EPBRS/Biostrat meeting
EPBRS Meeting: “Targets for Biodiversity beyond 2010: research supporting policy“ Visby, Sweden 29th of September to 1st of October 2009
DetailsEDIT Summer School of Modern Taxonomy 2010
The EDIT Summer School of Modern Taxonomy 2010 will be held on the island of Madeira (Portugal) The main purpose of this summer school is to provide MSc- & PhD-level students with practical experience in modern taxonomy. To this end, in partnership with experienced taxonomists, field work will be accompanied by theory lectures to provide…
DetailsNetwork of Knowledge revised concept paper
October 2009 from EPBRS’s website A contribution of EPBRS to the discussions on a Network of Networks or Network of Knowledge in the context of an Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). For the past 4 years, scientists and policy makers round the globe have been discussing the creation of an intergovernmental group on…
DetailsLiving the high life is risky business for toads under threat from fungus
Midwife toads that live in the mountains are highly likely to die from a serious fungal infection, called chytridiomycosis, whereas their infected relatives in the lowlands are not, according to new research published today in Ecology Letters. The authors of the study, from Imperial College London, the Zoological Society of London and the BiodivERsA-project RACE,…
DetailsProjects recommended for funding: BiodivERsA joint call 2008
12 projects have been recommended for funding! Access to the projects page.
DetailsBiodivERsA Film
The BiodivERsA film is now here! The film highlights BiodivERsA’s objectives and achievements and showcases four of the projects funded by the BiodivERsA consortium : – Race : Risk Assessment of Chytridiomycosis to European amphibian biodiversity – LinkTree : Linking genetic variability with ecological responses to environmental changes: forest trees as model systems – Biomarks…
DetailsWorld Wetlands and BiodivERsA2
BiodivERsA2, from its Kick-off meeting on February 2nd in Lisbon, Portugal, wishes Ramsar another successful 40 years, and looks forward working with it and other biodiversity-related conventions to deliver sound evidence-based policies. Lisbon, Portugal, 1st and 2nd of February 2011 Following the successful application for a second-generation BiodivERsA ERA-Net, which started on 1st November 2010…
DetailsPEATBOG launches its website
http://www.egs.mmu.ac.uk/peatbog/
BiodivERsA Highlights and Project Booklets now available
BiodivERsA projects – call 2008 (pdf 3MB) BiodivERsA Highlights pdf (2MB)
DetailsLessons learned from the first call 2008
& learn more about the procedures to apply to our call “Conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and their biodiversity“ Lessons learned from the first call 2008 Graham Tebb (formerly from FWF) together with the assistance of some of the other partners has compiled a list of recommendations to assist future calls. For further BiodivERsA…
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