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Future Earth regional workshop for Europe: Final report

This workshop organised by the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, together with ICSU and ISSC, took place in Paris on 13-14 May 2013.

Vacancy: Research Scholar, Ecosystems Services and Management Program

At IIASA’s Ecosystems Services and Management (ESM) Program in Austria

Call for legal researchers to draft studies on innovative biodiversity laws

The Legal Preparedness for Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets program

Call for Abstracts for a special session on Marine environmental status and biodiversity

Deadline for abstracts submission: 15 January 2014

Anne Larigauderie appointed Head of Science in Society at ICSU and Anne-Helene Prieur-Richard appointed acting Executive Director of DIVERSITAS

DIVERSITAS wishes Anne the best in her new position!

DIVERSITAS Newsletter - 2013 #03 is now online!

Future Earth, IPBES, and much more...

Future Earth - GEC Community webinar (3rd July 2013)

Gathering the GEC project to discuss the implementation of the Future Earth Research Framework

Future Earth newsletter - July 2013

This is the latest from Future Earth, the research initiative on global sustainability

BiodivERsA / ERA-Net / FACCE-JPI call for research proposals

"Promoting synergies and reducing trade-offs between food supply, biodiversity and ecosystem services", call to be open in November

Remote Sensing Biodiversity survey online: invitation to participate!

User needs assessment: EO for Biodiversity and Conservation

Future Earth blog launched

This blog is intended to be a home for innovative ideas and essential reading for everyone engaged in global sustainability

Doctoral scholarship: "Valuation of Ecosystem Services in rural West Africa"

Deadline for application: 11 August 2013

Doctoral scholarship: "Forestry based Carbon Markets in rural West Africa"

Deadline for application: 11 August 2013

GMBA Newsletter July 2013 is issued

Global Mountain Diversity Assessment

EcoHealthNet held a successful workshop 2013

The 2013 workshop took place June 17th to June 21st, 2013 at the University of Minnesota, USA. This year’s workshop topic was on “One Health Approaches to Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases”. EcoHealthNet co-investigators Dr Jonathan Epstein (EcoHealth Alliance) and Dr Katey Pelican (University of Minnesota) led this workshop’s coordination and schedule of events.

GEOSS survey online: invitation to participate!

About the added value of the “GEOSS Data Collection of Open Resources for Everyone (GEOSS Data CORE)”. Deadline: 31 July 2013.

Call for expression of interest to host permanent secretariat of Future Earth

Interested parties are invited in this first stage of a three-step process to express their interest in hosting the permanent secretariat for Future Earth by 23 September

DIVERSITAS 2012-2013 Annual Report published!

This annual report presents DIVERSITAS' achievements in biodiversity science as well as DIVERSITAS' contributions to key assessment (IPBES), observations (GEO and GEO BON) and policy (CBD, UNFCCC) mechanisms. Highlights include news on the transition of DIVERSITAS into the new Future Earth programme, and contributions to the post Rio+20 discussions on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

GEO BON involved in EBVs development

The Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) is leading the development of a set of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs), akin to the GCOS Essential Climate Variables (ECVs)

IRDR Scientific Committee (SC) Membership Call for Nominations

Deadline for submission of nomination forms: 26 July 2013

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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