~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call for Nominations of Experts: Assessment of Invasive Alien Species ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, IPBES, is currently seeking experts to participate in an important assessment addressing the threat that invasive alien species pose to biodiversity, ecosystem services and livelihoods and the global status of impacts of invasive alien species by region and sub- region, taking into account various knowledge and value systems. The Ecological Society of America is assisting the U.S. government in identifying U.S. experts and fellows for the assessment. Applicants should be experts on invasive alien species within one or more of the following disciplines: natural sciences; social sciences; or the humanities; be indigenous and local knowledge experts or have expertise in indigenous and local knowledge systems; or be policy experts and practitioners. All nominees should have experience in working within interdisciplinary and/or international contexts. Expert nominees must meet the following criteria: 3 years of experience in related issues Ability to support their own travel to meetings Ability to participate in person in the expert group meeting Experts will be selected according to the IPBES rules of procedure during IPBES 7, taking place from April 29 to May 4, 2019 in Paris, France. Experts will be informed of their selection in June 2019. The first meeting of all assessment experts, for which attendance is mandatory, is tentatively scheduled for August or September 2019. Deadline for applications to ESA: December 3, 2018 Learn more by visiting: http://esa.org/ipbes/call-for-nominations-of-experts-assessment-of- invasive-alien-species/
