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Call for evidence: the Royal Society project: Human resilience to climate change and disasters

Deadline for submissions of evidence: 5 November 2013.

DIVERSITAS at 2013 INTECOL/BES congress

From 18 – 23 August 2013, the International Association for Ecology (INTECOL) and the British Ecological Society (BES) held a joint congres as part of the centenary celebrations of the BES. DIVERSITAS scientists joined more than 2000 scientists from around the world in the congress themed "advancing ecology and making it count".

bioDISCOVERY: the TRY initiative is gaining recognition

The TRY initiative held at symposium on plant functional ecology and vegetation modelling at the INTECOL/BES congress, and on 19 August 2013, Sandra Diaz, SC DIVERSITAS member and TRY co-learder, gave a plenary lecture. The first week of September, the TRY initiative held its 5th workshop at iDIV, Leipzig, Germany.

2014 EU Prize for Women Innovators

The contest is open until 15 October 2013, 5:00 pm (Brussels time)

IHDP Writing Contest on "Beyond GDP" Is Now Open

Deadline: 15 October 2013

Call for Applications: 2014 Conservation Leadership Programme Awards

Deadline: 11th November 2013

DIVERSITAS - bioSUSTAINABILITY book: scientific analysis & assessment of cities

Elmqvist T, Fragkias M, Goodness J, Güneralp B, Marcotullio PJ, McDonald RI, Parnell S, Schewenius M, Sendstad M, Seto KC and Wilkinson C. 2013. Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities - A Global Assessment. Springer. New York. 755p.

PhD and postdoc Fellowships in marine system modelling at OGS, Trieste, Italy

Deadline for application: 16 september 2013

Grant: Recent Doctoral Candidate to work with the Stockholm Resilience Center and Bioversity International

For the Swedish Research Council Formus call for "Supporting sustainable development in low income countries" (mobility grant for young researchers).

IPBES - Pan-European stakeholder consultation to support the intersessional process

Following the July 2013 meeting in Leipzig, Germany

GWSP Global Water News special issue published

"Human beings are undermining our own water security. That much we know - do we know enough to avoid disaster?"

Joint SESYNC-UFZ-sDiv call on "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services"

Submission deadline: 9 October 2013

OA-ICC new website and news stream

Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA-ICC)

Christensen Fund Grants

Deadline (African Rift Valley, Mexico, Central Asia): 31 August 2013 - Deadline (Asia Pacific): 31 September 2013 - Offered multiple times during the year

USAID Development Grants

Offered multiple times during the year

Small Grants Programme India: Call for Proposals

Offered multiple times during the year

EcoHealth Alliance 2012 annual report published

 

Call for applications: WZB-ISSC Global Fellowship

Deadline for applications is 15 September 2013

Blog post from A Hendry, Chair, SC-bioGENESIS

"Eco-evolutionary medicine: why cancer is different" in Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics blog

A short note of farewell to the DIVERSITAS community by Anne Larigauderie

I am grateful to the thousands of scientists who have invested their time freely and continue to do so in DIVERSITAS. I am also indebted to my Colleagues at the DIVERSITAS Secretariat. Small teams of dedicated and fun Professionals can move mountains!

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2nd International UGEC Conference: Urban Transitions and Transformations: Science, Synthesis and Policy

The Call for Abstracts will continue until March 30th. Early Bird Registration will go until June 15th.

EU-project SCALES: free ebook on Scaling in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation