting paper from Alroy et al. and perspective from Marshall in Science on long-term shifts in marine biodiversity using collections data on the Paleobiology Database, to which Susanne Feist-Burkhardt and Andrew Smith contributed.
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The Interacademy Council has produced a review of IPCC that will be considered in Busan in October. Interesting to consider possible implications for the development of the possible Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) - if the General Assembly decide to proceed with this. Review is available from IAC and the Royal Society website. /...
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The Royal Society has produced a report on the state of science and maths education in the UK from KS1-KS3. Predictably, too few specialist teachers, too little CPD, negative effects of testing, and inadequate policy. /...
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The latest news update (64, August 2010) from CaSE (the Campaign for Science and Engineering) has an article from Catherine Marston from Universities UK on proposed changes to UK immigration rules that will create difficulties for research employers. /...
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In short, the UK government is planning to cap the number of migrants in Tiers 1 and 2 of the points-based immigration system from April 2011, with a temporary cap from July 2010.
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Georgina Mace et al.
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Paper in Science - now some time ago in May, but worth a reminder: Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines, Butchart et al. Science 28 May 2010: Vol. 328. no. 5982, pp. 1164 - 1168 DOI: 10.1126/science.1187512
In summary, the authors compiled 31 indicators to report on progress toward the 2010 target.
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The ninth of the 10 messages from the European Environment Agency on 2010 has just been published online - Coastal Ecosystems. Good overview of state of the environment, issues and related policies /...
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The UK Environmental Change Network, Natural History Museum and CEH are organising a conference 16-17 November 2010 - Beyond 2010: strategies for understanding and responding to long-term trends in UK biodiversity..../
/... The conference has speakers planned from a whole range of UK science/biodiversity institutions and aims to
1) consider current and likely future national requirements for biodiversity monitoring and research;