<div dir="ltr"><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font-size:12.8px;width:600px;table-layout:auto"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6px"><div style="width:588px"><p style="margin:0px;font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;line-height:15.36px"><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:14.3px"><font style="font-size:13px" color="#000000">David Given Award: Call for nominations - deadline extended to <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">15 July</span></span></font></b></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:12.8px;width:600px;table-layout:auto"><tbody><tr><td width="74%" valign="top" align="left" style="width:438px;padding:0px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:438px;table-layout:auto"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6px;width:auto"><div style="width:426px"><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(1,65,139)"><font color="#000000"><b></b></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(1,65,139);text-align:justify"><font color="#000000">The Plant Conservation Subcommittee seeks nominations for this award which 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 during the previous five years. </font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(1,65,139);text-align:justify"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000"><font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px">Recipients will not necessarily be SSC members, but will have contributed to SSC’s priorities and to the implementation of the </span></font></font>CBD Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation<font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px"> (see links below). </span></font></font></font></p><p style="margin:0px"><font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></font></p><p style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px">The award will be made during the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress in Honolulu, USA, </span></font><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span class="">1-10 September 2016</span></span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px"> (the recipient does not need to be present to receive the award when it is announced). </span></font></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(1,65,139);text-align:justify"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(1,65,139);text-align:justify"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(1,65,139);text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-align:start"><b>CBD Aichi Biodiversity Targets</b>: </span><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-align:start"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px"><a href="https://www.cbd.int/sp/targets/?dm_i=2GI3,QZ3O,40ENFO,1UMKE,1">https://www.cbd.int/sp/targets/?dm_i=2GI3,QZ3O,40ENFO,1UMKE,1</a></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(1,65,139);text-align:justify"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-align:start"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b><br></b></span></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(1,65,139);text-align:justify"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-align:start"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Global Strategy for Plant Conservation</b>: </span><font style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px"><a href="https://www.cbd.int/gspc/?dm_i=2GI3,QZ3O,40ENFO,1UMKE,1">https://www.cbd.int/gspc/?dm_i=2GI3,QZ3O,40ENFO,1UMKE,1</a></span></font></font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(1,65,139);text-align:justify"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(1,65,139);text-align:justify"><font color="#000000">Details of how to make a nomination can be found at: </font></p><font color="#000000"><a href="http://iucn-email.org/2GI3-QZ3O-4240ENFO3A/cr.aspx?dm_i=2GI3,TKD3,40EN56,259LW,1">http://iucn-email.org/2GI3-QZ3O-4240ENFO3A/cr.aspx?dm_i=2GI3,TKD3,40EN56,259LW,1</a></font><p style="margin:0px"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px" color="#000000"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">or co</font>ntact Danna Leaman at: djl @ <a href="http://green-world.org">green-world.org</a></font></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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