Last Call for Early Career Fellows: IPBES Assessment of Alien Invasive Species Deadline: January 25, 2019 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ESA is assisting the Inter-Governmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in soliciting nominations of early career fellows for a global assessment of alien invasive species. The scope of this work will begin following IPBES 7, and experts will be informed of their selection in July, 2019. Fellow nominees must meet the following criteria: -Have expertise related to the themes and skills required for the chapters of the assessment -Be experts on invasive alien species within one or more of the following disciplines: natural sciences, social sciences or the humanities; be indigenous and local knowledge experts or have expertise in indigenous and local knowledge systems; OR be policy experts and practitioners -Have experience working within interdisciplinary and/or international contexts -Ability to support their own travel to meetings -Ability to participate in person in the expert group meetings Apply at: http://esa.org/ipbes/participate/apply-invasive-alien-species-fellows/ Please help us to disseminate this call for nominations of fellows widely to relevant institutions and organizations, such as universities or research institutions.