DDRN Newsletter May 2010: NRM and Biodiversity
Dear network member,
In this newsletter you can read all news posted on the DDRN website since the previous monthly newsletter (April 2010) related to the theme “Natural Resource Management and Biodiversity".
In order to promote a lively communication within DDRN, you are most welcome to send news items that you wish to share within the network to Marianne Forti: maf@ddrn.dk. Thanks!
Please use the headings as links to read more about the news.
EVENTS:
Call for papers: The 12th Annual BIOECON Conference - From the wealth of nations to the wealth of nature: rethinking economic growth. September 27-28, 2010 - Venice, Italy. Deadline for submission of papers and application for grants: May 28, 2010.
XXIII IUFRO World Congress - Forests for the Future: Sustaining Society and Environment. August 23-28, 2010 - Seoul, Korea.
For upcoming events announced previously, please visit the DDRN website.
PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS:
Biodiversity scenarios: Projections of 21st century change in biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Technical Series report no. 50, 2010.
REDD+ in dryland forests: issues and prospects for pro-poor REDD in the miombo woodlands of southern Africa. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) report, by Ivan Bond et al., May 2010.
Social assessment of conservation initiatives: a review of rapid methodologies. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) report, by Kate Schreckenberg et al., May 2010.
International agreements and processes affecting an international regime on access and benefit sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity: implications for its scope and possibilities of a sectoral approach. Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) report 3/2010, by Regine Andersen et al., March 2010.
For publications on NRM and Biodiversity announced previously, please visit the DDRN website.
BRIEFS:
Conservation and human rights: the need for international standards. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) briefing, by Dilys Roe et al., May 2010.
For briefs announced previously, please visit the DDRN website.
FUNDING SOURCES:
Terra Viva Grants Update May 2010. This newsletter from Terra Viva contains a series of calls for funding. Application deadlines are from May to October 2010.
Lindbergh Foundation: research grants. Application deadline: June 10, 2010.
UNESCO-L'OREAL Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme for Young Women in Life Sciences. Application deadline: June 30, 2010.
MacArthur Foundation grants: Albertine Rift. Application deadline: September 1, 2010.
For funding sources announced previously, please visit the DDRN website.
OTHER NEWS:
Call for papers: Environmental Conservation - 'Payment for Ecosystem Services in Conservation: Performance and Prospects'. Deadline for submission af papers: October 31, 2010.
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Best regards
Marianne Forti
Communications Officer
Danish Development Research Network
Department of Geography and Geology
University of Copenhagen
Øster Voldgade 10
1350 Copenhagen K
Tel: +45 35322522
Email: maf@ddrn.dk
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