ECNC

During 2010 six issues of the ECNC Update were published. This newsletter is available from the ECNC website. The ECNC Annual report for 2009 was published in July, and can also be found on the ECNC website.

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

Reports

Bouwma, I.M., R. van Apeldoorn, A. Çil, M. Snethlage, N. McIntosh, N. Nowicki and L.C. Braat (2010) Natura 2000 – Addressing conflicts and promoting benefits. – Wageningen, the Netherlands: Alterra.
This brochure can be downloaded from
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/natura2000/management/best_practice_en.htm and http://www.ecnc.org/programmes/nature-and-society-completed-projects?action=detail&id=88

Çil, A. and M. Snethlage (2010) Summary workshop report: Conflict management in the Natura 2000 network. - Tilburg, the Netherlands: ECNC-European Centre for Nature Conservation.
The report can be downloaded from
http://www.ecnc.org/programmes/nature-and-society-completed-projects?action=detail&id=88

Čivić, K. and L. Jones-Walters (2010) Peatlands in ecological networks in Europe. – Tilburg, the Netherlands: ECNC-European Centre for Nature Conservation.

Condé, S., L. Jones-Walters, A. Torre-Marín and C. Romão (2010) EU 2010 Biodiversity Baseline. - EEA Technical report No. 12/2010, Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Union.
DOI:10.2800/6160

European Commission (2010) Sustainable Development in the European Union: 2009 monitoring report of the EU sustainable development strategy. – Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
Dr Lawrence Jones-Walters provided independent specialist input to the review of the section ‘Key challenge 4: Conservation and management of natural resources’ and its indicators.

Jones-Walters, L., R. Catchpole, A. Mladenović, A. Çil, M. Snethlage, K. Čivić, A. Schrauwen, S. Sušić and A.S. Solujić (2010) Local Biodiversity Action Planning for Southeastern Europe. – Tilburg, the Netherlands: ECNC-European Centre for Nature  Conservation, and Szentendre, Hungary: REC.
The handbook can be downloaded from
http://www.ecnc.org/publications/technicalreports/local-biodiversity-action-planning

Stojanov, A., Gj. Ivanov, D. Melovski, S. Hristovski and M. Velevski (2010) Population status of the Brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the Republic of Macedonia. – Skopje, Republic of Macedonia: Macedonian Ecological Society, and Tilburg, the Netherlands: ECNC–European Centre for Nature Conservation.
The report can be downloaded from
http://www.ecnc.org/publications/technicalreports/population-status-of-the-brown-bear

Torre-Marín, A. and L. Jones-Walters (2010) Report on the ALTER-Net Conference ‘Ecosystem services and biodiversity: What is the link between the two?’, held at the French Cultural Institute, Vienna, 3-4 November 2010.

Torre-Marín, A. and L. Jones-Walters (2010) Socio-economic values and benefits of protected areas in Europe. – Unpublished report prepared for ETC/BD-EEA.

Torre-Marín, A. and L. Jones-Walters (2010) Developments in European and global biodiversity policies towards the year 2010. – Section prepared for the SEBI 2010 report update (November 2010). Unpublished report prepared for ETC/BD-EEA.

ECNC contributed to the following publications:

• EEA (2010) 10 messages for 2010 – Mountain ecosystems. – Copenhagen: EEA.
• EEA (2010) 10 messages for 2010 – Coastal ecosystems. – Copenhagen: EEA.
• EEA (2010) 10 messages for 2010 – Cultural landscapes and biodiversity heritage. – Copenhagen: EEA.
• EEA (2010) 10 messages for 2010 – Marine ecosystems. – Copenhagen: EEA.

Articles/Papers

Čivić, K. and L. Jones-Walters (2010) Ecological networks in Europe: Current status of implementation. – Tilburg, the Netherlands: ECNC-European Centre for Nature Conservation.

Jones-Walters, L. (2010) Integrating socio-economic aspects and building alliances with users. In Food for thought: Some independent views, background document prepared for the EU Conference under the Spanish Presidency in Madrid: ‘Post-2010 biodiversity vision and target: The role of protected areas and ecological networks in Europe’, 26 & 27 January 2010.
Available from
http://www.fundacion-biodiversidad.es/minisites/2009/conferencia2010/ing/Foodforthought.pdf

Jones-Walters, L. (2010) Integrating socio-economic aspects and building alliances with users. In Background documents, prepared for the High-Level Pan-European Conference on Biodiversity, Gabala, Azerbaijan, 7 July 2010.
Available from http://www.unep.ch/roe/Azerbaijan_biodiv_conf_july2010.htm

Jones-Walters, L. and K. Čivić (2010) Wilderness and biodiversity. Journal for Nature Conservation 18, 4:338-339.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2010.06.004

Louette G., D. Maes, J.R.M. Alkemade, L. Boitani, B. de Knegt, J. Eggers, A. Falcucci, E. Framstad, W. Hagemeijer, S.M. Hennekens, L. Maiorano, S. Nagy, A. Nieto Serradilla, W.A. Ozinga, J.H.J. Schaminée, V. Tsiaousi, S. van Tol and B. Delbaere (2010) BioScore - Cost-effective assessment of policy impact on biodiversity using species sensitivity scores. Journal for Nature Conservation 18, 2: 142-148.

Mikos, V. (2010) European Learning Network on Functional AgroBiodiversity. Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research Newsletter, March 2010.

Mikos, V. (2010) Benefits of functional agrobiodiversity described in new brochure. Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research Newsletter, November 2010.

Brochures/Leaflets

ECNC (2010) Communicatietoolkit (Communication toolkit for the Year of Biodiversity). – Tilburg, the Netherlands: ECNC-European Centre for Nature Conservation, and Province of Noord-Brabant.

ECNC (2010) Programmaboekje Beursvloer Biodiversiteit - Brabantse Parels van Biodiversiteit. – Tilburg, the Netherlands: ECNC-European Centre for Nature Conservation, and Province of Noord-Brabant.
The booklet can be downloaded from
http://www.biodiversiteitbrabant.nl/images/bestanden/Programmaboekje_Beursvloer.pdf

ELN-FAB (2010) Functional AgroBiodiversity for a more sustainable agriculture and countryside in Europe. – Tilburg, the Netherlands: ECNC-European Centre for Nature Conservation.
The brochure can be downloaded from
http://www.ecnc.org/programmes/business-and-biodiversity-ongoing-projects?action=detail&id=84
(scroll down to bottom of page)

Macedonian Ecological Society and ECNC (2010) The implementation of ecological networks through the involvement of relevant sectors. – Skopje, Macedonia: Macedonian Ecological Society, and Tilburg, the Netherlands: ECNC-European Centre for Nature Conservation.
The leaflet can be downloaded from http://www.ecnc.org/download/normal/ProjectManagement/207/MAK-NEN%20background%20leaflet.pdf

Poster
Torre-Marín, A., L. Jones-Walters and S. Condé (2010) Gaps in ecosystem services information identified in producing the EU 2010 biodiversity baseline. – Tilburg, the Netherlands: ECNC-European Centre for Nature Conservation. Prepared for the conference: ‘Ecosystem services and biodiversity: What is the link between the two?’, held at the French Cultural Institute, Vienna, 3-4 November 2010.

Newsletter Biodiversiteit in Brabant
In 2010 ECNC published four issues of the newsletter of the MOLO Working Group on Biodiversity and Countdown 2010 in Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands. The newsletter, first published in August 2008, presents news, activities and developments related to biodiversity in the Dutch Province of Noord-Brabant. The newsletter is in Dutch; it can be found at http://www.biodiversiteitbrabant.nl/index.php?pagina_id=20

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