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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">A good place to start for low hanging fruit would be GRBIO (www.grbio.org), the list of biological repositories that is ever growing. Just doing a cursory search
on various countries a large number of institutions were listed – some with contact information and some with only a web address from which contact information may be gleaned. It might be useful to try and get these folks engaged in actively registering their
institutions. There is a GRBio meeting at the end of April to discuss ways in which this list can be improved for exactly this kind of application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I have had numerous interactions with collections in some of these countries and as such will send out some feelers. I would encourage anyone else in a similar
position to do likewise. It might be nice to have a letter or document that could accompany an email that gets sent officially outlining why this is important but also how they would go about registering their institution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Andy Bentley<br>
Ichthyology Collection Manager<br>
University of Kansas<br>
Biodiversity Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dyche Hall<br>
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard<br>
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561<br>
USA<br>
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Tel: (785) 864-3863<br>
Fax: (785) 864-5335 <br>
Email: <a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ellen Paul<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 30, 2015 5:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> AVECOL<br>
<b>Cc:</b> NHCOLL-new; Mammalian Biology<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Need help identifying contacts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Please reply to me, not to the entire list. </i><br>
<br>
As part of an effort to make the international shipment of specimens and samples of CITES species for scientific research, the Ornithological Council** has
<br>
now completed a letter that we hope will encourage the registration of more scientific institutions around the world. Shipments between registered scientific
<br>
institutions (of accessioned material, not material coming directly from the field) can move without permits. The document used in this case is a Certificate
<br>
of Scientific Exchange, which does not need to be validated. Validation has become an enormous challenge and has resulted in the loss of many shipments.
<br>
Therefore, it is very important to have at least one registered institution in every country.
<br>
<br>
The letter is being translated into all official CITES languages and a half dozen other languages. Also being translated is the
<br>
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cites.org_sites_default_files_eng_notif_2012_E024.pdf&d=AwMCaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=KYF55asVNTvsxbxgSu_nnUuD8nrW757SnQOeFdIADHM&s=RQyNxc0XL6c8gLZJf28sK3rEGiYBfLICDDaTs4FyY60&e=">2012
CITES notification to the parties</a>, encouraging them to register their scientific societies.
<br>
<br>
It is impossible to know why some countries have not registered any institutions. Some, no doubt, are concerned about the genetic resources but now that
<br>
Nagoya is in effect, that concern should be assuaged (though even without Nagoya, a materials transfer/benefits sharing agreement should have sufficed).
<br>
Other countries no doubt have more important things to worry about. <br>
<br>
<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">I've compiled a list of countries that have no registered institutions and have tried to prioritize among them but ultimately
<br>
we would want to see one institution or more registered in each country. Please let me know if you have worked with any
<br>
natural history museums in any of these countries. </span></b><br>
<br>
<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">It would be extremely helpful to have specific contacts at each institution. If you know a curator or administrator at any
<br>
of these institutions, please let me know and if possible, please give me an e-mail address and postal address.
<br>
<br>
If you can identify a scientific society (with contact info) in your discipline, please provide that information.
<br>
</span></b><br>
<br>
Afghanistan<br>
Albania<br>
<b>Angola</b><br>
Antigua and Barbuda<br>
Armenia<br>
Azerbaijan<br>
Bahamas<br>
Bahrain<br>
Bangladesh<br>
Barbados<br>
Belarus<br>
Belize<br>
Benin<br>
Bhutan<br>
Bonaire, St. Eustace, and Saba<br>
Bosnia and Herzegovina<br>
<b>Brazil<br>
</b>Brunei<br>
Burkina Faso<br>
<b>Burundi</b><br>
<b>Cambodia</b><br>
Cape Verde<br>
<b>Central African Republic</b><br>
Chad<br>
Comoros<br>
Cote d'Ivoire<br>
Cuba<br>
Cyprus<br>
<b>Democratic Republic of the Congo</b><br>
Djibouti<br>
Dominica<br>
<b>Ecuador</b><br>
<b>El Salvador</b><br>
<b>Equatorial Guinea</b><br>
Eritrea<br>
Estonia<br>
Fiji<br>
Gambia<br>
Georgia<br>
Grenada<br>
<b>Guinea</b><br>
<b>Guinea-Bissau</b><br>
Iran<br>
Iraq<br>
Ireland<br>
Jamaica<br>
<b>Japan</b><br>
Jordan<br>
Kazakhstan<br>
Kyrgyzstan<br>
Latvia<br>
Lebanon<br>
Lesotho<br>
Liberia<br>
Libya<br>
Lithuania<br>
Malawi<br>
Maldives<br>
Mali<br>
Malta<br>
Mauritania<br>
Mongolia<br>
Montenegro<br>
Morocco<br>
<b>Myanmar</b><br>
Nepal<br>
<b>Niger</b><br>
<b>Nigeria</b><br>
Oman<br>
<b>Papua New Guinea</b><br>
<b>Paraguay<br>
Peru</b><br>
Qatar<br>
Republic of Korea<br>
Republic of Moldova<br>
Romania<br>
<b>Rwanda</b><br>
Saint Barthelemy<br>
Saint Kitts and Nevis<br>
Saint Lucia<br>
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines<br>
Samoa<br>
San Marino<br>
Sao Tome and Principe<br>
<b>Senegal</b><br>
Serbia<br>
Seychelles<br>
Sierra Leone<br>
Sint Martin<br>
Slovakia<br>
Slovenia<br>
Solomon Islands<br>
Somalia<br>
Sri Lanka<br>
Sudan<br>
Suriname<br>
Swaziland<br>
Syria<br>
<b>Thailand</b><br>
The former Yugoslav Republic<br>
Togo<br>
Trinidad and Tobago<br>
<b>Turkey</b><br>
<b>Uganda</b><br>
Ukraine<br>
United Arab Emirates<br>
<b>Uruguay</b><br>
Uzbekistan<br>
Vanuatu<br>
<b>Venezuela</b><br>
<b>Viet Nam</b><br>
Yemen<br>
<br>
Ellen<br>
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<pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Ellen Paul<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>The Ornithological Council<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Email: <a href="mailto:ellen.paul@verizon.net">ellen.paul@verizon.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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