New tool shows critical situation for migratory waterbirds A new website providing information on thousands of wetlands and hundreds of waterbird populations shows the difficult situation for the migratory waterbirds of Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Central Asia
Scientists explore methods for selection of nature reserves Knowledge of species distributions are not always complete, and different types of distribution data can exist for the same
species. A paper shortly to be published in the journal Biological Conservation (see: www.elsevier.com), shows the importance of adopting a range of approaches in using distribution data for selecting protected area networks (see: www.sciencedirect.com)
‘Horizon’ scanning global conservation issues for 2010 ‘Horizon scanning’ is a tool used to anticipate key future directions for research to underpin and inform policy and practice.
A group of horizon scanners, recently published a paper in Trends in Ecology & Evolution (see: www.sciencedirect.com) looking at issues that could affect the conservation of biological diversity. This process will be repeated annually (see: www.sciencedirect.com).
New sustainability journal launched A new journal has just been launched covering the area of sustainability (see: www.elsevier.com).
