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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear Madam, Dear Sir,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This is a kind reminder that
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BiodivERsA invites you to submit topic to be considered part of the </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">horizon
scan exercise driven by William J. Sutherland to identify emerging issues for Global conservation and biological diversity. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">The
<b>deadline to submit a topic </b>(together with rationales of 150-200 words)<b> has been
<u>extended until 22 MAY 2018</u></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The objective of this exercise (which exists since 2008) is to <b>identify emerging topics that are not yet widely known or understood in the conservation
community but that could have substantial effects on biological diversity worldwide in the medium to long term</b>. The aim of identifying such emerging topics is to focus attention and stimulate debate about these subjects, potentially leading to new research
foci, policy developments, or business innovations.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For the 2019 horizon scan exercise BiodivERsA will collect and present a number of emerging topics that you would have identified (keeping your ownership
on the topic proposed of course). </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For more information on how to submit a topic, please consult the BiodivERsA website:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/1350"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#954F72">http://www.biodiversa.org/1350</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sincerely,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Claire Blery</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">On behalf of the BiodivERsA network</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">De : </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Biodiversa <Biodiversa@fondationbiodiversite.fr><br>
<b>Date : </b>jeudi 3 mai 2018 à 10:30<br>
<b>À : </b>"biodiversa@biodiversity.be" <biodiversa@biodiversity.be><br>
<b>Objet : </b>[REMINDER] Invitation to participate to Sutherland’s 2019 Horizon Scan for Global conservation and biological diversity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Sir, Dear Madam,</span><o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BiodivERsA has been invited to participate in a horizon scan exercise driven by William J. Sutherland to identify
emerging issues for Global conservation and biological diversity. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BiodivERsA was already invited last year to participate in this exercise. This resulted in having one of the topics
suggested through the BiodivERsA channel selected among the final list of top 15 top emerging issues selected among 117 initially proposed through different channels.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The objective of this exercise (which exists since 2008) is to
<b>identify emerging topics that are not yet widely known or understood in the conservation community but that could have substantial effects on biological diversity worldwide in the medium to long term</b>. The aim of identifying such emerging topics is to
focus attention and stimulate debate about these subjects, potentially leading to new research foci, policy developments, or business innovations.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">see attachment #1: outputs of the 2018 horizon scan</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">see attachment #2: list of topics selected since 2008</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For the 2019 horizon scan exercise BiodivERsA will collect and present a number of emerging topics that you would
have identified (keeping your ownership on the topic proposed of course). </span>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In this context,
<b>we invite you to submit topics that you find particularly relevant for this exercise, together with short rationales</b>
<b>(150-200 words max.)</b> explaining (i) the novelty of the issue; (ii) why this topic is important at a global scale, and (iii) to what extent it represents an opportunity or a risk; and providing key references –peer-reviewed scientific papers, grey literature,
websites…- in support of the rationales (see attached template -<b> </b><i>attachment #3</i>).</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If the topic you suggest is selected among the final list of top emerging issues, you will be acknowledged as the
source of this topic. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If you want to participate to this exercise, please provide us
<b><u><span style="color:red">no later than 14 May 17:00 CEST (local time in Paris)</span></u></b><span style="color:red">
</span>with a topic title and rationales using the attached template. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please do not hesitate to contact Xavier Le Roux (</span></span><a href="mailto:xavierleroux@hotmail.fr"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">xavierleroux@hotmail.fr</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">)
and Claire Blery (</span></span><a href="mailto:claire.blery@fondationbiodiversite.fr"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">claire.blery@fondationbiodiversite.fr</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">)
would you have any question. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Claire Blery</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">On behalf of the BiodivERsA network</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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