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ALTER-Net: A Long-Term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awareness Research Network

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- Presentations
- ALTER-Net conference, April 2013, Ghent
News
- Late lessons from early warnings - new EEA report
- Newly established IPBES elects its Chair
- Special issue on REDD+ published
- Feedback sought on Biodiversity Network of Knowledge concept
- Update from our 2013 Summer School
- Second BiodiversityKnowledge Conference: Watch it live!
- ALTER-Net presented at BiodiversityKnowledge conference
- ALTER-Net prepares for the future
- ALTER-Net welcomes newest partner, ESSRG Ltd.
- ALTER-Net is at LTER-Europe's annual conference
- Cairngorms National Park becomes the first UK LTSER Platform
- In Memoriam: Carlo Heip
- New book from ALTER-Net partners on Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research
- ALTER-Net conference discusses the implementation of the European Biodiversity Strategy: how to move ahead?
- European policy makers are for the first time actively involved in the science underpinning their biodiversity policy
- ◄A►ALTER-Net is a "Friend of BioVeL"
- New nature conservation journal launched
- ◄A► "ALTER-Net ready to support the EU 2020 Biodiversity targets"
- 10th LTER Europe conference takes place in Sofia, 3-7 December
- Martin Sharman retires
- Paper on stakeholder perceptives of the ecosystem services concept published
- LifeWatch e-infrastructure featured in International Innovation magazine
- BESAFE project featured in International Innovation
- New journal on ecosystem services; first two issues freely available
- ALTER-Net partners collaborate to study tropical forest biodiversity's role in responding to climate change
- Last few places left on modelling course in Spain
- ALTER-Net turns 10 and enters its third phase
- ALTER-Net conference: Full recommendations now available
- ALTER-Net Summer School: Closing date extended
- 22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB)
- Research by ALTER-Net partners featured in magazine ◄A►
- ALTER-Net research published in new book ◄A►
- Major update to Europe's alien species catalogue ◄A►
- Countries agree to double resources for biodiversity protection by 2015
- Taking science to school kids: the Slimy Science Creature Challenge!
- NeFo lists a wide range of biodiversity/ecosystem summer schools
- You name it! Create a name for the next EU Research and Innovation Programme
- ALTER-Net a key player at EPBRS meeting, Dublin
- Highlights of the 7th Trondheim Biodiversity Conference
- Leaking ammonia leading to biodiversity loss and health risks, new themed volume of papers reveals
- Introducing the BES Plants-Soils-Ecosystems special interest group
- Intensity of land use doubled in the 20th century
- Paper on improving science-policy interfaces draws on ALTER-Net experiences
- 'The Long View' article looks at long-term research
- Nature Index: a new way to measure the state of biodiversity
- European Commission adopts an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020
- New arctic project seeks your views!
- Review charts the 20-year development of Europe's Natura 2000 protected area network
- Live stream from Planet Under Pressure conference
- ALTER-Net Summer School 'An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services' - apply by 30-04-2012 ◄A►
- ALTER-Net & PEER networks to organise a session at ESOF 2012 in Dublin ◄A►
- ALTER-Net partners contribute to second paper on European mountain vegetation responses to climate change
- ILTER endorsed by the Global Land Project
- Rio+20 Sustainable Development Dialogues: expert input sought
- Follow the first BiodiversityKnowledge conference online
- ALTER-Net LinkedIn group welcomes its 500th member ◄A►
- Contributions invited to a decadal vision for biodiversity informatics in Europe
- MEP to talk at joint ALTER-Net/PEER conference session ◄A►
- Habitat mapping method could help restore biodiversity
- New catalogue of Arctic research stations
- Why living close to nature may be good for you ◄A►
- Scientific data: open access to research results will boost Europe's innovation capacity
- Green infrastructure a hit at the Dublin ESOF 2012 Conference ◄A►
- ALTER-Net partners contribute to study of mountain-top vegetation responses to climate change
- IPBES assessment survey
- Special issue on landscape connectivity
- Online Earth Debates, #2: Beyond GDP – how do we measure progress? (22 Feb)
- LTER and LTSER sites are excellent for studying ecosystem services and climate change
- EC consults over legislation on invasive alien species
- ALTER-Net welcomes new partner ◄A►
- VU-IVM joins ALTER-Net ◄A►
- Decrease in funding for, and a loss of visibility of, biodiversity research in the successive European Research Framework Programmes
- Message from the ALTER-Net- summer school Alumni group
- ◄A►LTSER workshop: presentations now available from this successful event
- Exploring the evolution of the CBD and its current legal significance.
- ◄A► 2011 ALTER-Net Summer School: some reflections
- International collaboration for sharing biodiversity data
- How to ensure a credible and efficient IPBES?
- Plenary meeting of the IPBES - follow online
- ALTER-Net contributes to French LTER network conference
- TEEB conference - deadline for abstracts extended
- International "Fascination of Plants Day" launched
- Climate change talks open in South Africa
- ◄A►ALTER-Net Council meets in Helsinki
- Have we lost touch with nature?
- ALTER-Net and PEER to organise joint session at Euroscience Open Forum ◄A►
- 'What future for the Arctic?' our latest News & Views topic asks ◄A►
- Current state of nature in Flanders reviewed in new report
Events
- INSPIRE Conference 2013: INSPIRE The Green Renaissance
- 2nd Annual World Congress of Biodiversity, Ecology and Environment
- Global Change and Biosphere Interactions centenary conference
- Science for the environment conference: Mapping knowledge needs for future horizons
- International Greening Education Event
- Towards a future Network of Knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe
- ELS 2014 - the Earth Living Skin: Soil, Life and Climate Changes
- Trees for the future: Contributing to the green bio-economy
- Policy Mixes in Environmental and Conservation Policies
- Moving on to a PhD / Mastering Ecology Symposium
- EnvEurope and LTER-Europe conference
- Remote Sensing for Conservation
- EuroScience Open Forum 2016
- Field Ecology Research Skills course
- 2014 TDWG conference
- 10th European Congress of Entomology
- International Day for Biological Diversity
- 8th ALTER-Net Summer School, 2013 ◄A►
- ALTER-net Conference 2013: Science underpinning the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy ◄A►
- ALTER-Net seminar 2010: Ecosystem services and Biodiversity: what is the link between the two?
- Investing in Innovative Research for Nature and our livelihoods: Strengthening the research strategy to reinforce the ERA on Biodiversity
- EPBRS meeting under Irish Presidency
- 6th Annual International ESP Conference 2013
- Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Annual Meeting
- 10th LTER Europe Conference and Joint EnvEurope and ExpeER Meeting
- Capacity Building for Conservation
- European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013
- Training course: How to plan for Nature – A training package for local biodiversity planning
- Training course: Action Planning for Biodiversity – A training package for participative action planning
- IPBES 1
- IMPACTS WORLD 2013
- Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services in Impact Assessment
- INTECOL 11: Ecology: Into the next 100 years
- Summer school on alpine field ecology
- Science&You, international science communication and cultural event
- 2nd Spatial ecology & conservation conference (SEC2)
- The role of mountain ecosystems in the GEO work program
- Training course: Network tools in biosciences
- Training course: Introduction to individual-based models in ecology using NetLogo
- 7th Conference of the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP): “Local action for the common good"
- Systems Ecological Perspectives to Sustainability conference & training course
- Annual ILTER meeting, 2014 & All Scientists Meeting of the Americas
- 9th ALTER-Net Summer School, 2014 ◄A►
- BES special interest group on climate change: inaugural meeting
- 15th World Lake Conference – Lakes: the Mirrors of the Earth
- Symposium marking 20 years of UK ECN
- Better interfacing EU research projects and EU policy-making – Lessons learned and way forward
- Freshwater Biodiversity in the UK: status, threats and conservation concerns
- Quo vadis, farmland biodiversity? Baltic Sea Regional Conference
- Recently added events
- Mechanisms for measuring and delivering biodiversity benefits from REDD+
- 2nd Global Land Project Open Science Meeting
- ALTER-Net Management Board meeting ◄A►
- ◄A► ALTER-Net Summer School 2011
- ◄A► Long term socio-ecological research: What do we know from science and practice?
- 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2011)
- 2011 Int'l Conf. on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, CBB 2011
- EUR-OCEANS Conference - Ocean deoxygenation and implications for marine biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems
- Ecosystem Services: integrating Science and Practice: 4th ESP conference
- 12th EEF Congress: Responding to Rapid Environmental Change
- 8th IALE World Congress
- 7th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences
- International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems: ISESS 2011 symposium
- Summer School: "Advances in Species distribution modelling for ecological studies and conservation"
- Ecosystem responses to climate change from the Arctic to the Amazon: New understanding and future challenges from experimental field-scale manipulations
- Climate Change and Nature Conservation in Europe - An ecological, policy and economic perspective
- Training course: Basics of taxonomy
- Seventh Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity - Ecology and Economy for a Sustainable Society
- BIOGEOMON 2014 - 8th International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior
- Annual ILTER meeting, 2013
- Ecohydrology, Biotechnology and Engineering: Towards Harmony between Biogeosphere and Society on the basis of Long Term Ecological Research
- Goldschmidt Session on Biogeochemical Interfaces in Soil
- ALTER-Net Network Council meeting, Berlin ◄A►
- Mapping knowledge needs for future horizons
- Spatial multicriteria analysis for environmental decision-making
- BIT 3rd International Congress of Environment-2013
- Biodiversity Informatics Horizons 2013 (BIH2013)
- Training course: Ecological Consequences of Climate Change: Integrating Research Approaches
- ExpeER training course: Sampling protocols for ecosystem research (SAPER)
- Training courses: Integrated Spatial Modelling of Ecosystem Services
- Euroscience Open Forum 2014 (ESOF)
- Foresight in public research organisations: An instrument for strategic planning and public policy building
- Promoting awareness of serpentine biodiversity
- ESEE 2011 - 9th conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics
- The 22nd Jyväskylä Summer School: course on Data documentation in Biological Research
- ALTER-Net Summer School 2012 ◄A►
- Exhibit Nature + Explain Science: What will the natural history museum of the future look like?
- Sustainable green infrastructure: in seas and forests, from fields to cities ◄A►
- Training course: Science Communication for Public Debate
- 1st BiodiversityKnowledge conference
- Enhancing Biodiversity through Soil Management
- ELN-FAB seminar 2012
- CCLP conference on European island landscapes and cultural heritage
- HydroEco 2013: Hydrology & Ecology: Emerging patterns, breakthroughs and challenges
- Open meeting: Review of draft bioinformatics white paper
- Large Infrastructure Projects and Biodiversity: From the Protection of Species towards the Restoration of Ecological Services
- Adaptive Strategies of the Living Systems
- International conference on science communication
- Dune scrub and woodland conference
- ECCB – 3rd European Congress of Conservation Biology
- The Collaborations Workshop 2012
- International Symposium: Future of Butterflies in Europe III
- IRENEC 2012 - Call for papers - International 100% Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition
- envecon 2012: Applied Environmental Economics Conference
- REDD+SCIENCE+GOVERNANCE: Opportunities and Challenges
- Final Conference of the EcoChange FP6 Project
- 1st IS.Rivers conference
- 9th LTER-Europe conference
- Planet Under Pressure: New knowledge towards solutions
- EUROSOIL 2012
- Summer School: Molecular and structural complexity of soil organic matter formation and turnover
- 4th International Ecosummit “Ecological sustainability – restoring the planet’s ecosystem services”
- TEEB Conference 2012
- BIT’s 1st Annual World Congress of Biodiversity 2012
- Model Fusion Conference
- BioHydrology 2013
- Fifth international conference on water, climate and environment
- IUFRO landscape ecology conference
- Fascination of Plants Day
- IENE 2012 International Conference
- Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF 2012)
- DNA-Barcoding course
- Basics of taxonomy: describing, illustrating and writing biodiversity
- Biological Nomenclature
- NEOBIOTA 2012
- ISEC2012 - International Statistical Ecology Conference
- European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012
- Ecosystem Services: Do we need birds?
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