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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56)">Dear list members, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56)">on behalf of Suzanne Lommen I send this survey to the list.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56)">Regards</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56)">Tim</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56)">********</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56)">Dear colleagues,</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56)">We kindly ask for your help and invite you to participate in a survey on <strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background:white">perception of biological control against non-native invasive plants (invasive weeds)</span></strong><span style="background:white">.</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56);background:white">This survey is intended to gather information on perceptions of classical biological control of invasive weeds among scientists, practitioners and policy makers. Biological control involves the identification and release of natural enemies, normally arthropods or fungi, from the native range of the invasive plant/weed for the permanent control of the target weed in the invaded range. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56);background:white">The survey has up to 20 short questions and should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. All feedback provided is anonymous and will be treated confidentially. The results will be presented at the XV International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds in August this year.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56)"></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56);background:white">Link to survey:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56)"><span> </span></span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/9GB3H7S" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://www.surveymonkey.co.<wbr>uk/r/9GB3H7S</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56);background:white">We really appreciate if you c</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56)">ould complete the survey<span> </span><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">before July 4^th</span></strong>.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56)">With kind regards,</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56)">Richard Shaw (CABI), Elizabete Marchante (University of Coimbra),<span> </span></span><span lang="PT" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(38,50,56)">Hélia Marchante (Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra), Laura Verbrugge (University Twente), Suzanne Lommen (Leiden University)</span></p></div>

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