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(e-conferences) are organised by BioStrat before each European Platform
for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS) meeting. Such e-conferences have
been organised since the 2001 EPBRS meeting in Sweden. For access to all
past e-conference proceedings please access the following links: http://www.edinburgh.ceh.ac.uk/biota/bioplatform_page.htm
and http://www.edinburgh.ceh.ac.uk/biota/BioStrat_page.htm
BioStrat e-conferences are usually held 5 to 6 weeks before the EPBRS meeting and cover the same topic as the meeting. Each e-conference announcement will be posted on this website well in advance of the e-conference start both on this page and under the News section. We greatly appreciate any help in disseminating the e-conference announcement to any colleagues you feel might be interested in taking part. You need to be registered on the WebBoard to take part in the e-conference. To register, please visit the WebBoard homepage: http://forums.ceh.ac.uk:8080/~biostrat/login. If you encounter any difficulties registering in this way please do not hesitate to email Fiona Grant on fian@ceh.ac.uk. For full guidelines on how to use the WebBoard for reading or posting messages please visit the following website: http://www.edinburgh.ceh.ac.uk/biota/guidelines_to_contributors.htm E-conferences usually last for three weeks, thereby allowing for maximum input from all participants. The importance of electronic conferences in the EPBRS process is the fact that they are open to all researchers, science policy makers, environmental policy makers, and even the public are welcomed to make comments and suggest research priorities on the topics discussed. This direct access ensures the widest possible stakeholder input to the further development of the European Biodiversity Research Strategy. At the end of all electronic conferences a full report of the e-conference is provided by the editorial team, including a preliminary set of recommendations for the EPBRS delegates to consider. A summary report of the electronic conferences is presented at a plenary session during the EPBRS meeting and, together with the national research reviews and plenary lectures, form the basis of discussions during EPBRS meetings. If you have any further questions regarding the e-conference please do not hesitate to contact Fiona Grant (fian@ceh.ac.uk).
Latest E-conference: "Evolution and Biodiversity: The evolutionary basis of biodiversity and its potential for adaptation to global change" - March 2010 (short report, long report)
Proceedings of past E-conferences: Targets for biodiversity beyond 2010: research supporting policy- September 2009 (short report, complete report) Strategies in Taxonomy: Research in a Changing World - April-May 2009 Economic dimension of biodiversity - 6th – 24th October 2008 (short report, complete report) European contribution to GEO BON - 1-5th September 2009 (short report; complete report) Water for life: Research priorities for sustaining freshwater biodiversity - 3rd - 19th December 2007 (short report; complete report) Life on the Blue Planet: Biodiversity research and the new European Marine Policies - 1st-19th October 2007 (for the short report please click here) Landscape scale biodiversity assessment: the problem of scaling - 7th- 23rd March 2005 Biodiversity Research that matters! - 8th-26th November 2004 Biotic resources in a changing world: science for better governance - 31st March- 23rd April 2003 Auditing the Ark- Science based monitoring of biodiversity - 5th-20th September 2002 (short report, complete report) Scientific responses to threats in Mediterranean ecosystems: conservation, restoration and mitigation - 15th-28th April 2002
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