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The editorial published in the latest issue of Conservation Biology, should be of interest to members of this list. It advocates for a (much needed) paradigm shift in ecological/conservation research, much like the culture changes that medical and molecular biology research have already undergone, to ensure the sharing of raw data to facilitate systematic reviews for the sake of promoting evidence-based. In order to make this paradigm shift a reality, the platform and database infrastructure for data sharing needs to be created, and the buy-in from journals and academic institutions needs to be secured. Could the Conservation Commons lead the way in this? 
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a new paper by MICHAEL C. CALVER AND J. STUART BRADLEY published in the volume 24 issue 3 of the Conservation Biology comparing the number of citations of open access and non-open access papers in six journals and four books published since 2000 to test whether open access increases number of citations overall and increases citations made by authors in developing countries.
Creative Commons is investing up to $100,000 to empower individuals and communities deeply rooted in the principles of openness and sharing. With the Catalyst Grants program, Creative Commons will seed activities around the globe that support our mission. Our goal is to scale our community’s efforts and support them in becoming self-sustainable. Through a rigorous public review and transparent evaluation process, the best proposals submitted by CC affiliates and the broader community, will be selected to receive $1,000–$10,000 to make their ideas a reality.
The UNCCD Conference of the Parties (COP) during its ninth session in Buenos Aires in September 2009 decided (Decision 17/COP9) to provisionally accept a set of eleven impact indicators to measure progress on strategic objective 1, 2 and 3 of The Strategy.
Intellectual property rights and access to medicines were on the agenda at the first day of a biotechnology industry group’s annual convention yesterday. The group held a panel on IP rights and also released a policy statement on access to medicine in developing countries. The director of the US Patent and Trademark Office commented positively on the initiative. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)’s 
The cosmetics industry is about beauty, but it is also increasingly about biodiversity as consumers show a growing awareness of environmental issues and the loss of biodiversity. As a wishful wink to the 10th meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan in October 2010, the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT) held a conference at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris on 15 April. The event, named “The Beauty of Sourcing with Respect,” gathered about 80 participants mainly from the cosmetics industry as the biotrade union sought to increase the sector’s awareness about biodiversity, engage companies in the ethical sourcing of biodiversity, and advertise the actions of UEBT.
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