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Current events January 2010 A synthesis of results from the on-line consultation on biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean carried-out by DiverSus can be downloaded in English and Spanish. All workshop documents are available on the ICSU regional office webpage. October 2009 Several members of DiverSus participated in the second Open Science Conference of Diversitas, which took place in Cape Town (South Africa) on 12-15 October. We co-organized a symposium on functional biodiversity and ecosystem services and participated in the TRY workshop. June 2009 Several members of DiverSus were awarded the Ecological Society of America's 2009 Sustainability Science Award for the network's publicacion in PNAS. April 2009 Sandra Díaz has been elected a foreign associate of the National Academy of Science of the United States, in the Section on Ecology and Environmental Sciences. Find out more on the NAS's website. February 2009 Sandra Díaz was invited to give a key-note talk as part of the US National Academy of Science's celebreations of Darwin's birthday in February 2009. December 2008 Our Second Project Workshop took place in the Quebrada del Condorito National Park (Argentina) on 2-4 December 2008. Progress was made in planning inter-site analyses of species and trait data, carrying out the decomposition experiment and framing the integration of ecological and social data. Several members of DiverSus have contributed to an IAI book on incorporating ecological knowledge into land-use decisions. The book is available in PDF format. November 2008 We edited a factsheet presenting our project and network. Do not hesitate to circulate it! September 2008 DiverSus is involved in a joint initiative with ICSU and DIVERSITAS which aims to identify priorities for the implementation of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment's findings for Latin America and the Caribbean. As part of this initiative, you can participate in our on-line survey on biodiversity and human well-being in the region (in English, Spanish and Portuguese). August 2008 The IAI approved our second annual report. You can access it here (access restricted to network members). February 2008 Our paper on "Incorporating plant functional diversity effects in ecosystem service assessments" (Díaz et al., 2007, PNAS) was awarded the Cozzarelli Prize by the National Academy of Science of the USA. September 2007 The IAI has recently approved our first annual report. You can access it here (access restricted to network members). March 2007 Our first project worshop was a success!
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