 letters. Today I'm presenting the first of our issues Insights which is basically an overview of the contents of our January February issue for 2014. Opening the issue we have James Watson from the Wildlife Conservation Society who's presenting on potential impacts of human adaptations of climate change. Our feature article for the issue is by Guy Barne from Pantera and he's discussing the effectiveness of research into leopard in South Africa. Is it actually providing any real benefits? We don't have two articles on threats to biodiversity. First is from Brazil which is looking at non-native fish species and the second is from Indonesia looking at broad scale oil palm and the impacts of that compared to small scale production. We have a controversial study that's looking at the benefits of electricity pylons as opposed to the negatives associated with bird conservation in agricultural landscapes. We also have an overview from Natalie Ban which is presenting a framework looking at systematic conservation planning, its potential for ensuring conservation of marine biodiversity. There's also an overview of public participation looking at the benefits of participation for achieving the goals of global environmental programs and finally we have a debate between David Lindemeyer and Edward Faison and their colleagues about the value of old trees for conserving biodiversity. So go and check it out go to www.conservationletters.com feature articles free and yeah find something of interest have a good day