Technical partners

	BioNET LOOPs and the Secretariat work with many partners around the world, including the following:

		CAB International
		CABI has hosted the BioNET secretariat since 1993. CABI is a science-based development organization dedicated to improving lives by providing information and applying scientific expertise to solve agricultural and environmental problems.

		Discover Life
		Discover Life helps to assemble and share knowledge about nature in order to improve education, health, agriculture, economic development, and conservation.

		EcoPort
		The Ecology Knowledge Processor.

		ETI Bioinformatics
		ETI has a freely available generic data management system for taxonomic and biodiversity data. It also hosts the World Taxonomist Database.

		FAO
		Food And Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

		GISP
		The Global Invasive Species Programme.

		IABIN
		The Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network.

		IPPC
		The Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention.

		ISSG
		The Invasive Species Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission.

		IUCN-RBP
		IUCN Regional Biodiversity Programme Asia, interim regional coordinators of BioNET-SACNET.

		Lucid
		Lucid software for electronic key development helps users make an identification or diagnosis.

		PestNet
		An email network that helps people obtain rapid, free advice and information on plant protection, including quarantine.

		UNEP Convention on Biological Diversity
		BioNET collaboration includes the Global Taxonomy Initiative, Clearing House Mechanism, Biosafety and Technology Transfer.

		UNESCO
		The Man and Biosphere Programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.



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