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<h1 style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 5px;font-weight:normal;font-size:26px">Registration now open for the scoping exercise on “Honey Bees, Indicator of Health and the Environment”</h1></div><h2 style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:15px 0px;font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:OpenSansRegular,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(69,92,101)">
The Belgian National Focal Point to the Convention on Biological Diversity (RBINS) and the Belgian Biodiversity Platform are co-organizing a scoping process on a project proposal aiming to develop a monitoring system using honey bees as indicators of health and the environment. This project proposal is part of a series of new measures to address the decline of pollinators.</h2>
<div style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:OpenSansRegular,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(69,92,101)"><p style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:10px 0px">This scoping process will consist of a three-tiered approach:</p>
<ul style="border:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 40px;margin:0px"><li style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px">An initial e-consultation inviting expert views on a number of questions related to the project</li><li style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px">
A one-day scoping meeting where the results of the e-consultation will be discussed and where scientific recommendations relevant to the development of the monitoring tool and research needs will be formulated</li><li style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px">
A consultation amongst representatives of public authorities to develop a call for tender for developing the general protocol and field test of the instrument.</li></ul><p style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:10px 0px"><strong style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px">The e-consultation, which will run from May 12th to May 30th, will be open to all registered participants.<br style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px">
</strong>Participation to the <strong style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px">scoping meeting</strong>, to be held at BelSPO (Brussels) on <strong style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px">Friday, June 13th is restricted to a maximum of 30 persons</strong>. The organizers will select participants to the meeting in order to obtain a balanced representation of disciplines, expertise, and interests.</p>
<p style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:10px 0px"><a href="http://www.biodiv.be/implementation/surveys/scoping-meeting/registration" target="_blank" style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(106,153,181);text-decoration:none">Register online before May 19th</a> (participation is free but registration is mandatory).</p>
<p style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:10px 0px"><strong style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px">Contact points:</strong> Dr <a href="mailto:hendrik.segers@naturalsciences.be" target="_blank" style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(106,153,181);text-decoration:none">Hendrik Segers</a> (RBINS) and Dr <a href="mailto:h.eggermont@biodiversity.be" target="_blank" style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(106,153,181);text-decoration:none">Hilde Eggermont</a> (Belgian Biodiversity Platform).</p>
<p style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:10px 0px"><a href="http://www.biodiv.be/implementation/surveys/scoping-meeting" target="_blank" style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(106,153,181);text-decoration:none">More information</a></p>
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