Tue 4 Oct 11 Report of the CABI-BioNET LOOP Meeting - Malaysia Click here to read the Report of the CABI-BioNET LOOP Meeting, Malaysia - 17th to 19th August 2011.

Wed 6 Apr 11 Latin American declaration on taxonomy A declaration on the Importance of taxonomy in Latin America (especially Mercosur) was agreed by scientists and policy representatives participating in the Symposium on Taxonomy: Continuity and Change, a BioNET-LATINET workshop held at the First Latin American Congress on the Conservation of Biodiversity, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, 22-26 November 2010. Organisers and facilitators included Professor Mercedes Lizarralde de Grosso, BioNET-LATINET interim Coordinator, and Dr Julio Mena-Portales, BioNET-Cuba Coordinator. The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity provided a supportive statement. Those interested in participating in the establishment of BioNET-LATINET should contact Profesora Lizarralde de Grosso: flia_grosso @ arnet.com.ar. More (in Spanish): La declaración | Avances hacia el establecimiento de BioNET-LATINET | BioNET ¿Quienes somos– qué hacemos– y por  | I Congreso Latinoamericano de Conservación de la Biodiversidad

Mon 24 Jan 11 New BioNET coordinator team for Tanzania We are pleased to announce that Mrs Neduvoto Mollel of the National Herbarium of Tanzania (Tropical Pesticides Research Institute) is the new BioNET-EAFRINET Coordinator for Tanzania. She will be assisted by Mr Maneno Chidege, an agricultural entomologist. Mrs Mollel is replacing Dr Afihini Ijani who retired last year. Dr Ijani’s contribution to BioNET-EAFRINET has been much appreciated and will be greatly missed.

Fri 21 Jan 11 East African teams trained in producing identification tools Teams of experts in the biology of pollinators, pests and invasive plants in East Africa met at the Tropical Pesticides Research Institution in Arusha Tanzania for a three-day hands on training course in the use of Lucid software for the development of interactive keys and factsheets under the BioNET-EAFRINET UVIMA Project. Facilitation was provided by Matt Taylor, Director of CBIT (Centre for Biological Information Technology at the University of Queensland in Brisbane Australia), developers of the Lucid software. Assisting was Dr. Marinda Koekemoer, curator of the National Herbarium, Pretoria, South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI).

Mon 11 Oct 10 A new strategy for the East African network for taxonomy Representatives from leading institutions practicing and applying in East Africa met 4-7 October 2010 at the University of Makerere, Uganda, to develop a strategy for the regional BioNET-EAFRINET network. Experts from BioNET networks in North, West and Southern Africa contributed to and learnt from strategy and work plan training. The workshop was part of the The UVIMA Project, supported by national institutions from the region and the governments of Sweden and Switzerland. More...

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