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2nd Inspire4Nature Supervisory Board Meeting


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The second meeting of Inspire4Nature’s Supervisory Board took place on the 28th September 2019 in Rome, hosted by Sapienza Università di Roma.

The Supervisory Board is the decision-making body governing the Inspire4Nature Consortium, responsible for the overall management and monitoring of the project. It is composed of one member of each participant organisation, as well as two representatives of the fellows as observers. The agenda of this second meeting focused on: overview of progress in the training programme, open access, financial management, discussion of the next training session and upcoming project deliverables.

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Inspire4Nature at European Researchers’ Night


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Inspire4Nature fellows and supervisors participated in a set of three panel discussions open to the public as part of 2019 European Researchers’ Night. Under the theme Talking conservation: how to design a better future for the world’s biodiversity, and followed by a Biodiversity Happy Hour, this event was organised by the Global Mammal Assessment lab at Sapienza Università di Roma.

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Inspire4Nature Mid-Term Check


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An important milestone in the Inspire4Nature project: the 27th of September we had a Mid-Term Project Check with Giuliana Donini, our Project Officer at the European Commission’s Research Executive Agency. An opportunity to review our progress so far and to get constructive feedback to improve further!

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2nd Inspire4Nature General Assembly


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The 2nd General Assembly took place on the 25-26 September 2019, bringing together the fellows and senior researchers. Each fellow presented about their individual research project, with plenty of time for debate!

This meeting was hosted by the Sapienza Università di Roma.

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Inspire4Nature Ecocups


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For sure a small step for Humanity, but we are very pleased with our Inspire4Nature ecocups. These made-in-France reusable cups are helping us to reduce dramatically our plastic consumption at project meetings while allowing everybody to remain as hydrated/caffeinated as needed. They also work as a little outreach method, as our fellows, senior scientists and collaborators take them back to their institutions.

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3rd Inspire4Nature Training Session


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The 3rd Training Session – “Theory and practice of assessing species extinction risk” – trained fellows on the process of assessing species’ risk of extinction using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.

The fellows first learned about the key concepts, categories and criteria in a IUCN Red List Assessor Training Workshop. They then applied their new knowledge and stills by participating in the IUCN Red List Assessment of Southern European Freshwater Fishes workshop, supporting experts in freshwater fishes coming from across Europe.

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Presentation: European Ichthyology Congress


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Inspire4Nature fellow Matt Ford participated in the European Ichthyology Congress which took place from 2 to 6 September 2019 in Lausanne, bringing together some of the world’s foremost ichthyologists. Matt made an oral presentation  and also participated in a poster.

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