CABI launches Environmental Impact internet resource

Media release

6 October 2008

CABI has launched an authoritative internet resource focusing on climate change and other major impacts of humans on the environment.

Environmental Impact pools together information on the effects of climate change on the terrestrial and freshwater biosphere, including crop production, plant pests and diseases, human and animal health, natural resources and tourism. It also covers other aspects of human's impact on the environment such as pollution, deforestation, desertification and habitat loss.

“We have created Environmental Impact in response to demand from the scientific community, policy makers and information specialists for a single comprehensive information resource on this challenging topic,” said Dr Halina Dawson, Content Manager for Environmental Sciences, CABI.

The resource also offers the latest information on adaptation and mitigation strategies such as production and utilization of biofuels and fuelwood, creation of ‘habitat corridors’, enhanced carbon sequestration, agroforestry and restoration ecology.

Key features include:

More than 1 million bibliographic records (derived from CAB Abstracts) dating from 1910
More than 5,400 full text articles, including key journal papers, conference proceedings and reviews
Instant access to more than 600 reports on climate change from 92 key organizations
Topical issues explored through news articles written by our in-house subject specialists
The entire CAB eBooks environmental science collection, currently over 48 titles from 2005 onwards, with more being added as they are published
More than 65 review articles commissioned from leading experts
 

Who should use it?

• Lecturers, researchers and students
• Government scientists and policy makers
• Environmental protection agencies
• Climate change campaign groups
• Development project workers
• Donor agencies

More information

To view the live site: http://www.cabi.org/environmentalimpact/

Further information: http://www.cabi.org/datapage.asp?iDocID=1117

CABI publications and resources

 CABI is a world-leading publisher of bibliographic databases, books, and interactive electronic resources aiming to further science and its application to real life. Behind each of our products is a team of subject specialists committed to delivering the most relevant and authoritative information to researchers worldwide. Our expertise includes animal sciences, entomology, plant sciences, environmental sciences, human health, parasitology, mycology, crop protection, rural economics, rural development, and leisure and tourism.

Contacts: Dr Halina Dawson, Content Manager for Environmental Sciences, tel: +44 (0) 1491 829 423, email: h.dawson@cabi.org

Media contact: Sarah Wilson, PR and Corporate Communications Manager, tel: +44 (0) 1491 829 361, mob: +44 (0) 7516 928 845, email: s.wilson@cabi.org