6.9. Watt

Keynote Presentations from the 4th ALTER-Net Summer School, Peyresq 5 - 17 September 2009

Speaker: Allan Watt

a.watt -at- ceh.ac.uk

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) Edinburgh, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0QB, Scotland, UK

Title of the talk: Biodiversity, ecosystems, processes, functions, services, benefits, threats and responses... (pdf: 9MB)

Summary of the talk and discussion by Anne Holsten (pdf)

Recommended background literature on this presentation:

• Watt AD, Bradshaw RHW, Young J, Alard D,Bolger T, Chamberlain D, Fernández-González F, Fuller R, Gurrea P, Henle K, Johnson R, Korsós Z, Lavelle P, Niemelä J, Nowicki P, Rebane M, Scheidegger C, Sousa JP, van Swaay C, Vanbergen A: Trends in biodiversity in Europe and the impact of land-use change. (Harrison RM, Hester RE, Edts: Biodiversity under threat. in: Issues in Environmental Science and Technology, 25) (Uncorrected proof, pdf: 2MB)
• Young J, Richards C, Fischer A, Halada L, Kull T, Kuzniar A, Tartes U, Uzunov Y, Watt A (2007) Conflicts between biodiversity conservation and human activities in the central and eastern European countries. Ambio 36,7, 545-550 doi:10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[545:CBBCAH]2.0.CO;2.
• EC Communication (2006) Halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 − and beyond. (pdf: 200KB)
• EEA Report No 5 (2006) Progress towards halting the loss of biodiversity. http://reports.eea.europa.eu/eea_report_2006_5/en/.
• 'Europe's environment − The fourth assessment' http://www.eea.europa.eu/pan-european/fourth-assessment