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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear colleagues, dear SPNHC 2016 participants,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Don’t miss the chance to join us on one of our exciting field trips:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Senckenberg, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt/Main and Messel Research Station</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: With about 37 million objects, the Senckenberg network constitutes the biggest natural history
collection in Germany. During a two-day fieldtrip, the Senckenberg headquarter in Frankfurt will be visited and allow an insight into their manifold collections. The second day will be spent on an excursion to the Messel Pit World Heritage Site, world famous
for their Eocene fossils.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Schorfheide</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: The UNESCO biosphere reserve Schorfheide-Chorin was established in 1990 and is one of the largest protected areas in Germany. Situated about 65 km north-east of Berlin it
represents an impressive cultural landscape with more than 320 lakes, thousands of bogs and mires, extended forests, meadows and arable land. The richly structured landscape with its variety of biotopes and habitats offers a high diversity of fauna and flora
in favorable living conditions, many of them extinct or threatened with extinction elsewhere in Germany.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Spreewald</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: About 100 km south-east of Berlin is the UNESCO biosphere reserve Spreewald. It is known for its traditional irrigation system which consists of more than 200 small canals.
The landscape was shaped during the Ice Age. Alder forests on wetlands and pine forests on sandy dry areas are characteristic for the region. The fieldtrip will take you on a boat tour and walk to discover a unique combination of untouched nature and cultural
traditions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Rhin-Havel-River</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Birdwatchers might like to join the tour to the grasslands and marshes of the Rhin-Havel River drainage basin to find a Great Bustard or other threatened grassland birds
like Corncrake, Quail, Montague’s Harrier. </span>Don’t forget your binoculars on this tour.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">There are only a few seats left for some of these field trips. So don’t wait any longer and join us now. The two-day excursion to Stralsund is already fully booked.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Find more information on the field trips and registration on our conference website:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.spnhc2016.berlin&d=AwMFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=86W5ICpK9jW1GZb2Nl9x5YyASxeUCIOgjrqdgd1LLMs&s=4z4zzrNLERMPyvPTRk5g-eEEYgubOuUCakKqN4e2j-Q&e=">www.spnhc2016.berlin</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We looking forward to having you in Berlin next month,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Christiane Quaisser<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On behalf of the Berlin LOC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:DE">**********************************************<br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:DE">Dr Christiane Quaisser<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:DE">Head of Science Programme<br>
Collections Development & Biodiversity Discovery</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:DE">Museum für Naturkunde<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:DE">Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science<br>
Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE"><ns0:place><ns0:City><span style="color:navy">Berlin</span></ns0:City><span style="color:navy">,
</span><ns0:country-region><span style="color:navy">Germany<br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.naturkundemuseum-2Dberlin.de_&d=AwMFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=86W5ICpK9jW1GZb2Nl9x5YyASxeUCIOgjrqdgd1LLMs&s=cPaBmRZf07F9XQdDBy9Vx4LoO0BhbTVACUPe_o4qyQc&e="><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">http://www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de</span></a></ns0:country-region></span></ns0:place></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><ns0:place><ns0:country-region></ns0:country-region></ns0:place></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:DE">phone: +49-30-2093 8377; fax:+49-30-2093 8868<br>
email: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><a href="mailto:christiane.quaisser@mfn-berlin.de" title="mailto:christiane.quaisser@mfn-berlin.de"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">christiane.quaisser@mfn-berlin.de</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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