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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#00ABAB"><img width="794" height="78" style="width:8.2708in;height:.8125in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.png@01D466BF.4FD6C950" alt="cid:image001.png@01D454E0.5E22E660"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00ABAB">The URBES project wins the BiodivERsA Prize for Excellence and Impact</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:12.85pt"><span lang="EN-US">BiodivERsA is very
</span><span lang="EN-GB">excited to announce the release of a <span style="background:white;mso-highlight:white">
video</span> presenting the results of the <u><span style="color:#1155CC"><a href="https://www.iucn.org/regions/europe/projects/cities-and-regions/urbes-project"><span style="color:#1155CC">URBES</span></a></span></u> - Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
 - research project, funded by BiodivERsA under the 2010-11 BiodivERsA call on “Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and their Valuation”.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:12.85pt"><span lang="EN-GB">The URBES project has been awarded the opportunity to present their work in an animated video as part of the BiodivERsA Prize for Excellence and Impact. This prize acknowledges
 the excellent, pioneering research performed in URBES. The project demonstrated, for the first time at this scale, the importance and the value of ecosystem services and nature-based solutions provided by urban biodiversity in European cities, enabling the
 authorities to work with these concepts in their urban planning strategies. </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#00ABAB">Check the video out here:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB">
<i><u><span style="color:#1155CC"><a href="https://youtu.be/sODnDWTKkZY"><span style="color:#1155CC">What’s the role of nature? Scientists involved in the URBES project inspire sustainable urban planning for people and nature</span></a></span></u></i></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB">We invite you to share it in your networks!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">From now on, the prize will be awarded on a yearly basis to showcase the achievements of BiodivERsA-funded projects that have produced excellent science with concrete impacts for policy and/or
 society.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">The Belgian Biodiversity Platform led the production of this video, along with BiodivERsA staff, URBES researchers, and the Belgian video production company,<a href="https://squarefish.eu/fr"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">
</span></a><u><span style="color:#0432FF"><a href="https://squarefish.eu/fr"><span style="color:#0432FF">Squarefish</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext">More information on <a href="https://www.iucn.org/regions/europe/projects/cities-and-regions/urbes-project">
<span style="color:#1155CC">The URBES project</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#7F7F7F">The BiodivERsA Network</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#7F7F7F">For more information on BiodivERsA, click<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#00ABAB"><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org"><span style="color:#00ABAB">here</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#7F7F7F">Follow us on twitter: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#00ABAB"><a href="https://twitter.com/@BiodivERsA3"><span style="color:#00ABAB">@BiodivERsA3</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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