Dear Michelle,

Thanks a lot. I also fully agree.

Best
Martin

Zitat von Misof Bernhard <B.Misof@leibniz-lib.de>:

> Full approval from my side
>
>
> Bernhard
>
>
> LIB - Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change
> Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof
> Director General, Bonn (he/his)
>
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> ________________________________
> Von: cetaf_members@cetaf.simplelists.com
> <cetaf_members@cetaf.simplelists.com> im Auftrag von
> Michelle.Price@ville-ge.ch <Michelle.Price@ville-ge.ch>
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 2. März 2022 19:48:26
> An: cetaf_members@cetaf.simplelists.com
> Betreff: [CETAF_Members] CETAF statement on the conflict
>
> Dear CETAF Colleagues,
>
> The CETAF Executive Committee had its scheduled meeting this
> afternoon and discussed the request by Patrick Mráz for CETAF to
> 'express its opinion and also to appeal to Russian curators to press
> Putin to stop this tragedy.' We also thank those who were active in
> responding to this original message and to Alessandro for starting
> the drafting process.
>
> The current situation, unprecedented in our time, is a human tragedy
> on an unimaginable scale. It also represents a political and
> democratic crisis that threatens local, regional and even global
> stability. All at a huge cost in human lives as well as causing
> enormous human suffering, both now and for the weeks, months and
> years to come.
>
> We, as a community, should support our colleagues in any way that we
> can, but given the unstable circumstances and the unknown
> consequences that may befall people who go against such a regime, we
> are not in a position to ask them to endanger themselves at the
> current time.
>
> We may be more impactful if we issue a statement supporting a rapid
> and peaceful end to the conflict, in support of our fellow
> scientists and scientific institutions, and in sympathy for the
> immense suffering of the Ukrainian people.
>
> As a first draft, we propose the following short statement:
>
> We, the European Taxonomic Community, gathered around the European
> Consortium Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF), express our shock over the
> current situation in the Ukraine. Our community strongly condemns
> the invasion, which has had a devastating impact on the people and
> infrastructure of Ukraine. We express our sympathy for the suffering
> of the Ukranian people and deplore the ongoing loss of life.
>
> We denounce the deliberate destruction of civil infrastructure,
> including of scientific and research objects. We offer our support
> to our scientific colleagues who have been touched by the conflict
> and our fellow scientific institutions.
>
> We call for a rapid and peaceful end to the conflict.
>
> We will continue to work on this and will come back to you with a
> finalized statement as soon as possible, as well as on a way for
> people / institutions to support the statement, as not all may want
> to do so at this time.
>
> In the meantime, it would be useful if you could gather statements
> (links to them) from your national governements, national science
> foundations or other national bodies related to research /
> biodiversity that we may link to. To avoid overflow in peoples
> inboxes, please send them directly to me
> (michelle.price@ville-ge.ch) so I can collate them. Once collated
> this list of links to statements can be shared. It would also be
> good to know if your organistion or research organisation(s) that
> you have connections with in your country are involved in the
> Scholars at Risk (SAR) network (https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/).
>
> With my best regards,
> Michelle
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> Prof. Michelle Price
> Head of Science
> Head Curator-Cryptogamy
>
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