Dear Michelle, We say YES. Best wishes, Wieslaw P.S. Unfortunately, I will not able to attend the CETAF mee5ting in Bratislava. W dniu 2018-11-07 14:05, Michelle.Price@ville-ge.ch napisał(a): > Dear CETAF Directors, Dear CETAF Representatives, Dear Colleagues, > > At the upcoming meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, on the 14th and 15th > November, CETAF will be bringing taxonomy back onto its agenda, and > back into focus. We will hold a workshop on taxonomy within CETAF to > begin to shape our vision and ambitions for the future, and as a > central contribution to the _CETAF Joint Research Agenda for > Biodiversity and Geodiversity sciences _that we are in the process of > developing as a community. > > CETAF has been invited to contribute to the _Global Taxonomy > Initiative Forum_ (https://www.cbd.int/gti) that will be held in Egypt > on the 16th November 2018, just before the COP14. As the GTI Forum is > concurrent with the CETAF Governing Board meeting and post meeting > activities in Bratislava, Hendrick Segers (RBINS, and the Belgian GTI > National Focal point) has kindly agreed to represent CETAF, in the > Forum where he will present on the importance of natural history > collections, and their associated scientists, in underpinning CBD > implementation. > > To support CETAF’s vested interest in taxonomy remaining on the > agenda post-2020, and to encourage closer collaborations with the GTI > of the CBD in the future, the _CETAF Bratislava Declaration_ has been > prepared by Chris Lyal (NHM London, and the UK GTI National Focal > point) and the CETAF Executive Committee (see pdf version below). > > To facilitate the finalisation of this document for the 15th November > (where upon it will be transmitted to the CBD GTI coordinator), please > indicate: > > A: whether you would like to be removed from the list of signatories > > B: whether you approve the document and would like to remain a > signatory to the declaration > > To expediate the process, a lack of response to this email will be > interpreted as option 2 (B - approval and signing of the document by > your institution). > > I thank you in advance for your support of this initiative, and I look > forward to seeing you next week in Bratislava. > > Cordially, > Michelle > > Prof. Michelle Price > Head of Science > Bryophyte Curator > T. +41 22 418 5148 > F. +41 22 418 5101 > michelle.price@ville-ge.ch Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques (CJBG) > Département de la culture et du sport > chemin de l'Impératrice 1 > 1292 Chambésy-GE, Switzerland > www.ville-geneve.ch [1] > > Chair of CETAF - www.CETAF.org > Notre environnement est fragile, merci de n'imprimer ce message qu'en > cas de nécessité. > > To unsubscribe from this list please go to > http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=WbqHeHBLaQUx6CiqzO1yzIauV2HUtslG > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://www.ville-geneve.ch/
