<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Events Calendar<br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><br><br>TEEB Conference 2012, First Announcement and Call for Papers<br><br>It is a pleasure to announce the TEEB Conference 2012, Mainstreaming<br>the Economics of Nature: Challenges for Science and Implementation,<br>taking place in Leipzig, Germany, March 19-22, 2012.<br><br>The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) is a major<br>international initiative to draw attention to the global economic<br>benefits of biodiversity, to highlight the growing costs of<br>biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, and to draw together<br>action-oriented expertise from the fields of science, economics
and<br>policy.<br><br>Two years after the influential TEEB reports, TEEB invites the<br>research and policy community to Leipzig, Germany, to discuss the<br>state of the art in Environmental Valuation, Ecosystem Services and<br>Science-Policy Processes. The TEEB Conference 2012 will be hosted by<br>the Scientific Coordinators of the TEEB reports, the Helmholtz Centre<br>for Environmental Research UFZ, in Leipzig, Germany.<br><br>In Leipzig, conference participants will have the possibility to<br>discuss and update the findings of the TEEB study and contribute to a<br>new understanding of the link between economics, decision-making and<br>the environment.<br><br>ABSTRACTS (400 words) for INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS and/or COORDINATED<br>SESSIONS can be submitted until SEPTEMBER 23, 2011.<br><br>Instructions for Authors as well as the online submission tool will<br>appear in short on the conference website:<br><a
href="http://www.teeb-conference-2012.ufz.de/" target="_blank">http://www.teeb-conference-2012.ufz.de/</a><br><br>The attached Call for Papers can also be downloaded from the<br>conference website www.teeb-conference-2012.ufz.de or directly from<br>this link: <a href="http://www.teeb-conference-2012.ufz.de/data/TEEB-conference-2012-Leipzig-Call_for_Papers15503.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.teeb-conference-2012.ufz.de/data/TEEB-conference-2012-Leipzig-Call_for_Papers15503.pdf</a><br>We're looking forward to welcoming you in Leipzig!<br><br>Matteo Roggero, PhD<br>on behalf of the Organising Committee<br><br><br></div></div></div></body></html>