International Union of Biological Sciences

Spanish National Committee

Functions

IUBS conducts international collaborative research programmes in close cooperation with its Ordinary and Scientific Members. The topics of these programmes are selected on the basis of their originality and feasibility, as well as their relevance with respect to IUBS objectives, i.e. most importantly: their global scientific importance in the biological sciences and their potential to benefit from international participation. The General Assembly, convened every three years, decides on the basis of the priorities of the Union and of the recommendations of the reviewers and the Executive Committee, whether a given proposal is endorsed to become an IUBS programme.

Current IUBS Scientific Programmes are next:

>Biological Diversity: - Diversitas (1991 -) - Human Dimensions of Biodiversity (1994 -), Systematics Agenda 2000 - International
>Towards An Integrative Biology - TAIB (1997 -)
>Biological Education (1974 -)
>Bioethics (1974 -)
>Bionomenclature (1974 -)

Other activities conducts by IUBS are based on inter-union cooperation mainly.

Publications

The IUBS publishes progress reports and scientific results of its own programmes and research projects, besides offering assistance in the publication of the proceedings of workshops and meeting held under its auspices. IUBS publications also include the periodical of IUBS Biology International, publishes on a quarterly basis, as well as, the IUBS Monograph Series, the Methodology Manual Series, the Proceedings of the IUBS General Assemblies, and other.