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Dear reader,
It is my pleasure to introduce this edition of PEER News, the newsletter of the Partnership for European Environmental Research. After its start as an internal newsletter for the researchers at the PEER centres, this 5th edition is also open for subscription by our external colleagues in the field of environmental research. I hope you appreciate the information from PEER and look forward to your comments and suggestions.
Jacques Jansen
Secretary General
PEER initiative to build a European digital atlas of ecosystem services21 June 2010, Biodiversity and Land Use, PEER
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The PEER institutes have combined their expertise on biodiversity and ecosystem services into a new initiative. The initiative is designed to deliver innovative scientific research products...
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Staff exchange between PEER centres a focal point for the future21 June 2010, PEER
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The PEER centres are forming a joint staff exchange programme in order to facilitate joint working, knowledge exchange, dissemination of best practices and collaboration at all levels...
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Benchmarking reveals PEER centres' strong focus on sustainability issues and significant increase in ISI publications21 June 2010, PEER
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PEER began a benchmarking working group in 2008 in order to monitor its achievements from scientific and societal perspectives. The results show that PEER centres are involved in 295 FP6/7...
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Consequences of being rich: wealth and population are key drivers of invasive species in Europe16 June 2010, Biodiversity and Land Use, UFZ
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A new study of biological invasions in Europe found they were linked not so much to changes in climate or land cover, but to two dominant factors - more money and more people. Wealth and...
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Snake populations decline in tropical and temperate climates16 June 2010, Biodiversity and Land Use, CEH
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Newly published data from the UK, France, Italy and Nigeria provides evidence that a number of snake species populations declined synchronously over a four-year period. The research,...
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Real-time monitoring commences in the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Proper and the Kattegat 8 June 2010, Marine, SYKE
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The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute SMHI and the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE are increasing their joint monitoring of the state of the environment in the Gulf of...
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IES Brochure 2008-2009 8 June 2010, JRC - IES
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On the 8th of June 2010 the IES launched its new brochure:
‘Science for the environment’.
The brochure gives an insight into many activities and achievements of the JRC’s Institute...
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Environmental contaminants threaten the health of polar bears28 May 2010, Biodiversity and Land Use, NERI
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A cocktail of industrial chemicals damages the bones and organs of polar bears, their immune system and their reproduction. However, the extent of the detrimental effects remains unknown,...
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GEO Biodiversity Observation Network to monitor and study the global biosphere25 May 2010, Geoinformation, Alterra, Wageningen UR The Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) has initiated a coordinated global campaign to gather and share information on biodiversity, provide tools for...
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New Alliance for the environment : "Food, Water, Climate, Territories" 4 March 2010, Irstea
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Twelve major institutions involved in scientific research have pooled their resources to create the National alliance for environmental research. AllEnvi is the fourth research alliance,...
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