Due to the growing number of requests for biodiversity-related photographs to be used in education, publication, outreach and awareness activities, the CBD Secretariat has decided to establish an album of photos that will be available online. The Secretariat is especially interested in photos that illustrate the theme of next year's International Day for Biodiversity: Biodiversity and Agriculture. Read the Notification.

23 May 2007 was the 300th anniversary of the birth in Sweden of Carl Linnaeus, the “father of modern taxonomy”. For all who value taxonomy, it was a day to celebrate the work and legacy of a remarkable man and the myriad of ways in which taxonomy contributes to science and society.  If Linnaeus were with us today, we expect he would share BioNET’s goal that anyone, anywhere in the World, is able to obtain the correct identification and name for the elements of their living world.  BioNET needs the help of its Bulletin readers if it is to continue its capacity building work at the global level.  Click here to read how you can help.

The environmental agency of Parana State, in the South of Brazil, has just published the first official invasive alien species list in the country. Most of the data that makes up the list came out of the I3N Brazil Database managed by the Horus Institute and The Nature Conservancy. This is an important step forward in the recognition of biological invasion issues and a pioneer effort even at the continental level. More...

Scientists have identified a type of bacteria in mosquitoes that carry malaria, which could be used to attack the parasite. More... Source: SciDev.Net