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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>ISSG and APWG listr’s, I received this survey (scroll down) from Randy Westbrooks of IPC Inc. and am forwarding for those who may be interested in providing input. It is a private, not a government or NGO initiative. If you have any questions about the intent of this project please contact him directly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:green'>Pamela Zevit, R.P. Bio <br>Adamah Consultants </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:green'>Coquitlam BC Canada<br>604-939-0523 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:green'><a href="mailto:adamah@telus.net">adamah@telus.net</a> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:green'>Re-connecting People & Nature <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:green'>Science World - Scientists in Schools Ambassador</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>May 31, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'> Request for Input on International EDRR Program Survey - Invitation to IPC EDRR Introductory Webinar on June 11, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>From: </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>Randy G. Westbrooks, Ph.D. <br> Invasive Species Prevention Specialist<br> Invasive Plant Control, Inc.<br> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:windowtext'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>Whiteville, North Carolina USA<br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>By way of introduction, my name is Randy Westbrooks. Over the past 34 years, I have worked as a U.S. Federal Invasive Species Prevention Specialist with a focus on developing new approaches for EDRR (Early Detection and Rapid Response). Since retiring from federal service last year, I have been working with <a href="http://www.invasiveplantcontrol.com/">Invasive Plant Control, Inc.</a>*, and other partners across the world to develop new capacity for EDRR at all levels of the landscape – local to international. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>To assist in this effort, we would appreciate your input on a five question survey on EDRR programs in your country that can be found at the following link </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/IPCInternationalEDRR"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0000CC'>http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/IPCInternationalEDRR</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>Our goal is to research and better understand <i>EDRR programs that have been implemented worldwide and to understand their successes and failures.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>As part of a new International EDRR Outreach Campaign, Invasive Plant Control, Inc. is also hosting a series of free webinars that provide an overview of the global invasive species problem and explain how invasive species prevention and EDRR can help minimize the impact of new invaders on public and private lands in every country (<i>to date, 33,759** species of invasive plants have been documented worldwide</i>).</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>Please join us for a free introductory webinar on EDRR at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 (2:30 p.m. in London), to learn more about the <b>Landscape Approach to EDRR</b> and how this seven step conservation strategy can be used to protect your lands from the biological tsunami that is spreading around the world – in global commerce and travel. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>You can sign up for this and other upcoming IPC webinars on the company website at </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.invasiveplantcontrol.com/"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>http://www.invasiveplantcontrol.com/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:windowtext'>Just click on the Ipcwebsolutions Logo to find the calendar of upcoming webinars. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>I will also send you another e-mail with a direct link to the IPC EDRR Webinar Registration website. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:windowtext'>You c</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>an also view recorded webinars from our 2013 Winter-Spring IVS Prevention and EDRR Webinar Series on the company website as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:windowtext'>Thanks for your input on our <b>International EDRR Programs Questionnaire</b>, and for participating in the <b>IPC </b></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>EDRR Introductory Webinar</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'> on June 11<sup>th</sup>. We look forward to hearing from you by e-mail or phone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Mistral'>Randy G. Westbrooks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>Randy G. Westbrooks, Ph.D.<br>Invasive Species Prevention Specialist*<br></span><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.invasiveplantcontrol.com/"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>Invasive Plant Control, Inc.</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><br>233 Border Belt Drive<br>Whiteville, N.C. 28472 USA<br><br>Office Phone: 910-648-6762 E-mail: </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:rwestbrooks@intrstar.net"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>rwestbrooks@intrstar.net</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>(U.S. Federal (APHIS/USGS) Invasive Species Prevention Specialist – 1979-2012)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>Partnerships Now…… Weeds Won’t Wait!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>*IPC is a company based in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, that works with partners and clients to manage invasive species worldwide. Our goal is to help countries develop new capacity for preventing the introduction, establishment, and spread of foreign invasive species (IVS) at all levels of the landscape – from local to national.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><br></span></i><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>**</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'> To date, Weed Geographer Rod Randall from Western Australia has documented 33,759 weeds around the world. Of this total, Biogeographer John Kartesz from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, estimates that over 1,300 species have become introduced and established in the U.S. Species that are causing billions of dollars in economic harm and pose a direct threat to our natural resources. <i>Do you know how many introduced invasive plants now occur in your country?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>