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This page contains various global change announcements listed based on the dates they were posted on the APN website and not on the dates the information was gathered/compiled or sent to the APN information account. It is regularly updated and you may no longer find below those events that have taken place.

-11 March 2010

A new book "Ecological Studies and the State of the Ecosystem of Amursky Bay and the Estuarine Zone of the Razdolnaya River ( Sea of Japan ) - Volume 2" is now available. This collective monograph contains results of ecological studies of Amursky Bay and adjacent areas conducted as a part of the international projects "Climate variability and human activities in relation to Northeast Asia land-ocean interactions and their implications for coastal zone management" and "Marine biodiversity of the coastal zones in the Northwest Pacific: Status, regional threats, expected changes and conservation" supported by the APN. Please click here to view the list of contents.

“Resilient Cities 2010” - the first annual global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change organized by ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability and the City of Bonn
The congress will be held from 28 to 30 May 2010 in Bonn, Germany, between the Carbon Expo in Cologne (26-28 May 2010) and the UN Climate Talks in Bonn (31 May - 11 June 2010).
Click here to download the Congress February Update and find the latest information about this event. Online-registration is now open: www.iclei.org/bonn2010/registration. Contact the Congress Secretariat at bonn2010@iclei.org

-08 March 2010
Call for short papers: IT APN Conference “Experiments, system innovation and sustainability transitions in Asia”, 15-17 July 2010, AMARI Rincome Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Short papers should be submitted to it-apn2010@ivm.vu.nl by 30 April 2010.The Conference Committee will provide decisions on selected abstracts by 30 May 2010. All accepted papers will be made available on the conference website: www.sea-user.org/it-apn2010/ prior to the meeting. For more information, please click here to download the conference brochure.

-05 March 2010
Call for Abstracts: International Conference on Forestry Education and Research for the Asia-Pacific Region, 23-25 November 2010, Manila, Philippines. This year, the College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines in Los Baños is celebrating its 100th year.  In line with this, they are organising the said conference with the theme: FORESTRY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH RESPONDING TO CHANGING NEEDS.  For more information, please click here to download the conference brochure or visit the conference website:

-04 March 2010
Call for Applications for "Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Urban Development Planning for Asian Coastal Cities" has been extended to 20 March 2010
The workshop is organized by the Southeast Asia START Regional Center (SEA-START) and the East-West Center with support from the APN. The workshop will be held 23 August - 1 September 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. For more information about the workshop and the application process, please download the document or visit the website.

Call for Applications/Papers
ESF-FMSH Conference in partnership with UPCAM "Global Change Research II: Environmental Crisis, Energy Issues and Global Regulation Policies" will be held in IGESA, Porquerolles Island, France on 11-16 June 2010. Closing date for applications is 19 March 2010. Full conference programme and application form are accessible online from www.esf.org/conferences/10333. Contact Anne Blondeel-Oman at ablondeel@esf.org.

-3 March 2010
APN Regional Workshop on Preliminary Research Results: Assessment of Food and Water Security in South-Asia under a Changing Climate Using Crop Simulation and Water Management Models, and Identification of Appropriate Strategies for Adaptation to Meet Future Demands, March 08-12, 2010, Hotel Crown Plaza, Islamabad, Pakistan
For more information, click here.

The latest volume of the CBD REDD & Biodiversity Newsletter is now available for download. The aim of this e-Newsletter is to inform CBD National Focal Points and CBD partners about biodiversity aspects in relation to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD-plus).

-01 March 2010
Storm Surges Congress 2010 "Risk and Management of current and future Storm Surges"
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) and GKSS Research Centre would like to invite you to the Storm Surges Congress on Risk and Management of current and future Storm Surges. The Storm Surges Congress 2010 will take place from 13 – 17 September 2010 at the University of Hamburg, Germany. For detailed information and session content please visit the conference website: or click here to find the flyer.

-25 February 2010
Report of the UN CSD Education Caucus from COP 15
Here is a link to the UN CSD Education Caucus, Copenhagen Team Report on UN Climate Change Conference, December 7-19, 2009. Please visit: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pjpunt/cop15/web/. Any comments and recommendations are welcome.

Managing Transitions to Sustainable Communities and Regions, June 14-18, Ithaca, NY
A workshop is being organized for early career scholars and professionals on all aspects of managing transitions to sustainable communities and regions--systems engineering, project management, simulation modeling, forecasting, computation and visualization, and political mobilization. They will accept ~20 participants, and provide travel, and local support. Please send a CV, letter of recommendation, statement of interest (<1 page) to apply by March 1, 2010 to CCSF-SummerInst@cornell.edu. This workshop is sponsored by the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future (http://www.sustainablefuture.cornell.edu/index.php) and AIMES Young Scholars Network (http://www.aimes.ucar.edu/ysn/ ). For further information, please click here.

-24 February 2010
The 2010 ProSPER.Net-Scopus Young Scientist Awards in Sustainable Development are open for applications and nominations. This year the awards will be given to young scientists, based in the Asia Pacific region, who have made significant contributions to the field of Sustainable Development in any of four areas: Energy, Water, Agriculture & Food Security, and Economics, Business & Management. The award is open to those engaged in graduate education and research activities that emphasize sustainable development in any of the above four areas. Nominations and applications are open starting 23 December 2009 and will close at midnight GMT on 3 May 2010. Read more or contact ProSPER.Net-Scopus Awards Secretariat - ysa@ias.unu.edu.

-22 February 2010
The SARAP (South Asia Rapid Assessment Project) book volume entited "Global Environmental Changes in South Asia: A Regional Perspective" has now been published. A number of South Asian researchers have contributed in this publication in the form of various chapters.This activity was initiated by the START under MAIRS programme and APN by providing financial support under CAPaBLE project (CBA2006-09NSY-Raha) for a "Scoping Workshop in South Asia Rapid Assessment Project (SARAP) Result for Designing Future Research Agenda and Capacity Building Requirements". You may view the cover page here .

-18 February 2010
Mekong Environment and Climate Symposium 2010 at Phan Thiet city (Mui Ne beach), Viet Nam, 26-27 April 2010. For more information, please email Mr. Sukthawee Suwannachairop at Sukthawee@mrcmekong.org or visit their official website .

-16 February 2010
The Book "It Has to be CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY" by Uchita de Zoysa has been released. For further information, please visit :http://climatesustainability.blogspot.com/. Also see his review article published in Daily News paper in Sri Lanka.

-15 February 2010
ICSU calls for input: Grand Challenges in Global Sustainable Research
The International Council for Science (ICSU) is requesting community input on the proposed Grand Challenges in Global Sustainable Research. This global initiative intends to guide and stimulate scientific research on global change and global sustainability over the next decade. Input is requested until 21 Feb 2010. Online information available at: http://www.icsu-visioning.org/

Extension of the UGEC 2010 abstract and session submission deadline to 15 April 2010
The extension is intended for wider international circulation of the two conference announcements (UGEC and GLP). The deadline for early bird registrations is also extended to 15 June – registration page will open within the next few days.

Read their latest news in the UGEC e-Newsletter, which can be downloaded here: http://ugec.org/docs/E-newsletter%20Issue%2013.pdf.

-04 February 2010
Ecosystem Services Management in Asia (ECOSMAG) Synthesis Meeting at United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS), 25 – 26 FEB 2010, Japan
With primary funding from APN, ECOSMAG was established to improve our understanding of the impacts of land management on ecosystem services provided by upper tributary watersheds. The current meeting will deliberate research findings to date, share concrete results on ECOSMAG and related activities in Asia and discuss outstanding research implementation challenges.
Participation in the meeting is free and open to the public. To confirm attendance, please send an e-mail message to Ms Wendy Elliott at elliott@ias.unu.edu. Please click here to download the program.

-02 February 2010
APN Call for Poster Presentation Abstracts in Global Change Research. On the occasion of its 15th Inter-Governmental Meeting (IGM) and Scientific Planning Group (SPG) Meeting, which is officially being hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Government of the Republic of Korea, at the APEC Centre for Climate Change, Busan, Republic of Korea; the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) will convene a “Networking Poster Session” during this event, being held from 15th to 19th March 2010.

The Networking Poster Session will be held on Wednesday 17th March (16:30-18:30) and will provide up to 20 young scientists with an opportunity to display and present their research work to invited esteemed members of the scientific and policy communities from within and outside of the Asia-Pacific region.

Posters will be judged by the APN’s government-appointed national Focal Points of 21 member countries with assistance from their national SPG Members and the winning poster will have the opportunity to present a 20-minute PowerPoint presentation to the 15th IGM/SPG Meeting on Friday 19th March 2010.

For more information please download the announcement.

(CALL FOR PAPERS) Governing and Implementing REDD+ for a special section of a leading international journal in environmental science and policy. This Call for Papers is now open and will close on 28 February 2010 (12 pm GMT). The Call will be circulated and advertised widely. Interested applicants should send a long abstract of their paper (up to 1,000 words), or their draft paper if available, to all three editors at e.corbera@uea.ac.uk, heike.schroeder@ouce.ox.ac.uk and oliver.springate@uea.ac.uk. Applicants must be committed to submit a full paper (up to 8,000 words) by the 30th of April 2010. The paper should not have been submitted elsewhere before. 4 - 6 papers will be chosen among all the received contributions according to quality and relevance. A geographical balance of contributors and case studies will also be pursued in the selection process. Selected papers for the Section will be submitted for peer-review to a leading international journal in environmental science and policy in May 2010. For more details please download the announcement in pdf form.

Global Water Partnership (GWP) is seeking nominations for its Steering Committee (SC). Four positions will become vacant after the next Steering Committee Meeting in May 2010. For more details, please see the invitation to nominate here: http://www.gwpforum.org/gwp/library/Invitation_GWP_SC_members_2010.pdf

International Workshop - Call for Applications. "Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Urban Development Planning for Asian Coastal Cities”. Co-organised by SEA-START and The East-West Center and sponsored by APN, 23 August – 1 September 2010, Bangkok, Thailand. For more information about the workshop and/or this call for applications, please contact car2@start.or.th or download the announcement

-27 January 2010
EARTH SUMMIT 2012: 'Sustainable Development - The Peace of the Future. The United Nations General Assembly agreed to a new Earth Summit in December. The Summit will be in 2012 and will be hosted by Brazil. The themes are the Green Economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, the institutional framework for sustainable development, emerging issues and a review of present commitments. Please access their official website to keep you abreast of all the developments and latest news. Visit their site at http://www.earthsummit2012.org/

-21 January 2010
AR5 Nomination Process is Ongoing
Governments and participating organisations are invited to nominate experts who can act as Coordinating Lead Authors (CLA), Lead Authors (LA) and Review Editors (RE) for the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). The nomination period is open from 15 January to 12 March 2010. Click here to download the guidance document on the nomination process. To view more on IPCC activities (AR nomination process, schedule, outlines and relevant guidance documents; special and methodology reports; development of new scenarios; etc.), please check this link: http://www.ipcc.ch/activities/activities.htm#1.

-20 January 2010
2010 International Climate Change Adaptation Conference- Climate Adaptation Futures: Preparing for the unavoidable impacts of climate change. 29 June - 1 July 2010. Gold Coast Convention Centre. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.The call for abstracts has now opened and will close on Friday 5 February 2010. For more details please visit the conference's official website at : http://www.nccarf.edu.au/conference2010/sessions or email nccarf-conf2010@yrd.com.au.

-19 January 2010
Regional Facilitators for the Challenge Program for Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) (3 positions). Locations: Niamey, Niger; Nairobi, Kenya; Delhi, India. Applications will be accepted until 20th February 2010. A letter of interest, a curriculum vitae and names and contact details for three referees should be sent via email to: ccafs@life.ku.dk. (Please indicate the position in the email subject line). Read more

GLP/UGEC joint day: Sustainable land systems in the era of urbanization and climate change, 17 October 2010, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA. It will focus on: “Sustainable land systems in the era of urbanization and climate change” and explore the numerous interactions between land-change, urbanization and climate change. This joint Conference day seeks to build contacts and networks among urban and land-change specialists to foster more collaboration worldwide, expanding the range of issues addressed.Registration and abstract submission is still open. To download the full announcement as PDF please click here or visit: www.glp2010.org/ or www.ugec2010.org or www.ihdp.unu.edu/article/920. Contact: info@glp.hokudai.ac.jp or ugec2010@asu.edu.

GLP 2010 Open Science Meeting: Land Systems, global change and sustainability, 18-19 October 2010, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.The Open Meeting will be organised around a number of themes, emerging from the GLP Science Plan. While important in their own right, the themes also provide conceptual and methodological insight that will be useful to investigate dynamics and resilience of land systems at local, regional or larger scales as result of the new exposures to global change. For more details please visit:www.glp2010.org/ or www.ihdp.unu.edu/article/920 Contact: info@glp.hokudai.ac.jp

-15 January 2010
Call for papers for the third worldwide online climate conference CLIMATE 2010/KLIMA 2010. You may submit your scientific abstracts online at www.climate2010.net until 31 March 2010 at the latest. Visit the conference home page at http://www.climate2010.net/

-14 January 2010
Earth System Science 2010: Climate, Global Change and People. 10-13 May 2010, Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, UK. For more information about the programme, registration, and abstract submission visit http://earthsystemscience2010.org.

Application now available: 2010 Summer Institute on Climate Information for Public Health. The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) and the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University are pleased to announce that the 2010 Summer Institute on Climate Information for Public Health will be held in New York from May 17 to May 28, 2010.  The application can be accessed from:  http://iri.columbia.edu/education/summerinstitute10/apply.

World Water Week in Stockholm: Invitation for Workshop Abstracts and Seminar Proposals. The 2010 World Water Week in Stockholm, September 5-11, is now making its 1st Announcement, calling for workshop abstracts and proposals from organisations to convene a seminar or side event in 2010. The Announcement provides information on the thematic scope, structure, and the special focus on Water Quality for 2010. It also gives guidelines on how to convene a seminar or side event or submit an abstract for presentation during the eight workshops. Read more at www.worldwaterweek.org

2nd Announcement and Call for Abstracts for Storm Surges Congress 2010 Risk and Management of current and future Storm Surges. Further information may be found here: http://meetings.copernicus.org/ssc2010/

-12 January 2010
A Training Workshop on Climate Change and DIMS Development, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jln Broga, 43500 SEMENYIH, Malaysia, 15-16 November 2010. For further information, click here or contact Dr. Ramani Bai, vramanibai@gmail.com

-07 January 2009
Call for Abstracts: International Conference on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA, 15-17 October 2010
We invite you to submit abstracts for this International Conference under one of the main themes listed in the "Concept Note". The abstract submission website is open from 5 January 2010 and will close on 15 February 2010. Information on abstract submissions as well as other details regarding the conference can be found on the conference website www.ugec2010.org.
- Concept Note (PDF)
- Conference Webpage: www.ugec2010.org
- Expected registration costs: $175 early bird, $200 standard (registration will open soon – a registration option for those who want to attend both conferences will be provided)
- Email (for questions, comments and suggestions): ugec2010@asu.edu

-14 December 2009
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme has launched IGBP Climate-Change Index at the United Nations Climate Negotiations in Copenhagen, 9 December 2009
The IGBP Climate-Change Index brings together key indicators of global change: atmospheric carbon dioxide, temperature, sea level and sea ice. It will be released annually.

Watch a two-minute film of the IGBP Climate-Change Index on YouTube: http://www.igbp.net/page.php?pid=504
More information on the IGBP Climate-Change Index : http://www.igbp.net/page.php?pid=505

-11 December 2009
Vacancy. ICSU together with ISSC and UN-ISDR are looking for an Executive Director for their new Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRSR) programme. The position is based in Beijing and the application period closes on 14 January 2010. For more information please visit the following links:
Position : http://www.icsu.org/9_latestnews/files/IRDR_ExDir_Dec09.pdf
IRDR programme: http://www.icsu.org/1_icsuinscience/ENVI_Hazards_1.html

-10 December 2009
N2010, 5th International Nitrogen Conference, 3-7 December 2010, New Delhi India
The technical sessions and workshops will be organised on following themes: Food Security; Energy Security/Industry; Human Health & Environmental Degradation; Ecosystem Health and Biodiversity, Climate Change and Integration. Any other aspects related to the broad theme of the conference "Reactive Nitrogen Management for Sustainable Development - Science, Technology and Policy" as well as suggestions for additional sessions are welcome. The organisers also welcome and invite proposals for organisation of Symposia, Side Events, Scoping Meetings/Workshops etc. on related aspects. Contact Conference Coordinator by 30 April 2010. For further information, click here or please visit:http://www.n2010.org/.

-08 December 2009
Call for Abstracts for DFID/NERC/ESRC's new £40.5M Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation Research Programme. This exciting programme is seeking to fund high quality and cutting-edge research that will improve our understanding of ecosystems in terms of the services they provide for poverty reduction and inclusive growth rocesses. It also intends to develop and provide the evidence and tools to enable decision makers and end use to manage ecosystems sustainably and in a way that contributes to poverty reduction.

For all further info about the application process see: http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/espa/events/newfunds.asp

-03 December 2009
Call for proposals on 'The Ocean of Tomorrow (FP7-OCEAN-2010)' is now open
For further information, please visit European Commission website : http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.CooperationDetailsCallPage&call_
id=274#additionaldocs. Application deadline is 14 January 2010 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time).

-26 November 2009
The Earth Journalism Awards Online Public Vote
Visit http://awards.earthjournalism.org and cast your vote for the Earth Journalism Global Public Award. This is a chance to select the one story that covers the issues you want the negotiators to pay attention to in Copenhagen from the world’s top climate change reports. The winning story will be presented at the Earth Journalism Awards ceremony to an audience of negotiators, climate change experts, activists and media representatives in Copenhagen on the eve of the endgame negotiations.

-26 November 2009
SCOR Visiting Scholars
SCOR began a program in 2009 to enlist the services of ocean scientists from the SCOR community, from both developed countries and developing countries, both recently retired and active, to teach short courses and to provide more extended on-site education and mentorship at developing country institutions. For more details please click here.

-24 November 2009
ECOSMAG has just published "The Role of Governance in Managing Ecosystem Service Trade-offs" in the special issue of IHDP Update. Please download the complete version at http://www.ihdp.unu.edu/article/910?menu=158. The project has also published "Addressing Issues for Land Change Science" in Eos Transactions American Geophysical Union 90 (38): 334. This disseminates to the wider community the findings of the Beijing Workshop on Vulnerability and Resilience of Land Systems partly supported by APN.

-17 November 2009
Vacancy. Faculty Positions in Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. For more details please click here.

-16 November 2009
China to host new international disaster research program. Paris, France—The International Council for Science (ICSU) today announced that China will host the office of the new international programme, Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR). The International Programme Office for IRDR will be established in Beijing at the Headquarters of the Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth (CEODE)—the first time an international office of this type has been hosted in Asia. For more details please download this link.

-09 November 2009
Request for Applications: International Research Initiavtive on Adaptation to Climate Change. Adaptation to climate change is a shared challenge that presents a unique opportunity for collaborative and comparative research to advance knowledge, shape policy and programs, mentor students and facilitate networks.  Adaptation is the adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic conditions or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities.

This Initiative will support the formation of multinational teams from Canada and from low and middle income countries, who will develop networks and programs of research. Successful applicants will initiate interdisciplinary and multisectoral collaborations with researchers, communities, practitioners and policy-makers in Canada and around the globe. Full details can be found on at http://www.idrc.ca/iriacc

-09 November 2009
Call for Abstracts for 2010 International Climate Change Adaptation Conference: Climate Adaptation Futures: preparing for the unavoidable impacts of climate change. 29 Jun - 1 Jul 2010, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. For registrations and information please visit www.nccarf.edu.au/conference2010.

-05 November 2009
Update of Directory of Scientists working in Global Change Area in South Asian Region
Please update your information in the current directory. If your name is not yet included in the list or you want to update with your new address, kindly download the form and send it to sasrc@mail.nplindia.ernet.in.

-04 November 2009
2nd Announcement and Call for Abstracts: Storm Surges Congress "Risk and Management of current and future Storm Surges"
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone(LOICZ) , project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global
Environmental Change (IHDP), GKSS Research Centre and Institute for Coastal Research is co-organising the Storm Surges Congress "Risk and Management of current and future Storm Surges" on 13 –17 September 2010 in Hamburg, Germany. For more information, click here or visit www.loicz.org/storm2010.

-14 October 2009
Ecology and Society published paper from APN project APN 2002-18
Authored by Xu, J., L. Lebel, and J. C. Sturgeon, the paper entitled "Functional links between biodiversity, livelihoods and culture in a Hani swidden landscape in Southwest China" was recently published by Ecology and Society: A journal of Integrative Science for Resilience and Sustainability. It was initially in the form of a case study working paper for the APN project APN 2002-18 "Sustainable livelihoods and biodiversity in the uplands of Southeast Asia: a multi-cultural assessment of resilience, risks and opportunities."
The entire article is available for download at http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss22/art20

-13 October 2009
Subscribe to AdaptNet
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-07 October 2009
Call for proposals on EU-FP7 cooperative research projects on Environment (including Climate Change) (FP7-ENV-2010) is now open
Objective of the Environment Theme is to promote sustainable management of the natural and human environment and its resources by advancing our knowledge on the interactions between the biosphere, ecosystems and human activities, and developing new technologies, tools and services, in order to address in an integrated way global environmental issues. Emphasis will be put on prediction of climate, ecological, earth and ocean systems changes, on tools and on technologies for monitoring, prevention and mitigation of environmental pressures and risks including on health and for the sustainability of the natural and man-made environment. Application deadline 5 Jan 2010 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time). In order to submit a proposal, applicants should consult the following documents: the text of the call for proposals, as announced in the Official Journal of the European Union, and published on the Internet (such as the CORDIS website); the work programme; and the relevant Guide for Applicants. http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP7DetailsCallPage&call_id=267

-24 September 2009
International Symposium on Coastal Zones and Climate Change: Assessing the Impact and Developing Adaptation Strategies
Download the 1st Circular and Call for Papers for the Symposium to be held on 12 – 13 April 2010 at Monash University, Gippsland, Churchill, Victoria , Australia. For further details, please visit the Symposium website: http://www.monash.edu.au/cemo/czcc2010/ or contact Irene Thavarajah at oce@adm.monash.edu.au .

New ESSP Strategy Paper will shortly be published in a new Elsevier Journal on ‘Environmental Sustainability’
This paper is co-authored by the parent GEC research programmes (DIVERSITAS, IGBP, IHDP, WCRP), as well as the ESSP Joint Projects, MAIRS and START. It is a response to an independent review of ESSP and was developed through a series of meetings and exchanges to ensure community buy-in. Click here to download.

For more information about the Elsevier Journal on ‘Environmental Sustainability’ - co-edited by the Chair, ESSP SC (Rik Leemans) and Co-Chair, Global Carbon Project (Anand Patwardhan) - click on link: www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/718675/description#description.

-14 September 2009
New DIVERSITAS Publications
-DIVERSITAS Annual Report 2008/09
-DIVERSITAS Core Project bioGENESIS Science Plan: "Providing an evolutionary framework for biodiversity science"
-DIVERSITAS Core Project bioDISCOVERY Science Plan: "Assessing, monitoring and predicting biodiversity change"

Please visit http://www.diversitas-international.org/ to download pdf.

The abstract explains, "Upland watersheds in the tropics provide a range of crucial ecosystem goods and services. How they are governed can be crucial to human well-being and environmental sustainability. Communities, governments and firms have taken many different approaches to sharing these benefits, negotiating trade-offs between them, and allocating the risks and burdens if services are degraded or lost. This review of policies and projects draws four initial conclusions: (1) multi-stakeholder planning improves the assessment of underappreciated services and users, but does not eliminate importance of power relations; (2) regulations invariably create winners and losers with outcomes that often depend on pre-existing institutions; (3) information and incentives can change behaviours and are therefore important complement to plans and regulations; (4) monitoring is the least well developed area of governance. Many challenges in integrating ecological and social understanding remain." The authors are Dr. Louis Lebel and Dr. Rajesh Daniel.

The entire article is available for download at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2009.07.008.