September 2nd, 2010 
Nominations are now officially open for the 2011 Champions of the Earth – the United Nations’ flagship environmental award. The award seeks to recognise the achievements of inspirational leaders, thinkers and, most importantly, ‘doers’ who have shown determination and enduring commitment towards achieving a cleaner, greener and more prosperous future.
Previous winners of the award range from Prime Ministers and Presidents to scientists, NGO leaders and photographers.
September 2nd, 2010 
while a number of United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) publications are available in the Internet Archive site, the World Atlases are now available online, as outstanding copyright issues have been resolved.
September 1st, 2010 
Effective August 28, ScienceDirect, Scopus and the targeted web content from Scirus have been integrated within one platform – SciVerse. Over time, SciVerse will form the core of an ecosystem in which researchers and librarians work with publishers and developers to build collections of applications targeted to the specific interests and workflows of researchers. By combining trusted content with an expanding universe of tools that accelerate search and discovery, SciVerse will increase the value you derive from subscribed content.
September 1st, 2010 
The main objective of the Global Conference on Entomology is to showcase advances in entomological research and development in the insect world. The skills and knowledge of entomologists are needed worldwide helping farmers to produce crops and livestock more efficiently through sound pest management strategies, fighting to save endangered species and fragile ecosystems, and preventing insects from spreading agents that cause serious diseases.
August 4th, 2010 
On 22 October 2010 a Water Day will be organised by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems and Climate Change Pavilion: Promoting synergies between biodiversity, land management and climate change takes place at CBD COP 10 18-29 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan.
August 3rd, 2010 
Indian minister for the environment and forests, Jairam Ramesh, has picked three sites for the reintroduction of the animal within a year. Eighteen cheetahs are to be brought from Iran, Namibia and South Africa. A budget of over £500,000 has been made available to prepare the sites for their release.
July 30th, 2010 
Researchers have confirmed that cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) and African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) have become essentially extinct in Cameroon. A three year study by the Institute of Environmental Sciences at Leiden University in the Netherlands found that the same factors that pushed cheetahs and African wild dogs to local extinction, have also left Cameroon’s other big predators hanging by a thread, including the lion, the leopard, and two species of hyena: the spotted and the striped.
July 29th, 2010 
LIFE – Faculty of Life Sciences is one of Europe’s leading university environments in the areas of veterinary science, food and natural resources.
Through financial support from the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 8 PhD scholarships are available within Climate Change; Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation. The three-year studentships are expected to be effective from 1 December or soon thereafter.
July 23rd, 2010 
The Inaugural International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress held in April this year was a huge success attracting 1200 participants from 37 nations. This innovative event achieved its goal of setting the agenda for a better understanding of how nature significantly contributes to human health and well being.
