E-conference: research supporting policy
9 September 2009. The European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS) and BioStrat invite you to participate in the electronic conference “Targets for biodiversity beyond 2010 – research supporting policy”. The conference will be running until 16 September 2009, so hurry up and give your contribution!
The challenge for the e-conference is three-fold:
- To assess the appropriateness of a global target to halt or reduce biodiversity loss;
- To review the existing set of goals and sub-targets and to propose new targets;
- To comment on the natural and social science research needed to verify such targets and the indicators necessary for monitoring them.
The e-conference addresses three questions, one per week of the conference:
- How can we use the experience of the existing 2010 Biodiversity Target and its goals, sub-targets and indicators to set updated (or new) rigorous, balanced and legitimate target(s) and indicator(s) post-2010?
- What research do we need to set and monitor biodiversity targets for the future, and the subsequent management of biodiversity?
- Are there specific conflicts between existing or potential goals, sub-targets and targets or their associated indicators for biodiversity change?
In addressing these three questions, a cross-cutting theme is to identify communication needs to ensure messages get across to decision makers and the wider public.
The results of the e-conference will be presented and discussed at the EPBRS delegates meeting in Visby, Sweden, from 29 September to 1 October 2009.
Subscribe to the electronic conference by filling in the subscription form available at: www.nbu.ac.uk/biota/e-conference.htm or directly on the WebBoard on: http://forums.ceh.ac.uk:8080/~BioStrat/login.
