<div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left">Dear colleagues,<br><br>The <b><span tabindex="-1" id=":4h1.22" style="" class="">IAS</span> Expert Registry</b> is a new tool developed by the Belgian Forum on Invasive Species. It allows to keep track of the experts and practitioner’s community active on <span tabindex="-1" id=":4h1.23" style="" class="">IAS</span> in Belgium. <br><br>It also serves as a basis for the identification and selection of experts within the framework of activities related to <span tabindex="-1" id=":4h1.24" style="" class="">IAS</span> policy in Belgium, including the implementation of the EU Regulation on <span tabindex="-1" id=":4h1.25" style="" class="">IAS</span>. <br>Additionally, the registry aims to bring together management expertise on specific species by allowing practitioners (nature reserve managers, people from governmental bodies or private companies, social economy etc. working in <span tabindex="-1" id=":4h1.26" style="" class="">IAS</span> eradication and control). This way, this register will serve to bridge the gap between science, policy and management in the field.<br>Taxonomic specialists, field managers, specialists in cost/benefit analysis, database managers, environmental lawyers ... The needed expertise is multidisciplinary. <br><br><b>Don't hesitate to register here :<a href="http://ias.biodiversity.be/registry/index"> http://<span tabindex="-1" id=":4h1.27" style="" class="">ias</span>.biodiversity.be/registry/index</a></b><br><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><br>Finally, may I ask you to answer the following question for our annual evaluation :  <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17rx_2xEuADN2zCKDDmohPj0tqGqrW5Tfa0zSabSvv3w/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17rx_2xEuADN2zCKDDmohPj0tqGqrW5Tfa0zSabSvv3w/<span tabindex="-1" id=":4h1.29" style="" class="">viewform</span><br></a><br clear="all"></div><div>Thank you very much for your contribution !<br><br><br></div><div>Best regards,<br clear="all"></div><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,51,102)">Dr Sonia <span tabindex="-1" id=":4h1.30" style="" class="">Vanderhoeven</span></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"><span tabindex="-1" id=":4h1.31" style="" class="">odiversity</span>.be</a></span><br style="color:rgb(102,51,102)"><span><span><span><span><span><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><img src="http://www.biodiversity.be/1575/download/inline" width="96" height="76"></font></span></span></span></span></span><br style="color:rgb(102,51,102)">
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