UK BRAG News
Further information on the workshop looking at "Mechanisms for filling knowledge gaps for Biodiversity Action Plan species" and also on the BES-UK BRAG event on Ecosystem Services.
Defra have published a consultation on a new soil strategy. The deadline for responses is 28th June 2008.
Defra had issued a call for expressions of interest in their Biodiversity Research and Evidence Programme. The deadline for returns is Friday 2nd May 2008.
The British Council's Researcher Exchange Programme is aimed at supporting links between postdoctoral researchers in the UK and in other countries. The deadline for 2008 proposals is 2nd July.
The Collaboration for Environmental Evidence is a partnership between scientists and managers working towards a sustainable global environment and the conservation of biodiversity.
The Natural Environment Research Council (UK) invites proposals for activities to strengthen research capacity to tackle the complex problems associated with the sustainable management of ecosystems for poverty reduction.
UK BRAG proposes to work in partnership with the Biodiversity Reporting & Information Group (BRIG), to form an expert group which will make recommendations on how to implement research actions for UK BAP species and habitats.
The UK Network of Environmental Economists (UKNEE) is pleased to announce that envecon 2008: Applied Environmental Economics Conference will take place on Friday 14th March 2008, at The Royal Society in London
What does ecological economics mean to you? What does this rapdily developing discipline have to offer biodiversity conservation? How does it differ from environmental economics? Want to find out more?
The presentations from the joint Royal Society and GBSC workshop: Biodiversity - climate interactions: adaptation, mitigation and human livelihoods are now available