<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Apologies for any cross-postings...</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">If anyone has a good case study or colleagues
in the pollinator research community that may be able to contribute...
this may be a good opportunity to highlight the impact of [an] invasive
species and/or climate change on pollinator ecosystem services and concomitantly
highlight the value of pollinators and their ecosystem services in relation
to these issues of global concern.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Cheers, Liz<br>
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Elizabeth Sellers<br>
Manager, NBII Pollinators Project</font>
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<td><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">From:</font>
<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">SW Burgiel <swb.invasives@gmail.com></font>
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<td><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">To:</font>
<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">aliens-l@indaba.iucn.org</font>
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<td><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Date:</font>
<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">03/10/2010 02:52 PM</font>
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<td><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Subject:</font>
<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Case studies on climate change and invasive
species: Call for Input</font></table>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Recent discussions at the international and
national levels have increasingly focused on drivers of global change,
most particularly climate change and invasive species. While some initial
work has been done on the interactions of the two, further work is necessary
to define management considerations and recommendations.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">In this regard, the Global Invasive Species
Programme (GISP) is preparing a report on behalf of the World Bank. This
report is tentatively titled ‘Invasive Species and Climate Change: Using
Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Address Multiple Drivers of Global Change,’
and will include case studies of invasive species and climate change across
a diverse range of topics/sectors and locations.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">GISP plans to highlight examples with harmful
invasive species and high susceptibility to extreme effects of climate
change. Therefore, GISP is asking for input from the global invasive species
research and management community. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Please let us know if you have any examples
that meet the following minimal criteria: </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">1) an invasive species with significant regional
impacts on ecosystem service(s), particularly sectors listed at the end
of this message;</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">2) management method(s) for that invasive
species with information on success or failure; and </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">3) projected linkage of invasive species
or its management efforts to ongoing and future climate change (e.g., using
scenarios from the IPCC)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">We would prefer examples from developing
countries as well as those with information available in the published
or grey literatures (although given realities we are also certainly willing
to work directly with experts and on-site practitioners). We’re also looking
for potential collaborators in this effort and beyond.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">If you would like to recommend a case study
or example, please contact: </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Adrianna Muir, </font><a href=mailto:aamuir@ucdavis.edu target=_blank><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>aamuir@ucdavis.edu</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Stas Burgiel, </font><a href=mailto:s.burgiel@gisp.org><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>s.burgiel@gisp.org</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Other relevant information on the intersection
of invasive species and climate change is also welcome.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Thank you in advance for your input and we
will certainly make the results of this effort known to Aliens-L.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Best regards,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Stas Burgiel, PhD</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Policy Director</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">E) </font><a href=mailto:s.burgiel@gisp.org><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>s.burgiel@gisp.org</u></font></a>
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