On the 25th September 2012, the 11th plenary session of the ENCA provided leaders of Europe’s Nature Conservation Agencies the opportunity to reflect on biodiversity challenges and the benefits of nature conservation. The ENCA plenary was addressed by European Commissioner for the Environment Janez Potočnik,
The Royal Society are organising a scheme for academic scientists who want to work on a collaborative project with industry, and for scientists in industry who want to work on a collaborative project with an academic organisation. It aims to enhance knowledge transfer in science
The Valuing Nature Network (VNN) event will highlight successes from the Network, including insights into partnership working between academia, policy and business; and the benefits of working across academic disciplines. In a series of short talks, Network speakers will show how the current Valuing Nature
Natural England is inviting applications for tenders to carry out a Green Infrastructure Valuation Tools Assessment. The aim of this project is to draw together and review the micro-economic Green Infrastructure (GI) valuation tools and the methods available. This project, 'GI - valuation tools assessment' will draw
A new report published by the Partnership for European Environmental Research network (PEER), including the JRC's Institute for Environment and Sustainability, provides case studies on scenarios and monetary valuation for ecosystem services. It also demonstrated how the introduction of the ecosystem services concept into the
A new POSTnote from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology published online this week explores two approaches to managing land for balancing nature conservation with sustainable food production. The POSTnote Balancing Nature and Agriculture, compares 'land sharing' (the integration of agricultural objectives and wildlife benefits on
The Society of Biology is looking to recruit Members and Chairs from both industry and academia for their Degree Accreditation Assessment Panel. Following a pilot which concluded in March 2012, involving the successful accreditation of four degree programmes, the Society of Biology is now looking to
