<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues, <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>This email to kindly remind you the event hereunder.</div><div>Registration is open till Wednesday 25/03 evening.</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Sonia Vanderhoeven</div><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-02-20 9:43 GMT+01:00 Sonia Vanderhoeven <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:s.vanderhoeven@biodiversity.be" target="_blank">s.vanderhoeven@biodiversity.be</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Dear colleagues, <br><br>On January 2015, the EU regulation on invasive alien species (IAS) entered
into forces. As other member states, Belgium has now to concretely implement
this legal instrument and the Belgian scientific community has an important
role to play in underpinning IAS policy and make the most of this new tool.<br><br></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Acting as a bridge between science and policy, the <a href="http://ias.biodiversity.be/definitions" target="_blank">Belgian Forum on Invasive Species</a> (BFIS) invites you to its information and exchange day taking
place on the 2nd of April from 10:00 to 15:00 at the <a href="https://www.belspo.be/belspo/organisation/contact_fr.stm" target="_blank">Belgian Science Policy Office</a>. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">In addition to discussion on the EU regulation and Belgian implementation,
we will benefit from this opportunity to address the following topics :</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">1 . Presentation of some projects funded by the <a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/367" target="_blank">BiodivERsA</a> 2011-2012 call
on IAS;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">2. IAS and <a href="http://www.ipbes.net/" target="_blank">IPBES</a> (Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Services): the role of experts</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">For registration, please click
on this </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14pj2AjJxl9-nixYkTqVkqCuEMh_7FmTFsnOd8Dmg3O0/viewform" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue" lang="EN-US">formulaire</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">
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For information, contact <a href="mailto:s.vanderhoeven@gmail.com" target="_blank">s.vanderhoeven@biodiversity.be</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Best regards,</span></p></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,51,102)">Dr Sonia Vanderhoeven</span><br style="color:rgb(102,51,102)"><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,51,102)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,51,102)">Science Officer</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,51,102)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,51,102)">Belgian Biodiversity Platform</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,51,102)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,51,102)"><a href="http://www.biodiversity.be" target="_blank">www.bi</a></span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,51,102)"><a href="http://www.biodiversity.be" target="_blank">odiversity.be</a></span><br style="color:rgb(102,51,102)"><span><span><span><span><span><font face="Tahoma"><img src="http://www.biodiversity.be/1575/download/inline" height="76" width="96"></font></span></span></span></span></span><br style="color:rgb(102,51,102)">
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