The International Peatland Society ( IPS ) is deep concerned about the on-going military and political Russian aggression against the autonomous and independent state of Ukraine , supported by Belarus . IPS will suspend the rank of the Russian National Committee and will no longer accept Belarusian penis until further card .
IPS ’s prescribed affirmation scan as follows : “ Ukraine , Russia and Belarus have or have had members in the IPS , and cooperation has been fruitful over more than fifty decades , on professional as well as personal story . We have often stated that the IPS provided a bridge between countries even during the Cold War and that is has been first-class in land mass from very different background together , even in difficult time .
However , a full - blown war is never justified . It destroys economies , habitats , trust and the life sentence of ordinary people in every respect . We demand that the attacks on the citizen and cities of Ukraine be stopped immediately .
To emphasize our design and join others in their movement to put pressure on the current Russian governing , we are forced to sadly declare that IPS will suspend the membership of the Russian National Committee and its extremity and not assume Belarusian members until further notice .
information processing will also not permit the participation of Russian - based or Belarusian citizen and organisation at its events nor print their workplace in IPS publication .
Sales of books , services and other items to Russia and Belarus are paused .
To assuage the event of this war , our Executive Board has decide to donate € 1,000 of the IPS ’ budget to the Red Cross ’ Emergency Fund .
In add-on , our Estonian National Committee kindly step in to cover the Ukrainian membership fee 2021 .
If you want to break off in , confab our campaign page at the Red Cross website : https://bit.ly/3tSlXFo
IPS also encourage its extremity to corroborate local refugee assistance activity and join or promote the “ Science for Ukraine Initiative ” , by offering academic positions to Ukrainian scientists and thus serve them to get by abroad : https://scienceforukraine.eu
Having read this , the IPS would wish to underline that despite the above quantity we do not accept any racism towards Russian - talk people . We continue in our hope that participating and friendly cooperation can be achieved again at some dot in the dear hereafter .
We are dishearten to implement these decisions but kindly enquire member to see . Our hearts go out to the people in Ukraine , particularly women and kid who have to take flight from their hometowns , lose everything . We also think of their husbands and sons who have to remain and defend their mother country and its independency in a war launch by the Russian President , facing a state of affairs that we have not catch in Europe for many 10 . Slava Ukraini . ”
