ECNC

During 2008 five issues of the ECNC Update were published. This newsletter is available from the ECNC website. The ECNC Annual report for 2007 was published in August.

Four issues of the Journal for Nature Conservation (JNC) were published by Elsevier Science in affiliation with ECNC.

Reports

Biemans, M., A. Nieto, L. Jones-Walters and D. Richard (2008) Indicators of the impact of climate change on biodiversity: review and short analysis of published indicators of European relevance. – ECNC, Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Biemans, M., Y. Waarts, A. Nieto, V. Goba, L. Jones-Walters and C. Zöckler (2008) Impacts of biofuel production on biodiversity in Europe. – ECNC, Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Biemans, M. and L. Jones-Walters (2008) Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in relation to biofuels: identification of present and future priority areas for consideration by the European Environment Agency. – ECNC, Tilburg, the Netherlands, for the European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD: Under contract with the European Environment Agency).

Çil, A., M. Snethlage, L. Jones-Walters and G. van Uden (Eds) (2008) Catalyzing stakeholder involvement in the practical implementation of ecological networks (KEN – Knowledge for Ecological Networks). – ECNC, Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Dimitrova, L., V. Goba, P. Goriup, J. Munic and Y. Waarts (Eds) (2008) Assessment of potential to encourage pro-biodiversity business in Bulgaria and Croatia. – Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Goba, V.  (2008) Integrating biodiversity into SMEs. In: Grant, F., J. Weber, M. Atramentowicz, S. Hernandez, N. Frascaria-Lacoste, J. Houdet and A.D. Watt (Eds) Biodiversity and Industry. Report of an e-conference. – EPBRS, Paris, France.

Goba, V. and P. Goriup (Eds) (2008) Proceedings of final workshop of the project ‘Creating Pro-biodiversity business opportunities in Bulgaria and Croatia’, 14 March 2008, Zagreb, Croatia. – ECNC, Tilburg, the Netherlands.

 Goba, V. and Y. Waarts (2008) European Biodiversity Finance Compendium. – ECNC, Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Grift, E. van der, V. Biserkov and V. Simeonova (2008) Restoring ecological networks across transport corridors in Bulgaria: Identification of bottleneck locations and practical solutions. - Alterra, Wageningen UR, the Netherlands. Contribution by Á. Bruszik and L. Jones-Walters.

Hill, N., P. Clement, M. Somocurcio, B. Fiselius, N. Koczy, Y. Waarts, E. Nieuwstraten, L. Van den Bergh and L. Unseld (2008) Het landschap als imago: Leidraad voor het vermarkten van landschap en streekproducten. (Translation of Branding the Landscape – a guide, published in 2006.) – ’s-Hertogenbosch, Provincie Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands.

Hoogeveen, Y., F. Schutyser, L. Jones-Walters, M. Snethlage and D. Richard (Eds) (2008) European Ecosystem Assessment: Proceedings of the Expert Meeting on ‘Spotmeters’ 10/11 November 2008, Copenhagen.

Kostiushyn, V.A., T.L. Andrienko and V.P. Melnichuk (2008) Overview of biodiversity monitoring programmes in Ukraine. – ECNC, Tilburg, the Netherlands and the National Ecological Centre of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. (In Ukrainian and English.)

Laušević, R., L. Jones-Walters, A. Nieto and A. Torre-Marín (2008) Climate change and biodiversity in South-East Europe: a concise summary of the scientific and policy context, issues and recommended actions. – REC, Szentendre, Hungary; ECNC, Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Laušević, R., L. Jones-Walters and A. Nieto (2008) Climate change and biodiversity in South-East Europe – impacts and action. – REC, Szentendre, Hungary; ECNC, Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Maessen, R., G. Wilms and L. Jones-Walters (2008) Branding our landscapes: Some practical experiences from the LIFESCAPE project. In: Proceedings of the 8th European ISFA Symposium, 6-10 July 2008, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Nieto, A., H. Wijnja and L. Jones-Walters (Eds) (2008) Proceedings of the Conference: Changing climate, changing biodiversity in South-East Europe; Belgrade, 18-19 June 2008. – REC, Szentendre, Hungary; ECNC, Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Snethlage, M., A. Çil and L. Jones-Walters (2008) Public Opinion: Indicator appraisal, Eurobarometer Evaluation and Recommendations for Future Applications. – ECNC, Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Snethlage, M. and L. Jones-Walters (Eds) (2008) Interactions between policy concerning spatial planning policy and ecological networks in Europe (SPEN – Spatial Planning and Ecological Networks). – ECNC, Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Articles/Papers

Jones-Walters, L. (2008) European Policy Review: Biodiversity in multifunctional landscapes. Journal for Nature Conservation 16, 2: 117-119.

Mulder, I., L. Jones-Walters and L. van Santen (2008) Parallels between the financial and ongoing ecological crisis. Business 2010 3, 4: 12–13.

Brochures

BioScore assesses impact on biodiversity

Business Opportunities of Nature: Guidance for developing and implementing pro-biodiversity projects in and around Natura 2000 wildlife sites.
(Produced in support of the Biodiversity Technical Advice Unit (BTAU) project, funded

by the Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission.)

Communication for nature conservation in South-East Europe: Capacity building and pilot projects in Croatia and FYRO Macedonia. – ECNC, Tilburg, the Netherlands.

A poster was produced for the KEN-SPEN projects: Planning and implementing ecological networks in Europe.

Newsletter Biodiversiteit in Brabant

The first newsletter of the MOLO Working Group on Biodiversity and Countdown 2010 in Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands, was published in August 2008. It presents news and developments related to biodiversity in Noord-Brabant. The newsletter is in Dutch and will be issued several times a year. The newsletter can be found at www.biodiversitybrabant.nl and www..molo.nl.

See www.ecnc.org/publications/technicalreports for a complete list of ECNC publications and ordering information.