Wednesday, 02 June 2010

03/06/2010-About the ETC/BD

For Green Week 2010 the ETC/BD prepared a leaflet giving an overview as to:

• What is the European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity

The ETC/BD is a consortium of nine organisations combining national conservation agencies, research institutions and a non-profit foundation, all with broad expertise on biodiversity policy support. The ETC/BD is coordinated by the French National Museum of Natural History.

• What are the main activities of the ETC/BD

Some of the main activities of the ETC/BD are:

To support the implementation of European biodiversity policies

To support the production of biodiversity related indicators and their use for the post 2010 target

To support biodiversity-related assessments and reporting

To support the development of a Biodiversity Information System for Europe