<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000">ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: FROM CONCEPT TO POLICY<span></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Date/time: </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">May 19; 9:00 AM-5:15 PM </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ET<span></span></span></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1200 New
York Ave NW</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Washington, DC 20005</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">What it’s all about? <span></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">How can policy decision-making at the national and international
levels make better use of our scientific understanding of the services provided
to human societies by nature (ecosystem services)? We aim to spark conversation
around the topic of what constitutes an ecosystem service. Speakers will
discuss the rationale behind ecosystem services valuation and its recent
history, explore the benefits and limitations of the approach, and showcase
examples of tools currently used for identifying and valuing ecosystem
services. We draw on the practical experiences of people working across
sectors: government, NGO, and academia.<span></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Schedule and registration available at:
<a href="https://www.aaaspolicyfellowships.org/events/ecosystem-services">https://www.aaaspolicyfellowships.org/events/ecosystem-services</a><span></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">This event hosted by the AAAS Science & Technology Policy
Fellowships (STPF) and organized by the Biodiversity Affinity Group with
assistance from the Big Data and Social Science Affinity Groups.</font></span><span></span></p>
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