Dear Madam / Sir:



I am pleased to communicate you the call for candidacies of the IV Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology 2008. The award, created by the Generalitat de Catalunya (Autonomous Government of Catalonia in the framework of the Spanish State), is endowed with 100.000 euros and its aim is to recognise an exceptional scientific career or a discovery in the field of the ecological sciences that has contributed to significant progress in scientific knowledge and thought, or to the development of theoretical approaches for the sound management of natural resources, or land use or the sea. The Prize can be given to individuals (it is not awarded posthumously) or to legal entities or groups from anywhere in the world.

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Candidatures can be presented, before 30th June 2008, by competent qualified representatives of universities, other higher education schools, research centres, academies of science or their scientific subsidiaries, or by persons who have been awarded the Prize in previous years or by persons who have been members of the Jury.



You can find all the information on the Prize and this year���s call in the web page www.gencat.cat/premiramonmargalef.



We would very much appreciate that the institution that you represent puts forward a proposal, which you can send us by email or by post, with a curriculum vitae of the candidate.



Thanking you for your kind attention, and waiting for your news, I remain,



Faithfully yours,



Teresa Sala

Secretary of the

Premi Ramon Margalef d���Ecologia



Barcelona, May 15, 2008.



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