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bioSUSTAINABILITY project URBES "URban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services"

DIVERSITAS is pleased to announce that URBES was selected for funding by BiodivERsA.

bioGENESIS represented at the Evolution conference 2011

Active bioGENESIS presence through presidential address and post-conference blog.

The 2010 IGBP annual report is available

It provides a retrospective on the accomplishments of the past year, in addition to updates on their communications and synthesis efforts.

Publication: IHDP 2010 Annual Report

The Annual Report 2010 provides a comprehensive overview of IHDP’s mission and objectives as well as an extensive update on the latest activities and progress of IHDP’s global research network, its projects and partners.

bioDISCOVERY Publication: Kattge et al., Global Change Biology, June 2011

TRY - a global database of plant traits to promote biodiversity research and Earth system sciences.

Call for Abstracts for Planet under Pressure 2012

Abstract submission is now open for the Planet under Pressure Conference , 26-29 March 2012, London. The submission system remains open until Monday 19 September to allow for final late submissions.

Release of APN Newsletter Volume 17, Issue 2 (June 2011)

This issue highlights APN’s 16th IGM/SPG Meeting convened in Sri Lanka among other major APN activities. It also features a guest article by Carmen Scherkenbach from the International Human Dimensions Programme for Global Environmental Change (IHDP), on IHDP Executive Director Anantha Duraiappah’s new article on the future role of IPBES published in Science magazine.

Workshop : Building Resilience of Mountain Social-Ecological Systems to Global Change

The Mountain Research Initiative will bring together a small number of experts on social-ecological research and coupled human-natural system modeling in mountain regions around the world to participate in a synthesis workshop, Building Resilience of Mountain Social-Ecological Systems to Global Change. Under the leadership of Julia Klein (Colorado State University) and Anne Nolin (Oregon State University), the workshop will take place in April or May 2012 in Fort Collins, Colorado.

freshwaterBIODIVERSITY represented at the North American Benthological Society

DIVERSITAS freshwaterBIODIVERSITY project was represented (22-26 May 2011, Providence, Rhode Island, USA) with the following keynote presentations:

BioFRESH announces the launch of a major update of its freshwater data portal

 

DIWPA "News Letter No.24" is issued

 

bioDISCOVERY Novel Model Workshop

Participants enjoyed stimulating discussions at the bioDISCOVERY workshop in Portugal

Request for Bids to Host the IMBER Open Science Meeting in 2014

IMBER (Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research) is planning an Ocean Science Meeting (OSM) for 2014. IMBER is requesting bids to host the OSM. Expected participation is between 250 and 500 people. Bids should be submitted by 1 October 2011

DIVERSITAS is involved in the Rio+20 process

The UN Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Earth Summit 2012, or “Rio+20” will take place 4-6 June 2012.

New 10-year initiative on Earth System Science for Global Sustainability

DIVERSITAS is involved in discussions to build a new 10-year initiative on Earth System Science for Global Sustainability.

Publication: Rodriguez et al., 2010, Conservation Biology

Establishing IUCN Red List Criteria for Threatened Ecosystems

Publication: Reyers et al, 2010, Animal Conservation

Animal conservation and ecosystem services: garnering the support of mightier forces

Beyond 2010: Defining achievable new indicators and targets

Side event during the COP10, in Nagoya, 21 October 2010

Keynote Presentations in 2010

Main bioSUSTAINABILITY keynote presentations

GEO BON WG 6 Paris Workshop

The GEO BON working group 6, supported by bioDISCOVERY, met in Paris March 18-21 to review the framework for national tracking of ecosystem services.

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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