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EPBRS Videos 2012: Biodiversity Research a key to our future!

EPBRS Documents

Strategy for Biodiversity Research in Europe

• Strategy for Biodiversity Research in Europe April 2010 (pdf)

 EPBRS - General documents

• EPBRS Flyer June 2009 (pdf)
• EPBRS Mission Statement (2007) (pdf)
• EPBRS in a nutshell (2004) (pdf)
• Mandate and Terms of Reference of the Steering Committee of the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (Version 2.0 - 2005) (pdf)
• Mandate and Terms of Reference of the Steering Committee of the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (2003) (pdf)
• Aims and objectives of the EPBRS (2003) (pdf)
• Biodiversity research issues of priority for Europe at the start of the 21st Century (pdf)
• Definitions of terms relating to biological diversity (doc)

Memorandum of understanding between EPBRS and DIVERSITAS

• MoU EPBRS & DIVERSITAS (doc)

EPBRS meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 16-19 November 2010

• Positive Visions for Biodiversity: A 21st Century Summit
• Translating "positive visions for biodiversity" into research practice

EPBRS meeting, Mallorca, Spain, 13-15 April 2010

• EPBRS Palma Declaration on Biodiversity research in the forthcoming 8th framework programme (pdf)
• Recommendations on Evolution and Biodiversity (pdf, 156kb)

EPBRS meeting,Visby, Sweden, 29 Sept-1 Oct 2009

•  EPBRS recommendations on targets for biodiversity beyond 2010 (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Průhonice, Czech Republic, 19-20 May 2009

• World biodiversity and European taxonomy. Strategies in taxonomy: research in a changing world (pdf, 156kb)

EPBRS meeting, Paris, France, 17-21 November 2008

• Biodiversity and Industry (pdf 34Kb)

EPBRS meeting, Brdo, Slovenia, 16-18 January 2008

• Water for Life: Research priorities for sustaining freshwater biodiversity (pdf 150Kb)

EPBRS meeting, Porto, Portugal, 7-9 November 2007

• Life on the Blue Planet: Biodiversity Research and the New European Marine Policies (full version -pdf)
• Life on the Blue Planet: Biodiversity Research and the New European Marine Policies (condensed version -pdf)
• Statement on "Marine Biodiversity Research in support of the EU Integrated Maritime Policy" (pdf, 150kb)

EPBRS meeting, Leipzig, Germany, 4-7 May 2007

• Biodiversity in the wider countryside (pdf)
• Biodiversity and ecosystem services: the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment framework in a European perspective (pdf)
• European biodiversity research and the global perspective (pdf)
• EPBRS Mission Statement (2007) (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Helsinki, Finland, 16-19 November 2006

• 2010 research recommendations (pdf)
• EPBRS Recommendations on Urban Ecology and Biodiversity (pdf)
• EPBRS recommendations on Biodiversity Education (pdf)
• Hanasaari Declaration on Biodiversity Research (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Vienna, Austria, 10-11 March 2006

• EPBRS Recommendations on Europe's Mountain Biodiversity: Research, Monitoring, Management (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Aviemore, UK, 2-5 October 2005

• EPBRS Recommendations on Climate change and biodiversity Conservation: knowledge needed to support development of integrated adaptation strategies (pdf)

EPBRS workshop, Brussels, Belgium, 18 April 2005

• Recommendations of the workshop on Innovative Research for Biodiversity Data Aquisition & Assessment (Word)

EPBRS meeting, Budapest, Hungary, 31 March - 4 April 2005

• EPBRS Recommendations on Landscape scale biodiversity assessment: the problem of scaling (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 10-13 December 2004

• EPBRS Recommendations on Research that Matters - Amsterdam Declaration (pdf)
• Recommendations of the working group on Biodiversity and Islands (pdf)
• Recommendations of the working group on Improving Science-Policy interfaces for biodiversity (pdf)
• Recommendations of the working group on Biodiversity and Tourism (pdf)
• Recommendations of the working group on Biodiversity and Trade (pdf)
• Biodiversity Research in the Technology Platforms (draft) (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Killarney, Ireland, 21-24 of May 2004

• Killarney Declaration and Recommendations on Biodiversity Research (pdf)
• EPBRS Recommendations on Sustaining Livelyhoods and Biodiversity (pdf)
• BAP Agriculture (pdf)
• BAP Conservation of Natural Resources (pdf)
• BAP Economic and Development Co-operation (pdf)
• BAP Fisheries (pdf)
• Communication of the European Commission to the Council and to the Parliament on a European Biodiversity Strategy (pdf)
• Review of Research, identification, monitoring and exchange of information in the European Biodiversity Strategy (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Florence, Italy, 20-24 November, 2003

• EPBRS Recommendations on Genetic Biodiversity in natural, agricultural and other economically used systems: measurement, understanding and management (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Bialowieza, Poland, 6-8 July 2003

• Recommendations of the working group on Biodiversity Research Strategy in the Acceding and Candidate Countries (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Mythimna, Greece, 23-26 May 2003

• EPBRS Recommendations 'Biotic Resources in a Changing World: Science for better Governance' (pdf)
• Recommendations of the Working Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change (pdf)
• Recommendations of the working group on Ecosystem Approach: Guidelines for Implementations (pdf)
• Recommendations of the working group on Medecin and Ecosystem Dynamics: Health, Disease and Bodiversity (pdf)
• Recommendations of the working group on the Design of National and European Biodiversity Indicators (pdf)
• Recommendations of the working group on Biodiversity and Protected Areas (pdf)
• Recommendations of the working group on Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (pdf)
• Recommendations of the working group on Sustainable Use of Biodiversity: Principles and Practice (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Silkeborg, Denmark, 4-6 October 2002

• EPBRS Recommendations 'Auditing the Ark Science based monitoring of biodiversity' (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Almeria, Spain 2002

• EPBRS Recommendations 'European Heritage under Threat: Biodiversity in Mediterranean Ecosystems' (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Brussels, Belgium 2001

• EPBRS Recommendations 'Scientific tools for biodiversity conservation: monitoring, modelling and experiments' (pdf)
• Proceedings of the EPBRS meeting 'Scientific tools for biodiversity conservation: monitoring, modelling and experiments' - Part 1 (pdf)
• Proceedings of the EPBRS meeting 'Scientific tools for biodiversity conservation: monitoring, modelling and experiments' - Part 2 (pdf)
• Proceedings of the EPBRS meeting 'Scientific tools for biodiversity conservation: monitoring, modelling and experiments' - Part 3 (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Sigtuna, Sweden 2001

• EPBRS Recommendations on Biodiversity of Freshwater and Forest - Science in Support of the Ecosystem Approach (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Montpellier, France 2000

• EPBRS Recommendations concerning THE BIOLOGY OF INVASIONS (pdf)
• The Biology of Invasions: Indicative list of topics of strategic importance (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal 2000

• EPBRS Recommendations on Islands and Archipelagos: European biodiversity issues seen from the Atlantic (pdf)
• Declaration of the Ponta Delgada meeting on biodiversity research (pdf)

EPBRS meeting, Ivalo, Finland 1999

• Statement to Environment Programme Committee concerning the outcome of the 'Northern Dimension of Biodiversity' Symposium (pdf)

FP6 documents

• Evaluation of the effectiveness of the New Instruments of Framework Programme VI (Midterm evaluation) (pdf)