Advisory Board Angelika Rubin (European Commission, DG Environment) Charles Besancon (World Conservation and Monitoring Centre) David Barton (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norway) Doug Evans (European Topic Center on Biological Diversity) Karin Zaunberger (European Commission, DG Environment) Klement Tockner (Leibnitz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany) Marita Bottcher (Federal Agency of Nature Conservation, Germany) Rania Spyropoulou (European Environment Information and Observation Network) Yrjo Haila (University of Tampere, Finland)