New Ecology and Society Journal Issue Announcement

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Editors-in-Chief:                   Lance Gunderson and Carl Folke
Managing Editor:                    Michelle Lee

Dear Ecology and Society subscribers,

The Editors of Ecology and Society are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 10, issue 2 (see Table of Contents below). Please go to: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol10/iss2/ to access the full text articles.

This issue includes the first in a collection of articles devoted to the topic: "Scenarios of Global Ecosystem Services" sponsored by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. The article, "Changes in Nature’s Balance Sheet: Model-based Estimates of Future Worldwide Ecosystem Services" by Alcamo et al. can be accessed by going directly to: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol10/iss2/art19/. More articles on this topic will follow in early 2006.

With this new issue, Ecology and Society, together with the Foundation of Scientific Symbiosis (www.scientificsymbiosis.org), is launching a new annual competition called the "Science and Practice of Ecology and Society". A prize of $1000 Euro and an article in Ecology and Society about the winner will be awarded to the individual or organization that is the most effective in bringing the transdisciplinary science of the interactions of ecology and society into practice. The purpose of the competition is to recognize the importance of practitioners who translate the scientific findings and insights of the scholarly community into practical applications.  See http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/news/announcements/spes.php for details about the competition and how to nominate an individual or organization.

As always, readers are encouraged to discuss the issues, assertions and methodology described in Ecology and Society’s articles. To contribute to the dialogue please submit a response or critique for possible publication in Ecology and Society. Responses may be submitted online by following the RESPONSES TO THIS ARTICLE link in the table of contents of any article. Publication of responses, if accepted, is free.

Jorge Brenner