Event: Workshop on Biodiversity and Resilience of Agroecosystems [viewed]
This workshop is the first of a series in preparation for the 2014 Resilience Conference, which will convene in Montpellier, France (http://www.resilience2014.org/). The workshop is organized by CIRAD (Agricultural Research for Development) and Bioversity International. It will focus on the role of biodiversity in the management of multiple agroecosystem services in development contexts, and the contribution of biodiversity to resilience. Key interdisciplinary themes of the workshop will consider: the critical contribution of scales, interactions and feedbacks; tradeoffs and synergies; and the role of spatio-temporal heterogeneity in determining the impact of biodiversity on regulatory processes. Key contributions from the social sciences, specifically perspectives relating to human well-being, and the role of institutions, including governance structures, markets, and public policy as they relate to supporting biodiversity's impact on resilience will also be explored. The objective of the workshop series is to bring together the French and international scientific communities for an in depth exploration of the multiple dimensions of resilience following the theme of the 2014 Resilience Conference: “Adaptation, Transformation and Development”.
4 March 2013: The Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP) has launched a report, titled "Stolen Apes: The Illicit Trade in Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Bonobos and Orangutans," which was developed in cooperation with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
3 March 2013: The sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP 16) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) opened on Sunday in Bangkok, Thailand, and will continue through 14 March 2013. 
February 2013: The Secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has posted the report from the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group of Technical Experts (AGTE) for Impact Indicator Refinement. 
28 February 2013: The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), as a contribution towards the objectives of the Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity, hosted an international workshop on building a biodiversity information system for South Africa that could be also be applied in other African countries.
14 February 2013: The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) has formally launched the Small Grants Country Programme (SGP) in Saint Lucia, at Pigeon Island National Landmark, a key historic site and protected area.
February 2013: The GRID-Arendal Marine Programme, a center collaborating with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), has released the February issue of its newsletter (Marine Newsletter #2), featuring articles on the Pacific Marine Planning Decision Support Tool and on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) for Oceans and Coasts Knowledge Portal.
4 March 2013: A joint side-event by the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) was held on “The Saiga Antelope: Challenges and Opportunities for Conservation and Sustainable Use.” 
1 March 2013: Over the past 40 years, Bioversity International has gathered information on cultivated plants and wild relatives from around the world, resulting in over 200,000 samples, which are now available online in the Collecting Missions Database.
