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Release date	Title	Source
09/02/2010	10 messages for biodiversity -2010	European Environment Agency
09/12/2009	International Year for Biodiversity- Biodiversity Clearinghouse network in Europe	EEA
28/10/2009	Biodiversity/resilience/stability relationships in forest ecosystems explored	http://www.iisd.ca/publications_resource..
14/10/2009	Life- EU funds starts making a difference in amphibian conservation [1 comment(s)]	EU-Life news
16/07/2009	Health check on Europe's protected species and habitat types	European Commission
16/07/2009	The 2010 target to halt biodiversity loss - assesment of progress in Europe
26/06/2009	How much do we use e-Science and Technology Infrastructure for Biodiversity Research? A Survey
23/05/2009	Biodiversity and Energy solutions: Engineering microbes to produce hydrogen fuel	Source: Waks, Z. and Silver, P. (2009). ..
20/05/2009	World Biodiversity day 2009	Europa- Press rapide
20/05/2009	Europe's Biodiversity CHM network calls for input to the 2009 meeting
28/04/2009	Message from Athens on the future of Biodiversity policies	Rapid- Press releases EUROPA
05/03/2009	Biodiversity loss is continuing in the EU	European Commission, DG Environment
15/12/2008	European Union:Greater protection for Europe's wildlife	http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesActi..
15/11/2008	Marine biodiversity: does conservation matter?	EEA
24/09/2008	An early warning and information system for invasive alien species in Europe	EEA
08/07/2008	Protecting Europe's biological data resources	CORDIS News
16/06/2008	One of 10 best ideas to save nature in 2008 is the SEBI 2010 Indicator set	European Environment Agency
06/06/2008	The first assessment of habitat types in Finland completed	Minitry of Environment,Finland
21/05/2008	Get ready to collaborate and communicate biodiversity!	CBD Secretariat
13/05/2008	How much is Europe spending for invasive alien species?	Riccardo Scalera
02/01/2008	The European Common Database on Designated Areas develops through international cooperation	European Environment Agency
21/11/2007	Message from Lisbon on Business and Biodiversity
16/11/2007	A call for evidence on economics of biodiversity loss
12/09/2007	Extinction crisis escalates: Red List shows apes, corals, vultures, dolphins all in danger	IUCN, ARKive newletter
09/09/2007	EU Nature Policy has delivered benefits for birds in Europe	RSPB/BirdLife: Dr Paul Donald, tel +44(0..
25/05/2007	Assessment by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) shows that one in six European mammals are threatened with extinction	European Commission
25/05/2007	European Parliament adopts report on the Biodiversity Communication of the European Commission
16/05/2007	How would an International Mechanism for Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity contribute to halting biodiversity loss?	Published by the International Institute..
02/05/2007	Developments in the Assessment of Biodiversity in Forests in Europe
02/05/2007	Protected Forest Areas in Europe Need Harmonisation	EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE, http://www.ef..
10/04/2007	Research insights on reducing Biodiversity Loss	Science for environmental policy, a serv..
02/02/2007	How do Changes in Ocean Temperature affect Marine Ecosystems?	"Science for Environment Policy" a servi..
11/01/2007	An explicit reaffirmation of the 2010 biodiversity target by the Environment Council of the European Union
03/01/2007	Fruit-Net for neglected and forgotten Fruit and Berries and European funding for all genetic resources used in agriculture	http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/envir/in..
30/11/2006	New approaches in biodiversity research are needed for halting biodiversity loss
30/11/2006	One of the worst invasive species listed in Europe
14/11/2006	Reporting on Article 17 of the Habitats Directive
06/11/2006	What is happening to Ocean Ecosystems?
08/10/2006	Progress in European Biodiversity Indicators and monitoring	DG ENV
28/09/2006	Integrating the Biodiversity 2010 objective in development cooperation policies and the Millennium Development Goals	Europe Information Service, United Natio..
08/09/2006	Wild Bees and the Flowers They Pollinate Are Declining in Europe	Science for Environment Policy, Septembe..
04/09/2006	Biodiversity and Climate Change in focus
24/08/2006	Free and open access to scientific information	Secretariat of CBD
10/07/2006	"Progress towards halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010" report released by EEA
10/07/2006	The marine component of European Biodiversity Indicators
25/05/2006	30 May -2 June Brussels: European Commission events devoted to the topic of Biodiversity
23/05/2006	The European Commission adopts communication on Biodiversity
04/04/2006	COP8 results from Brasil - The 'Global Biodiversity Outlook 2' report was released	European Environment Agency, Tor-Bjorn L..
10/03/2006	COP8 - The 8th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity meets in Brazil this March	EEA (Rania Spyropoulou)
06/03/2006	Join Spring observations in Europe's nature 2006 - For 7 countries you are invited to input directly your first observations for flowering white Wood Anemone, later also for calling Cuckoo and the high-flying Swift	Bundesumweltamt für Naturschutz, Germany..
22/02/2006	The 4th Intergovernmental Biodiversity in Europe Conference in Croatia, 22 - 24 February 2006 - preparation for COP8 in Brazil	rania.spyropoulou@eea.eu.int
22/02/2006	Open consultation on European biodiversity indicators - the SEBI2010 process goes public	rania.spyropoulou@eea.eu.int
14/02/2006	Towards a List of 'Worst invasive species threatening biodiversity in Europe'	EEA Tor-Bjorn Larsson
19/12/2005	Your views on biodiversity - Open consultation on the European Commission Communication on halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 - and beyond	European Commission, DG Environment, Guy..
16/12/2005	Launch of the new European Community Clearing House Mechanism Website and its Portal Toolkit (EC CHM PTK)	EEA, Ulla Pinborg
14/12/2005	Launch of Estonian National Biological Diversity Clearing-House Mechanism webpage	Estonian Environment Information Centre
12/12/2005	Regional training in West Africa under the Belgian CHM partnership	Belgian CHM, Han de Koeijer
05/12/2005	COP8 - The 8th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to be held in March in Brazil	EEA, Ulla Pinborg
28/11/2005	NOBANIS - a regional portal on invasive alien species in Northern and Central Europe	Skov- og Naturstyrelsen. DK , Inger Weid..
28/11/2005	SBSTTA 11 now started in Montreal	EEA, Ulla Pinborg
21/11/2005	IPCB - The International Press Centre Biodiversity Research news portal was launched on 14 November 2005 in Brussels	The European Commission, DG environment,..
14/11/2005	Biodiversity conservation in China - EU offers 30 million euros to China	DG Environment, Stefan Leiner
22/09/2005	The SBSTTA 11 meeting - 28 November to 2 December in Montreal, Canada	European Clearing House Mechanism (EC CH..
20/09/2005	EC CHM portal software updated to version 2.0
05/09/2005	European Clearing House Mechanism - EC CHM version 2 Steering Committee meeting 7-8 September 2005 in EEA	EEA, Ulla Pinborg
02/09/2005	Call for proposals 2005 for the European Community (EU) programme 'Environment and Forests in Developing Countries'	European Commission, EuropeAid Co-operat..
09/06/2005	European biodiversity indicators to assess if we reach the 2010 target of halting the loss of biodiversity - the SEBI2010 process	EEA
17/05/2005	Celebrating the 2005 International Biological Diversity Day: New release of the European Nature Information System - The EUNIS web database	European Topic Centre on Biological Dive..
20/04/2005	International Biodiversity Day Sunday 22 May 2005
19/04/2005	Geo-referenced data and maps on biodiversity are essential
21/03/2005	Biodiversity News Headlines from CBD	CBD web site
18/03/2005	INSPIRE - call for expressions of interest for participation in Spatial Data Interest Communities (SDICs) - first teams to be formed on the basis of interests expressed before 15 April 2005
14/01/2005	Third national report on implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity 2005	EEA (Ulla Pinborg)
29/11/2004	25 years of the EU Birds Directive celebrated
11/11/2004	In 2004 the 3 big biodiversity instruments in Europe are celebrating their 25th anniversaries - the EU Birds Directive and the Bonn and Bern Conventions
11/11/2004	Cumulated area of nationally protected areas in pan-Europe, EEA biodiversity indicator	EEA (European Environment Agency)
11/11/2004	The Convention on Biological Diversity has launched a new web site, using the same URL	Secretariat of the Convention on Biologi..
16/07/2004	Minutes from the first meeting of the Coordination Team on Biodiversity Indicators and Monitoring, 7. July 2004	EEA Gordon McInnes
16/07/2004	Biodiversity Indicators and Monitoring, first meeting of Coordination Team 7. July 2004
15/07/2004	Seminar in European Parliament on the 2010 biodiversity target: report published	ECNC
23/06/2004	The Malahide Message - more than 200 stakeholders agreed to 18 biodiversity targets	Irish Presidency, EEA
04/05/2004	International Day for Biological Diversity to be celebrated 22 May 2004
27/04/2004	GEO Year Book 2003 on-line with indicators on threatened species and protected areas	http://unep.org/geo/yearbook/yb2003/
08/04/2004	BIODIVERSITY AND THE EU - Sustaining Life Sustaining Livelihoods. Stakeholder conference 25-27 May 2004 in Malahide, under the Irish EU Presidency	European Commission DG Environment. Guy ..
09/03/2004	The results from Kuala Lumpur: International consensus reached on fundamental steps to tackle the loss of biodiversity worldwide important also for the European Community.	European Commission, Christoph Bail
23/02/2004	Global Ballast Water Convention (BW Convention) adopted to control ballast water transportation of invasive species	http://globallast.imo.org/
10/02/2004	There are only six years to reach the target of halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010! - The European Environment Commissioner puts this serious reminder to the seventh Conference of the Parties (COP7) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)	http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/in..
09/12/2003	European Community implements the Bonn Guidelines on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing (ABS).	Euorpean Commission, DG Environment
05/12/2003	The 2003 Environment Policy Review now published by the European Commission	http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/gue..
03/12/2003	IUFRO Conference Monitoring and indicators of forest biodiversity in Europe - from ideas to operationality	Tor-Bjorn Larsson, EEA
01/12/2003	UNEP's GEO Data Portal	http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/
27/11/2003	What did they discuss at SBSTTA in Montreal in November?	Convention on Biological Diversity and ..
05/11/2003	The Convention on Biological Diversity. Ninth meeting of SBSTTA in Montreal	http.//www.eea.eu.int
07/10/2003	EUNIS - The European Nature Information System has gone public on the web	European Environment Agency (EEA)
29/07/2003	Biodiversity controlled vocabulary	Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)..
14/07/2003	Species 2000 Europa information
19/06/2003	London meeting on "2010 - The Global Biodiversity Challenge" with UNEP-WCMC and UNDP	International Institute for Sustainable ..
19/05/2003	The Kiev Conference 21 - 23 May 20003. The declaration on biodiversity	Kiev conference website
13/05/2003	Europe's Environment - The Third Assessment report from EEA: Europe's environmental progress at risk from unsustainable economic activities	EEA, European Environment Agency. tel: +..
12/05/2003	Living Forest Summit, April 2003
02/05/2003	SERIS	SERIS now open with State of the Environ..
28/04/2003	Now available: Final report from SBSSTA meeting 8 in Montreal
27/03/2003	SBSTTA meeting 8 in Montreal	EEA ETC/NPB
04/03/2003	SBSTTA meeting 8 to be held in Montreal in March 2003	Secretariat of the Convention on Biologi..
05/11/2002	The Second Report on Biological Diversity from the European Community
17/09/2002	New report: "Biodiversity indicators and monitoring - Moving towards implementation".
04/09/2002	The World Summit on sustainable Development - WSSD	UN official World Summmit website
24/07/2002	The World Summit on Sustainable Development WSSD in Johannesburg 26 August - 4 September
24/07/2002	The World Summit on Sustainable Development WSSD in Johannesburg 26 August - 4 September
10/06/2002	The Convention on Biological Diversity.	http://www.biodiv.org
15/05/2002	CHM Portal Tool Kit is available
10/04/2002	COP6 - Daily reports with information on Biodiversity
22/03/2002	EU Biodiversity Action Plans adopted by the European Parliament	<em>European Parliament, Daily Notebook ..
05/03/2002	Pan-European Intergovernmental conference highlights biodiversity as the foundation for sustainable development	Excerpt from press release from the Hung..
23/02/2002	European preparation for COP6 in April in the Netherlands	Press release from Hungarian Ministry of..
04/02/2002	Nature Conservation: Commission approves specially protected sites in the Canary Islands, Azores and Madeira	European Commission, DG Environment
03/02/2002	First meeting of the European Community Biodiversity Expert Group	European Commission, DG Environment
19/12/2001	Steering Committee meeting December 2001	Hannu Saarenmaa
12/12/2001	Bonn meeting of National CHMs 2001	German Federal Agency for Nature Conserv..
14/08/2001	EU Biodiversity Partnering Catalogue 2001, Research Organisations	Dr. Maria Antosiewicz - Institute for Fu..

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