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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Please see below for information on a new award for plant conservation offered by the </span></strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>IUCN Species Survival Commission. <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>If you would like to nominate someone for this award and you are not a member of an </span></strong>SSC Plant Specialist Groups or one of the Red List Authorities or partners, please send your nomination to <a href="mailto:bruce_young@natureserve.org">bruce_young@natureserve.org</a>. The deadline is April 20, 2012.<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Dear IUCN SSC Plant SG Chairs, Plant Red List Authorities Chairs, and Red List Partners, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>In 2012 the IUCN Species Survival Commission will be giving a new Plant Conservation award established by the Plant Conservation Sub-Committee. All SSC plant Specialist Groups and Red List Authorities, and Red List partners, are eligible to nominate candidates to receive this award.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>David Given Award for Excellence in Plant Conservation</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Description</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The purpose of this new award is to enhance the profile of plant conservation and encourage outstanding efforts of young plant conservation professionals. This award is named for Dr. David Given to honour his outstanding contributions to SSC and more broadly to plant conservation. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This award will be presented to individuals or groups of individuals in early career (up to age 40 years) who have made a significant contribution to plant conservation over the 5 years preceding each award. Recipients will not necessarily be SSC members, but will have contributed to SSC’s priorities and to the implementation of the targets of the Global Plant Conservation Strategy through activities such as:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Production of outstanding, practical, scientific information on plants useful for conservation purposes</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Significant contribution to the conservation of rare or highly threatened plant species </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Active <i>in situ</i> or <i>ex situ</i> conservation of wild, socio-economically important plant species</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Identification and conservation of Important Plant Areas</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Global and regional plant conservation status assessments</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Elaboration of the Sampled Red List Index (SRLI) for plants</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This award will be made for the first time during IUCN’s 5<sup>th</sup> World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Republic of Korea, in early September 2012, and will subsequently be made biennially in venues where plant conservation activities also need greater recognition and where the award can highlight SSC’s work in the wider botanical community. The recipient does not need to be present to receive the award when it is announced.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Please send any nominations for this award to </span><span lang=EN-GB><a href="mailto:Claire.santer@iucn.org"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Claire.santer@iucn.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> no later than <b>20 April 2012</b>, with the following information: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>1. Name and contact details of the person being nominated.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>2. Name of the award for which the person in question is being proposed.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.55in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.3in'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>3. A short statement (not more than two pages) outlining the career of the person being nominated, and the reasons why this person should be considered for this award.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>4. Name and contact details of the person who is doing the nominating.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The SSC Plant Conservation Sub-Committee has formed a selection panel, and this panel might contact you for additional information. We look forward to receiving your nominations for this new plant conservation award.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Yours sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Danna J Leaman</span></em><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Deputy Chair, IUCN-SSC Plant Conservation Sub-Committee</span></em><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>This communication, together with any attachment, may contain confidential information and/or copyright material and is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. 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