[Nhcoll-l] Large parts of the Botanic Collections & Library in Cape Town lost in Bush Fire

[Christine Johnson]

Oh my that is tragic...
Chris

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Another fire has destroyed historic collections, this time it hit the University of Cape Town

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01045-4<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-021-01045-4&data=04%7C01%7Ccjohnson%40amnh.org%7C0bb89e0e69974af1b31e08d903f708c0%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637545181815912479%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=KLti85rY%2FA56S%2FiqgGOCyHaAAc3sgpvGq39W9p9vyBk%3D&reserved=0>



Colleagues launched a call asking scientists for digital scans, photographs, images from the library and potentially herbarium sheets:

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