3GTW
the 3rd Global Taxonomy Workshop
Pretoria 2002
Paris 2003
Implementing
the Global Taxonomy Initiative
Plan of Action and Resource Kit for
Taxonomic Capacity Building
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Acknowledgements
None of the work and products contained herein would have been possible without the inputs and commitments of many, many people and institutions. It is not possible to name them all, nor is it necessary as most are listed at appropriate places. However, on behalf of all members of BioNET-INTERNATIONAL: the Global Network for Taxonomy, we would like to express our appreciation to the various funding agencies whose recognition of the importance of the work, and generosity, enabled one or more of these activities to be undertaken. In particular, we would like to thank SDC, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, who have so generously supported BioNET-INTERNATIONAL and its regional networks, since inception. Further, we would like to thank the Secretariats of the following for their unfailing willingness to assist and work with us in so many areas: the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), particularly Dr David Nowell, Agricultural Officer (Plant Protection), and Dr Christina Devorshak; UNESCO-MAB, particularly Dr Salvatore Arico, Programme Officer, and Dr Peter Bridgewater, (formerly) Director of Ecological Sciences; and the Secretariat of the CBD, particularly Mr Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, Mr Jo Mulongoy, Principal Officer, Dr Marcos Silva , Programme Officer, Clearing House Mechanism, and Mr Ian Cresswell and Dr Chris Lyal, former GTI Programme Officer and Acting GTI Programme Officer respectively.
Dr Nicholas King, Director, and Dr Richard Smith, Assistant Director, BioNET-INTERNATIONAL Technical Secretariat, Egham, UK, October 2003. bionet@bionet-intl.org
None of the work and products contained herein would have been possible without the inputs and commitments of many, many people and institutions. It is not possible to name them all, nor is it necessary as most are listed at appropriate places. However, on behalf of all members of BioNET-INTERNATIONAL: the Global Network for Taxonomy, we would like to express our appreciation to the various funding agencies whose recognition of the importance of the work, and generosity, enabled one or more of these activities to be undertaken. In particular, we would like to thank SDC, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, who have so generously supported BioNET-INTERNATIONAL and its regional networks, since inception. Further, we would like to thank the Secretariats of the following for their unfailing willingness to assist and work with us in so many areas: the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), particularly Dr David Nowell, Agricultural Officer (Plant Protection), and Dr Christina Devorshak; UNESCO-MAB, particularly Dr Salvatore Arico, Programme Officer, and Dr Peter Bridgewater, (formerly) Director of Ecological Sciences; and the Secretariat of the CBD, particularly Mr Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, Mr Jo Mulongoy, Principal Officer, Dr Marcos Silva , Programme Officer, Clearing House Mechanism, and Mr Ian Cresswell and Dr Chris Lyal, former GTI Programme Officer and Acting GTI Programme Officer respectively.
Dr Nicholas King, Director, and Dr Richard Smith, Assistant Director, BioNET-INTERNATIONAL Technical Secretariat, Egham, UK, October 2003. bionet@bionet-intl.org