The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is seeking nominations of social and natural scientists to participate as Lead Authors, Chapter Review Editors, or Expert Reviewers in the MA process.
The MA is a pathbreaking international assessment that will meet decision-makers' needs for scientific information on the consequences of ecosystem change for human wellbeing and on the response options available to address undesired changes. As a 'multi-scale' assessment, the MA will seek to inform the global findings with information and perspectives from the local, national and regional scale, and inform local findings with a global context. The MA is designed to meet a portion of the assessment needs of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Convention to Combat Desertification, Wetlands Convention and other users including the private sector, civil society, and indigenous peoples.
Nominations for Authors, Chapter Review Editors and Expert Reviewers will be accepted through 2003. Most Lead Authors will be selected by November 2002 and early submission of nominations is encouraged. Chapter Review Editors will be notified by June 2003 and Expert Reviewers by early 2004.
As with other international assessments, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Ozone Assessment, the salary of experts involved in the MA generally must be covered by their home institutions and governments. The technical work of the Assessment will be conducted in English and all nominated experts must be fluent in spoken and written English.
 For information on the nomination requirements and on the roles of the experts and reviewers in the MA process, please see the detailed documentation available at www.millenniumassessment.org
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