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GWSP publication: "The Global Water System in the Anthropocene – Challenges for Science and Governance"

Book launch event on 16th of September 2014.

MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2014 attributed to Dr Kamal Bawa

Dr Kamal Bawa a former SC-Member of agroBIODIVERSITY has won the MIDORY Prize for BIODIVERSITY 2014.

Third sDiv call for Workshops, Postdocs and Sabbaticals is open!

The third call for Workshops, Postdocs and Sabbaticals at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity research is now open.

ecoHEALTH Post on Eco Links to Ebola Crisis

ecoHEALTH has just released a post on the Future Blog about the current Ebola crisis.

GEO BON Publication: “ The Biodiversity Observation Network in Asia-Pacific Region: Integrative Observations and Assessments”

This book published by AP-BON includes many contributions from the DIVERSITAS community including bioGENESIS and DIWPA.

DIVERSITAS publication: Approaches to defining a planetary boundary for biodiversity

Read the Mace et al. paper in Global Envrionmental Change "Planetary boundaries: how to define a biodiversity boundary?"

DIVERSITAS Publication: DIWPA Newsletter No.31

DIVERSITAS in Western and Pacific Asia published in August 2014 its 31st Newsletter.

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

The EU project SCALES is coming to an end. As a final product, a book on Scaling in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation is being published.

DIVERSITAS Publication: ABS in the LAC region

Outcomes of a science-policy dialog on Access and Benefit Sharing in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Mr Hiroshi Tsujihara takes over the position of APN Secretariat Director

DIVERSITAS welcomes Mr. Hiroshi Tsujihara as new Director of APN Secretariat to lead the implementation of the Network’s strategic activities in the run-up to a new five-year strategic phase.

The Nagoya Protocol receives ratifications from 51 parties

Required number of ratifications reached to enter into force!

Future Earth to get globally distributed secretariat

The announcement came today from the International Council for Science, on behalf of the members of the Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability.

DIVERSITAS activities at SBSTTA 18 (23-27 June 2014, Montreal, Canada)

DIVERSITAS and its partners held a number of activities prior and during SBSTTA18 of CBD, which took place 23 - 27 June 2014.

DIVERSITAS publication: A climate-based model to predict potential treeline position around the globe

A GMBA publication from Paulsen and Korner in Alpine Botany.

DIVERSITAS publication in Nature from the endorsed The BioCycle project

Handa et al. 2014. Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes.

bioDISCOVERY Scientific Committee

DIVERSITAS is pleased to announce the nomination of new members on the SC-bioDISCOVERY and welcomes them in the DIVERSITAS/Future Earth community.

bioGENESIS Scientific Committee

DIVERSITAS is pleased to announce the nomination of new members on the SC-bioGENESIS and welcome them in the DIVERSITAS/Future Earth community

ecoHEALTH Scientific Committee

DIVERSITAS is pleased to announce the nomination of new members on the SC-ecoHEALTH

ecoSERVICES helps define priorities for research under Future Earth

Participation of Berta Martin-Lopez, member of the SSC-ecoSERVICES

UNU-IHDP Executive Director appointed as Director of new UNESCO institute

The DIVERSITAS community congratulates you for this appointment and wish you a lot of success!

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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