biodiversity

briefing document, using the format of the UK Parliament’s Postnotes (see [login to view URL]). The format and length of the document is as the UK Parliament Postnotes; in summary this is no more than 4 A4 pages of text, plus additional pages of references, laid out in the format of the Postnote series. The aim of this assignment is for you to prepare a succinct and evaluative report on current research in a topic relevant to conservation. The report MUST adhere closely to the written style, approach, length and layout of a POSTnote – examples are available at the website of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) at this link: [login to view URL] The one difference in format I would like to request is in the way that references are cited in the POSTnote biblography. In the text, references are given a superscript and then listed in the bibliography in numerical order, ie the order in which they are referred to in the text, and you should follow this pattern. In the POSTnote’s bibliography the reference for academic texts is typically the author, publication date and journal title only. I would like you to include the full Harvard reference (author, publication date, article title, journal title, volume and page numbers) for each source in your bibliography, so that I can more easily see what sources you are using. The POSTnote should be on one of these topics: A. Biodiversity and biodiversity loss: ecosystem, species and genetic biodiversity B. Biodiversity and biodiversity loss: drivers of biodiversity loss and their relative impact C. Approaches to conservation and their success and failure D. Conservation governance: the role of agents, agency and instruments in biological conservation