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<span style="margin:0px"></span><span style="margin:0px"></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">This
presentation will offer a broad overview of the threats succulent plants face from illicit trade in order to suggest practical opportunities to conserve a wide variety of threatened succulent plant species.</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">In
recent years,</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">the
concept of "demand reduction" has begun to inform and define </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">global efforts to discourage illegal trade in plants and animals. </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">To
demonstrate</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"><span> </span>the importance of social research to</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">better
understand the drivers of such activity</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">,</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">this
presentation</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> will highlight a</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">recent</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">example
of illegal</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">international</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">trade
of the</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">U.S. native</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">succulent
species, </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"><i>Dudleya farinosa</i></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">, being illegally
harvested in</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">California</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">and
exported</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">to
Asia</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">. It is believed that illegal trade</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">in
this species</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">emerged
in response to sudden and widespread consumer demand for succulents due to: (1) the increasing popularity of succulent plants in mainstream South Korean and East Asian cultures at large; and (2) the preferential valuing of ‘wild’ versus cultivated plants by
succulent consumers.</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">Jared's</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">in-depth
research</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">indicates </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">a
more nuanced perspective of the drivers of this emergent trade, with the primary</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">demand</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">coming
from a selective</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">niche</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">community
of succulent enthusiasts, rather than mainstream</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">buyers
of ornamental</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">plant</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">s</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">.
These findings</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">demonstrate
the importance of critical qualitative research to explore the emergence</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">and
drivers</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">of particular</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">trading
activity</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">to inform
targeted responses to them, as well as opportunities for practically oriented interdisciplinary research collaborations</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">to</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">inf</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">orm
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<span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">About our Speaker: </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext"><span style="margin:0px"></span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">Dr. Jared Margulies is an Assistant Professor
of Political Ecology in Department of Geography at the University of Alabama.</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">Jared
studies political ecology, a diverse field that looks at environmental inequalities, human-nature relationships, and how contemporary social issues intersect with pressing environmental questions.</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> Previously, Jared was
a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Sheffield with the BIOSEC project, a 4-year research effort to understand the increasing linkages between biodiversity and securitization through the study of illegal wildlife trade. Jared is currently studying
the global illegal trade in cactus and succulent plants and is writing a book on the subject. His other core area of research focuses on human-wildlife conflicts and the politics of conservation management in South India, work that was previously supported
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general meetings are open to everyone and follow </span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">this format:</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">>Updates on PCA Activities</span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">-
learn about and get engaged in </span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">the</span></span></span></span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> Plant
Conservation Alliance</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">>Invited Speaker</span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">–
a topical presentation to explore any of </span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">the</span></span></span></span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> six
focal areas identified in </span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">the</span></span></span></span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blm.gov%2Fsites%2Fblm.gov%2Ffiles%2Fprograms_natural-resources_native-plant-communities_national-seed-strategy_pca_Framework_6.11.2020.pdf&data=04%7C01%7Cmargaret_park%40fws.gov%7C82e6cf4051df44c84caa08d884f12bde%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637405518648594311%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=D6nXrnGdvrZ4%2BSuUUa3P6heqh%2BjJiLvblh6hdJYOFyM%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" originalsrc="https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/programs_natural-resources_native-plant-communities_national-seed-strategy_pca_Framework_6.11.2020.pdf" shash="syArHrb62kNSqfX6LVCxZouWqkAap/Lh67YM8VVtNubUn1pNG5cERGC3+GsNxN6clQzGmbD8daS3DsJrnhJvB4YC8bnBn1FN/inCaYeJ2nu1Z6ceaBOCsIia25D052Y0i3gcC99R/2e/5Df4/XXrmO6c5+cInPyXh/s3zm1kYlk=" title="" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">PCA
National Framework for Progress</span></span></a><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">: collaborative conservation; education; restoration; research and development; sustainability; and information
sharing</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">>Native Plants Roundtable</span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">-
all participants are encouraged to share information on national native plant events and activities</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">—This meeting is brought to you by</span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">the</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">Plant
Conservation Alliance Speaker Organizing Team— </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext"><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">Gary
Krupnick</span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"><>Smithsonian Institution</span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span></span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">/</span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">Anne
Frances</span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"><>NatureServe</span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> /</span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">Ray
Mims</span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"><>U.S. Botanic Garden /</span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">Krissa
Skogen</span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"><>Chicago Botanic Garden /</span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">Michelle
Turton</span><span style="margin:0px; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"><>U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service / Maggie Park<>U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service</span></p>
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