The European Commission has published a handy little guide for the general public on what they can do to help conserve biodiversity. The guide offers 52 practical tips – one for each week of the year – which individuals can apply in their everyday lives in order to help make a difference.

2011 has been declared the International Year of the Forest by the United Nations. Worldwide forests cover a third of the land territory, about 10 per cent of the earth's surface.

The European Environment Agency release the fourth European Environment State and Outlook Report
On 30 November, the European Environment Agency has released the fourth report  (SOER2010) on the state and emerging trends oft the European environment.

... and a fair sharing with Genetic Resources
Nagoya, Japan 29 October 2010
Some 18,000 participants representing the 193 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity closed the Nagoya Biodiversity Summit by adopting historic decisions to save biodiversity and to ensure a fair use of the genetic resources.