03.06.2013 The "Bee Observer Cards": a tool to learn about the remarkable bee diversity The Encyclopedia of Life in collaboration with Harvard University have now made available the "Bee Observer Cards". These are intended to teach naturalists, teachers, resource managers and other interested public something ab...

03.06.2013 The newest CANPOLIN newsletter is now available The new spring/summer edition of the CANPOLIN newsletter is now availavle giving an update on the achievements and future plans of the initiative. The issue provides an update on funding from NSERC’s 2013 Strategic Network...

03.06.2013 Job alert: Postdoctoral opportunity: Pollinator behavior/floral rewards Postdoctoral opportunity studying bumblebee learning and pollen foraging behavior with Anne Leonard (University of Nevada, Reno), Daniel Papaj (University of Arizona) and Stephen Buchmann (University of Arizona). The position...

28.05.2013 Investing in green infrastructure will bring multiple returns to nature, society and people The European Commission adopted a new strategy for encouraging the use of green infrastructure, and for ensuring that the enhancement of natural processes becomes a systematic part of spatial planning. Green Infrastructure is...

28.05.2013 Job alert: Postdoctoral Position Available in Pollination Ecology/Bee Biodiversity (Cornell University, Ithaca) A postdoctoral position is available to investigate role of native bee biodiversity and pollination ecology in apple orchards in the northeastern US. The position will begin as soon as a qualified applicant is found and is av...

23.05.2013 Biodiversity loss among bees and wild flowers slows Declines in the biodiversity of pollinating insects and wild plants have slowed in recent years, according to a new study, funded partially under the European Union Framework Program 7 projects Status and Trends of European P...

22.05.2013 Today is the International Day for Biological Diversity Since year 2000 the May 22nd has been proclaimed by the United Nations as the International Day for Biological Diversity. Although the initiative aims at raising awareness on biodiversity issues in general, every year there i...

17.05.2013 San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) calls for reassessment of the importance of Impact Factor The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) was initiated by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) together with a group of editors and publishers of scholarly journals after a meeting in December 2012...

17.05.2013 A new study provides a synthesis of local and landscape effects on wild bee pollinators in agroecosystems The article “A global quantitative synthesis of local and landscape effects on wild bee pollinators in agroecosystems” has just been published in Ecology Letters. The study is partially supported by STEP. The STEP authors con...

08.05.2013 ENVIMPACT CONFERENCE: "Environmental research: Experiences on best practices towards Horizon 2020" The "Environmental research: Experiences on best practices towards Horizon 2020" conference will be held the 30th of May 2013 in Brussels at the Museum of Natural Sciences. Organizers of the event are the APRE (Agency for the...

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