Evidence and Research
Measuring progress - Indicators
The help monitor the implementation of the England Biodiversity Strategy and to give some measure of progress towards the achievement of its vision:
‘... for a country – its landscapes and water bodies, coasts and seas, towns and cities – where wild species and habitats are part of healthy, functioning ecosystems; where we nurture, treasure and enhance our biodiversity and where biodiversity is a natural consideration of policies and decisions and in society as a whole’
a series of indicators have been published.
BiodivERsA - new funding for biodiversity research in Europe
Around €20m, almost £14m, of research money is available for research to tackle biodiversity decline in Europe. The new funding comes from BiodivERsA, a network of 19 public research funding bodies from 14 European countries. The UK partners are the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), who together are contributing €4m, around £2·7m, for this first funding call. Further information.
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13 June 2007
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