GreenFacts Newsletter - September 2005

New Digests at GreenFacts.org:

GreenFacts has just released a new online Digest on Air Pollution, gathering the scientific facts on three air pollutants: nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and particulate matter. In October 2005 the World Health Organization (WHO) will reconsider current air quality guidelines. Does the latest research warrant new standards to better protect our health?

Having completed the Digest on Air Pollution, the GreenFacts editorial team is currently working in a wide range of scientific documents from key international and European institutions such as the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC).

The forthcoming Digests will provide the facts and figures on Fisheries, Phthalates, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), and respiratory diseases; they are scheduled for release in autumn 2005.

GreenFacts at the "Communicating European Research" conference:

Next 14-15 November 2005, the second edition of the conference "Communicating European Research" (CER-2005) will take place at the Brussels Exhibition Centre (Heysel). GreenFacts will be sharing a stand with its partner EurActiv; we look forward to seeing you there and to discussing science communication issues with you.

Translating scientific documents:

Earlier this year, GreenFacts collaborated with the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment to summarize its General Synthesis Report. The Millennium Assessment is an extensive scientific report on ecosystem change prepared by 1,300 experts from 95 countries. It encompassed a series of previous research on issues such as desertification, biodiversity, and wetlands. It confirms that virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems have been significantly transformed through human actions, especially in the last 50 years. It also proposes some actions to limit the harmful consequences of these changes. Read the GreenFacts summary in English, French and Spanish.

The Millennium Assessment has now contracted GreenFacts to translate into French one of its other important reports: the Synthesis Report on Desertification. With this assignment, GreenFacts consolidates its role as a leading provider of scientific information for non-specialists.

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