Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities. A Global Assessment

Launch of the Scientic Foundation of the project Cities and Biodiversity Outlook The Cities and Biodiversity Outlook project presents the world¿s rst global assessment of the eects of urbanization on biodiversity and ecosystem services. The book discusses the massive challenges ahead but also the unprecedented opportunities to guide urban development towards sustainability, identies knowledge gaps that are crucial to bridge, and provides specic guidelines for policy-makers. Find programme as PDF. Date, time: Wednesday 13 November 2013, 16:00-19:00, followed by a reception Venue: Auditorium of Pati Manning (Diputació de Barcelona), C/ Montalegre, 7, Barcelona, Spain Please email Pamela Muehlmann by November 6 to register for the launch: pamela.muehlmann@iclei.org