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DIVERSITAS newsTell the President of Russia to stop the destruction of the Pavlovsk station. Background and DIVERSITAS letter to President Medvedev. Please sign the petition.
The DIVERSITAS Annual Report 2009/2010 is now out. Click here for the pdf.
bioGENESIS held a very susscessful symposium "Integrating evolution, ecology and biodiversity science" at the annual conference of the Association of Tropical Biology Conservation, 20-23 July, Bali, Indonesia.
Anne Larigauderie, Executive Director of DIVERSITAS, has been honoured by the French government for her work in international science. Anne was made Knight of the Legion of Honour during a ceremony at ICSU on Friday 25 June. The honour was conferred by Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, on behalf of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research of France. More...
DIVERSITAS with ESSP convened a session at the Global Media Forum on 21 June 2010 in Bonn, Germany. Full programme and ESSP session
Governments gave green light to IPBES on 11 June 2010 in Busan, Republic of Korea.
BUSAN outcome, Here
New UN science body to monitor biosphere, Nature 12 June 2010, More...
See UNEP press release, Here
DIVERSITAS/ICSU/IHDP opening statement, More...
Message from HA Mooney and A Larigauderie, More...
DIVERSITAS paper on IPBES, Here
Wanted: an IPCC for biodiversity: see Editorial Nature, 3 June 2010
IPBES web site, Here
The Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network, GEO BON, launched its Implementation Plan on 22 May 2010.
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DIVERSITAS invited to contribute to the UNFCCC-SBSTA 32 Dialogue on developments in research activities relevant to the needs of the Convention, 3 June 2010, Bonn, Germany; Presentation and Agenda.
DIVERSITAS co-organised four side events at CBD-SBSTTA 14: GBO-3, GBO-3 scenarios, GEO BON and IPBES.
DIVERSITAS at CBD-SBSTTA 14: Please see statements on mountain biodiversity, climate change, Global Taxonomy Initiative, Global Biodiversity Outlook-3, and 2020 Targets. Daily reports here
DIVERSITAS contribution to discussions on post 2010 targets:
G. Mace et al. 2010. Biodiversity targets after 2010. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. In press.
A Larigauderie, G.M. Mace, H.A. Mooney: Colour-coded targets would help clarify biodiversity priorities, 2010, Nature, vol. 464, no. 160.
CBD-COP10 Pre-Conference organised by DIVERSITAS Japan and S-CBD: Report
The Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) of DIVERSITAS released the Mountain Biodiversity Portal at CBD-SBSTTA 14, on 10 May, in collaboration with GBIF. Please see mountainbiodiversity.org; DIVERSITAS statement
The US National Committee for DIVERSITAS co-hosted with US-NAS, UNEP RONA and IUCN on 27 April in Washington, a consultation on IPBES for North America. Full report. Contact: Margaret Goud Collins
DIVERSITAS co-convened with the Government of Japan - Ministry of Environment, and Secretariat CBD, CBD-COP10 Pre-Conference, 21-22 March 2010, Nagoya, Japan. Programme; Long report; Short summary.
DIVERSITAS spoke at the Trondheim/UN Conference "Getting the biodiversity targets right - working for sustainable development", 1-5 February 2010 - Trondheim, Norway. More...
DIVERSITAS spoke at the UNESCO International Year of Biodiversity Science Policy Conference, 25-29 January 2010 - Paris, France. More...
With 700 participants from 70 countries the DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference 2 "Biodiversity and Society: Understanding connections, Adapting to change" was a great success!
DIVERSITAS welcomes Dr Cornelia Krug as the new Project Officer for bioDISCOVERY. The IPO is co-hosted by the DIVERSITAS Secretariat and by the University Paris-Orsay (Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution), France.
DIVERSITAS welcomes Thomas Bergendorff as the new Science Officer for bioSUSTAINABILITY. The IPO is hosted by the Stockholm Resilience Centre and Department of Systems Ecology at Stockholm University, Sweden.
DIVERSITAS welcomes Dr Makiko Mimura as the new Project Officer for bioGENESIS. The IPO is hosted by the Department of Biology at Kyusyu University, Japan.
New website for agroBIODIVERSITY. More...
DIVERSITAS welcomes Dr Ada Ignaciuk as the new Science Officer for the Earth System Science Partnership.
New composition of the DIVERSITAS National Committee in Norway. More...
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Upcoming events19-21 August 2010 - Stockholm Archipelago 21-22 August 2010 - Stockholm Archipelago 28-30 August 2010 - Kyushu University, Japan 8 September 2010 - Stockholm, Sweden DIVERSITAS is co-convening a seminar event at the World Water Week: International Year of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management - Science-Policy Interfaces Click here for more information Event description in the World Water Week Programme
September 2010: Launch of the French version of the GBO3 technical report. The FRB (Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité) provided a French translation of the Technical Report no 50, prepared for the GBO3, which will be launched in September 2010 at the Institut d'Océanographie, Paris, France. At the same time, the FRB will launch a call for research projects under its programme "Scénarios et modélisation de la biodiversité".
DIVERSITAS publications
The DIVERSITAS newsletter no. 14 - May 2010 is now out. Click here for the pdf.
The latest issue (vol 2, issues 1-2, pages 1-126, May 2010) of the new ESSP journal, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, co-edited by A Larigauderie and HA Mooney, is entirely dedicated to Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being. Please see all papers here.
G. Mace et al. 2010. Biodiversity targets after 2010. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. In press.
Larigauderie & Mooney. The Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: moving a step closer to an IPCC-like mechanism for biodiversity. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. In press.
A. Larigauderie, G.M. Mace, H.A. Mooney: Colour-coded targets would help clarify biodiversity priorities, 2010, Nature, vol. 464, no. 160.
R. Leemans et al.: Developing a common strategy for integrative global environmental change research and outreach: the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP), 2009, COSUST, vol. 1, pp. 4-13.
H. Mooney et al.: Biodiversity, climate change and ecosystem services, 2009, COSUST, vol. 1, pp. 46-54.
S. Diaz et al.: Biodiversity in forest carbon sequestration initiatives: not just a side benefit, 2009, COSUST, vol. 1, pp. 55-60.
H. Mooney, G. Mace: Biodiversity Policy Challenges, Science editorial, 2009, Science, vol. 325, no. 5947, p. 1474.
S. Naeem, D.E. Bunker, A. Hector, M. Loreau and C. Perrings (eds.): Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing - An Ecological and Economic Perspective, 2009, Oxford University Press.
SCOPE/DIVERSITAS, O. Sala, L. Meyerson, C. Parmesan: Biodiversity Change and Human Health - From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease, 2009,
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The study "Biodiversity Scenarios: Projections of 21st century change in biodiversity and associated ecosystem services", by Paul Leadley et al. (co-Chair bioDISCOVERY), coordinated by DIVERSITAS, UNEP-WCMC, and the Secretariat of the CBD, was released, as part of the Global Biodiversity Outlook-3, GBO-3, by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 10 May at CBD-SBSTTA 14 in Nairobi. Download Report here.
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