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Note that Deliverable 3a is about pollinators. <br><br>
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Established in 2012, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Services (IPBES;
<a href="http://www.ipbes.net/">www.ipbes.net</a>), is a global program
intended to strengthen the role of science in decision-making related to
the conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystem
services. IPBES is seeking involvement from a broad community of natural
and social scientists, and the U.S. government is encouraging U.S.
scientists to join in the work of IPBES. In response, as part of their
ongoing interdisciplinary Earth Stewardship Initiative (see
<a href="http://www.esa.org/esa/?page_id=2157">
www.esa.org/esa/?page_id=2157</a>), the Ecological Society of America
(ESA) is assisting the government in encouraging engagement of U.S.
scientists in IPBES.<br><br>
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At its December 2013 Plenary, IPBES established multiple Expert Groups
for which it is seeking nominations from governments and other
stakeholders. To assist in this process, ESA invites the leadership of
professional societies, nongovernmental organizations, and other groups
to send nominations to our Office of Science Programs, where they will be
collated and forwarded to U.S. government representatives to
IPBES.<br><br>
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The IPBES work plan is described in
<a href="http://ipbes.net/images/IPBES-2-17%20%20%20-%20%20Advance%20En.pdf">
http://ipbes.net/images/IPBES-2-17%20%20%20-%20%20Advance%20En.pdf</a>,
and sections of it are referenced below. The five Expert Groups for which
ESA is collecting nominations are as follows:<br><br>
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Deliverable 2a: Expert Group to develop a guide on production and
integration of assessments from and across all scales. Initial meeting
week of 5 May 2014. See Objective 2 of
<a href="http://ipbes.net/images/IPBES-2-17%20%20%20-%20%20Advance%20En.pdf">
the work plan</a> for more detail.<br><br>
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Deliverable 3a: Expert Group for delivering an assessment on pollinators,
pollination, and food production. Initial authors meeting week of 30 June
2014. See Objective 3 and Annex V of
<a href="http://ipbes.net/images/IPBES-2-17%20%20%20-%20%20Advance%20En.pdf">
the work plan</a> for more detail.<br><br>
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Deliverable 3c: Expert Group for scoping and delivering a methodological
assessment and development of a guide on scenario analysis and modeling
of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Scoping meeting week of 28 April
2014. See Annex VI of
<a href="http://ipbes.net/images/IPBES-2-17%20%20%20-%20%20Advance%20En.pdf">
the work plan</a> for more detail.<br><br>
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Deliverable 3d: Expert Group for scoping of a methodological assessment
and development of a guide regarding diverse conceptualization of values
of biodiversity and nature’s benefits to people in including ecosystem
services. Scoping meeting week of 28 April 2014. See Objective 3 of
<a href="http://ipbes.net/images/IPBES-2-17%20%20%20-%20%20Advance%20En.pdf">
the work plan</a> for more detail.<br><br>
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Deliverable 4c: Expert Group to develop a guide on and a catalog of
policy support tools and methodologies. Initial meeting week of 5 May
2014. See Objective 4 of
<a href="http://ipbes.net/images/IPBES-2-17%20%20%20-%20%20Advance%20En.pdf">
the work plan</a> for more detail.<br><br>
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The letter inviting nominations, (which also includes several task forces
outside the scope of ESA’s effort) is at
<a href="http://ipbes.net/images/Letter%20from%20IPBES%20chair%20following%20IPBES-2.pdf">
http://ipbes.net/images/Letter%20from%20IPBES%20chair%20following%20IPBES-2.pdf</a>
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The deadline for governments to submit nominations to IPBES is short, by
28 February 2014. <b>In order for ESA to collate and forward nominations
to the U.S. government, we are requesting nominations no later than 21
February 2014, </b>extended from a previous deadline of February
14<b>.</b> We will not be able to include nominations received after that
date in our submission. We recognize that this is a very challenging
schedule, but believe U.S. engagement in IPBES is important and hope that
you will encourage qualified individuals to volunteer for one or more of
these assessments. Please forward this information to anyone you feel
appropriate.<br><br>
<br><br>
To be nominated, volunteers must do the following:<br><br>
<br><br>
(1) Fill in the attached form (also available at
<a href="http://www.esa.org/esa/?page_id=10615">
http://www.esa.org/esa/?page_id=10615</a>
<a name="14422d0efad3d207_14422c8206c0b7df_14421d4da63ecde1__GoBack"></a>
) to indicate the Expert Group in which you are interested. If you are
interested in more than one Expert Group, you must fill in a separate
form for each. Please note the initial meeting dates carefully: those
volunteering as participants (other than reviewers) need to be available
on those dates. Further, at this time, there is no U.S. government
support for travel costs to meetings.<br><br>
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(2) Email the form and a short c.v. to
<a href="mailto:ipbes@esa.org">ipbes@esa.org</a>. Please strictly follow
the file naming conventions described in the form.<br><br>
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If you have any questions, please email them to
<a href="mailto:ipbes@esa.org">ipbes@esa.org</a>.<br><br>
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Thank you for your interest and support of this important international
effort.<br><br>
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Learn more about NCCWSC at
<a href="https://nccwsc.usgs.gov/" eudora="autourl">
https://nccwsc.usgs.gov</a> and the CSCs at
<a href="http://www.doi.gov/csc/index.cfm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.doi.gov/csc/index.cfm</a>.<br>
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