<div dir="ltr">Thank you, Ensermu and Mesfin, for this alert. I have just signed the petition and added this comment:<div><br><div>" Every time I come to the UK, I make a point of visiting RBG Kew and bringing relatives and friends with me. For me, it is a great haven in the London metropolis and one of the Wonders of the world. Let me give you a small example of Kew's value as a global scientific and natural resource. Here in New Jersey, I am actively using Kew's ditigised herbarium collections as I mentor a inner-city high school student from Liberia on her science project about medicinal plants in Africa and North America. Please restore RBG Kew's funding!"<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Karen (with apologies for cross-posting)</div><div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div dir="ltr">Karen Reeds, PhD, FLS <a href="mailto:karenmreeds@gmail.com" target="_blank">karenmreeds@gmail.com</a></div>
</div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Princeton Research Forum, a community of independent scholars: <a href="http://www.princetonresearchforum.org/">http://www.princetonresearchforum.org/</a></div><div dir="ltr"> Guest curator, "Come into a New World: Linnaeus & America"<br>
</div><div dir="ltr">American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, 2007</div><div dir="ltr">New Jersey State Museum, Trenton NJ, 2008</div><div dir="ltr">Catalogue available from Diana Publications</div><div dir="ltr">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 3:00 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:herbaria-request@nacse.org" target="_blank">herbaria-request@nacse.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:55:11 +0000<br>Subject: [HERBARIA] FW: Globally important ....<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> Ensermu Kelbessa [mailto:<a href="mailto:ensermuk2002@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">ensermuk2002@yahoo.co.uk</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 12, 2014 4:29 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Hi!<br>
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I just signed the petition "Globally important conservation and science under threat at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew due to UK Government cuts - £5M deficit will lead to loss of over 120 posts" on Change.org.<br>
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It's important. Will you sign it too? Here's the link:<br>
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<a href="http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/globally-important-conservation-and-science-under-threat-at-royal-botanic-gardens-kew-due-to-uk-government-cuts-5m-deficit-will-lead-to-loss-of-over-120-posts?recruiter=89438659&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition" target="_blank">http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/globally-important-conservation-and-science-under-threat-at-royal-botanic-gardens-kew-due-to-uk-government-cuts-5m-deficit-will-lead-to-loss-of-over-120-posts?recruiter=89438659&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition</a><br>
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Thanks!<br>
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Ensermu <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Ensermu Kelbessa (Prof)<br>
Professor of Systematic Botany<br>
Chairman, Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management<br>
College of Natural Sciences<br>
Addis Ababa University<br>
P.O. Box 3434<br>
Tel: <a href="tel:%2B251%20%280%29911-249379" value="+251911249379" target="_blank">+251 (0)911-249379</a> (Mobile); <a href="tel:%2B251-%280%29111-236760" value="+251111236760" target="_blank">+251-(0)111-236760</a> (Office)<br>
Addis Ababa<br>
Ethiopia<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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