Report from the RUBICODE e-conference on "Ecosystem Services and Drivers of Biodiversity Change" which took place in April 2008 is now available to download.

  The fourth edition of the RUBICODE Newsletter was published in August 2008 and focuses on two major workshops on ecosystem service assessment and biodiversity conservation - subscribe now!

  Nine reviews related to ecosystem service assessment on concepts, drivers, indicators, functional traits, values and habitat management strategies are available to download on the "Outputs" page.

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Five workshops will be organised throughout the lifetime of RUBICODE to evaluate the concepts and methods developed within the project and identify gaps in knowledge. Stakeholders and/or scientific experts from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines will be invited to attend each workshop to promote discussion and consensus. Funds are available to support participation, but places are limited. Please complete the form below if you are interested in attending any of these workshops.

Workshop 1: Assessing and monitoring ecosystems – concepts, policies andindicators.
Date: 27 February to 1 March 2007. Country: Germany. Download workshop report.

Workshop 2: Linking threats to biodiversity with action in the policy-making process.
Date: 15-16 May 2007. Country: Belgium. Download workshop report.

Workshop 3: Ecosystem services and drivers of biodiversity change.
Date: 25-29 February 2008. Country: Sweden. Download workshop background report. Download workshop final report.

Workshop 4: Habitat management and conservation policy - strategies for a new dynamic approach focussed on ecosystem service provision.
Date: 29-30 April 2008. Country: Slovenia. Download workshop report.

Workshop 5: Future research needs for developing innovative conservation strategies for terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems.
Date: 12-14 January 2009. Country: Germany.