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Busan/Nairobi, 11 June 2010 -History was made today in the South Korean port city of Busan, when governments gave the green light to an Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

First big piece of news is the new PLoS Hub for Biodiversity - see the details on the PLoS Blog . Second big piece of news is the New PLoS ONE Collection - Biodiversity of Saba Bank - the collection homepage, where all the articles are collected, is here and the overview article is here . There is some movement on The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) in Congress. Keep up with the ...

WASHINGTON - FACING what many scientists say is the sixth mass extinction in half-a-billion years, our planet urgently needs a 'bailout plan' to protect its biodiversity, a top conservation group said Thursday. Failure to stem the loss of animal and plant species will have dire consequences on human well-being, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warned.

Facing what many scientists say is the sixth mass extinction in half-a-billion years, our planet urgently needs a "bailout plan" to protect its biodiversity, a top conservation group said Thursday.

UNEP 9 Oct 09; Five-Day IPBES Discussions Underline Need for Serious Strengthening of 'Science-Policy Links' to Reverse Declines Nairobi, 9 October 2009-Momentum towards the establishment of a new international body to address the loss and degradation of the world's multi trillion dollar nature-based assets gathered pace at a meeting of close to 100 governments. There was strong support that an intergovernmental panel, similar to the one that has catalyzed political action on the issue of