President Priya Davidar is cited in Nature's online journal, naturenews, regarding the proposed construction of an underground neutrino laboratory in India. Davidar explains that the environmental impact assessment is seriously flawed and the article references the Association's resolution urging the Indian government not to permit construction and to look for an alternative site.

The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) and the Society for Tropical Ecology (GTÖ) release a joint communiqué during their join annual meeting regarding the urgent need to maximize biodiversity conservation in forest carbon-trading.

Read the declaration developed in Marburg, Germany, 26-29 July 2009.