Countdown 2010 Newsletter

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The Countdown 2010 Newsletter appears bi-monthly to inform and engage partners and other interested organizations on action around the 2010 biodiversity target. Sign on here – or browse the latest issues below.

March 2008

• Feature: Forests and Nature
  • Facts and figures on Forests
  • Forest management: Close to Nature
  • Forests at CBD COP
  • Reporting Forests for 2010
  • Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Ecosystem Degradation
• State of Biodiversity: Biodiversity loss is serious, say Europeans
• Focus on… Rome
• Countdown 2010: Partners Assembly on May 22

January 2008

• Feature: One look back, two looks ahead
  • 2007: A year in the life of Countdown 2010
  • May 2008: 9th Conference of the Parties | Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP9)
  • October 2008: World Conservation Congress
• Do it yourself: Assess the Economics of Biodiversity Loss
• State of Biodiversity: The global amphibian crisis
• Focus on… North Rhine-Westphalia
• Countdown 2010: Advisory Board and Staff Changes

November 2007

• Feature: Assessing Progress towards 2010
  • Halting the loss: How Europe measures Biodiversity
  • Global Progress on 2010 Indicators
  • National reporting on the 2010 biodiversity target
  • The Countdown 2010 Readiness Assessment
• State of Biodiversity: European conservation works
• Down to Earth: Local Action for Biodiversity
• Internal: IUCN Pan-European Programme 2009-2012
• Focus on… European Habitats Forum

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September 2007

• Feature: Global Action on Biodiversity
  • Countdown 2010 in South America
  • Countdown 2010 in Southern Africa
  • Countdown 2010 in Eastern Europe
  • Countdown 2010 in Asia
  • Outlooks
• Do it yourself: Rate your country’s performance on biodiversity!
• State of Biodiversity: the Encyclopedia of Life
• Internal: New faces at Countdown 2010
• Focus on… National Park Thayatal

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July 2007

• Feature: Drivers of Biodiversity Loss
  • What destroys biodiversity
  • Humanity, the manipulator
  • Systems of sustainability
• Do it yourself: Travel in a sustainable manner
• State of Biodiversity: European Mammals Assessment
• Down to Earth: the Basque country and biodiversity
• Internal: New Advisory Board
• Focus on… A Rocha

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May 2007

• Feature on Business and Biodiversity
  • The Business Case for Biodiversity
  • Ecologies of Scale
  • How to Green your Business
  • Responsible and Accountable
  • Portuguese-EU Initiative on Business and Biodiversity
• Do it yourself: Celebrate Biodiversity Day
• State of Biodiversity: Biodiversity and Climate Change
• Down to Earth: Model Regions to Boost Local Action on Biodiversity
• Internal: Partners Assembly and Survey
• Focus on… Business in Portugal

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March 2007

• Feature on Marine Biodiversity
  • Expert Workshop: Countdown 2010 for Marine Ecosystems
  • Towards an EU-wide maritime policy
  • Marine protected areas in action
• Do it yourself: What fish to eat
• State of Biodiversity: Wellbeing through wildlife
• Internal: Countdown 2010 – a truly global initiative!
• Focus on… parks and tourism

January 2007

• Feature on Biodiversity and the European Union
  • European Council welcomes Biodiversity Communication
  • European Parliament Report on 2010 target by April
  • Regions and Civil Society
  • European Commission implements Action Plan
• State of biodiversity: Likely Decline of European Biodiversity between now and 2030
• Do it yourself: Reduce your own impact on biodiversity
• Internal: New Countdown 2010 Website and International Material
• Focus on… Parco Nazionale Arcipelago di La Maddalena

November 2006

• Feature on Building Partnerships for Biodiversity
  • Many small steps: Building Partnerships for Biodiversity
  • Wanted: A new vision for nature in Europe
  • Global challenges, and European responsibilities
  • Global challenges, global partnerships
  • Local action on biodiversity
• State of Biodiversity: What we know, and what we may do about it
• Do it yourself: Use Countdown 2010 Communication Material to promote the 2010 biodiversity target
• Internal: Countdown 2010 Executive Group Changes Name
• Focus on… the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (IEEM)

September 2006

• Feature on Biodiversity and Development
  • Biodiversity in European Development Cooperation
  • A decisive moment in the history of the 2010 biodiversity target
  • Countdown 2010 going global?
• Neither fish nor fowl: Biodiversity’s treasures in danger
• Do it yourself… Get your country to join Countdown 2010
• Focus on… Black Country Living Landscape
• Welcome to new staff!

June 2006

• The EU’s Biodiversity Communication launched on International Biodiversity Day
• Observations from Green Week 2006 – Biodiversity is Life!
• Plan – Act – Review: Countdown 2010 and Assessment
• Steering ahead. Partners of Countdown 2010 meet in Brussels
• Do it yourself! Include the 2010 biodiversity target in the MDGs
• Focus on… Georgian Centre for the Conservation of Wildlife

April 2006

• 2010 @ the Convention on Biological Diversity
• 4th Biodiversity in Europe Conference
• Making development cooperation work for biodiversity
• Working together to save biodiversity in the Caucasus
• Study warns of drastic biodiversity loss
• Focus on… SVS/BirdLife Switzerland

January 2006

• Editorial: About Countdown 2010 and its latest developments
• Measuring progress: The Countdown 2010 Assessment Toolkit
• Become a Partner now: Sign the Declaration to save biodiversity by 2010!
• Have your say: Contribute to the Consultation on the European Commission’s Biodiversity Communication
• Act globally: The 2010 biodiversity target and the rest of the world
• Act locally: Local governments joining the Countdown 2010 alliance – the example of Tilburg
• Countdown 2010: Four Challenges for Four Years