{"id":322,"date":"2015-02-12T15:16:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T15:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esa.org\/ipbes\/?p=322"},"modified":"2015-09-24T19:53:11","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T19:53:11","slug":"call-for-nominations-for-regional-assessments-and-global-scoping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/ipbes\/call-for-nominations-for-regional-assessments-and-global-scoping\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for nominations for regional assessments and global scoping"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nominations are no longer being accepted for this call.<\/span><\/p>\n

DEADLINE: March 20<\/strong><\/p>\n

Established in 2012, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES<\/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 currently soliciting nominations from a broad community of natural and social scientists.<\/p>\n

The Ecological Society of America is assisting the U.S. government in identifying U.S. natural and social scientists to serve on the following IPBES expert groups:<\/p>\n

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  1. Expert group to create a set of regional and sub-regional assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem services<\/strong> for the following regions:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    (a) Americas<\/span>, involving up to 100 experts, with a first authors meeting scheduled for 20-24 July 2015;
    \n(b) Africa<\/span>, involving up to 100 experts, with a first authors meeting scheduled 3-7 August 2015;
    \n(c) Asia and Pacific<\/span>, involving up to 100 experts, with a first authors meeting scheduled 17-21 August 2015;
    \n(d) Europe and Central Asia<\/span>, involving up to 100 experts, with a first authors meeting scheduled 31 August \u2013 4 September 2015.<\/p>\n

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    1. Expert group for scoping of a global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services<\/strong>. This will involve up to 20 experts. A scoping meeting is planned for 5-7 October 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      IPBES is seeking a broad variety of experts from various natural and social scientific disciplines and from indigenous and local knowledge systems, as well as policy and technical experts and practitioners.\u00a0 For the regional and sub-regional assessments, IPBES is also looking for experts with experience in invasive alien species and sustainable use of biodiversity.<\/p>\n

      For more information on the scope of the regional assessments, please visit this page for the complete scoping documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      Nominees must meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n