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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Topic for a future conference.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Marc Imlay, PhD <br><br>Conservation biologist, 301-283-0808, 301-442-5657 cell <br><br>Board member of the Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council, <br><br>board member of the Maryland Native Plant Society, <br><br>Chair of the Biodiversity and Habitat Stewardship Committee <br><br>for the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Simpson, Annie [mailto:asimpson@usgs.gov] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 05, 2016 10:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> Mark Imlay <ialm@erols.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [ficmnew] North American Leaders' statement on invasive species collaboration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:13.95pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>From Bruno Paris, CWS Canada:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:22.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt' id="SummariesofFICMNEWdigestemails-Leaders'StatementonaNorthAmericanClimate,CleanEnergy,andEnvironmentPartnershipincludesstatementoninvasivespeciescollaboration"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#FF9900'>Leaders' </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue'><a href="http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2016/06/29/leaders-statement-north-american-climate-clean-energy-and-environment-partnership" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Statement</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#FF9900'> on a North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership includes statement on invasive species collaboration</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:13.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>During the recent North American Leaders' Summit in Ottawa, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, and US President Barack Obama shared a common commitment to a competitive, low-carbon and sustainable North American economy and society. The portion of their statement dealing directly with invasive species asserts they will work together to "<em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Strengthen cooperation on invasive alien species:</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.95pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Further collaborate on addressing invasive alien species on a continental scale. Establish a trilateral working group to explore the development of a high level joint Strategy and Action Plan identifying key areas for collaboration, including under the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, and to initiate a survey of existing transboundary invasive alien species projects and initiatives."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:13.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>The Canadian Wildlife Service, the Mexican </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#545454'>National Commission for Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity, and the US National Invasive Species Council will join together in leading this initiative.</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>--- <o:p></o:p></p></div><br />
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