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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It has just come to my attention that two workshop offerings (see below) were not on the registration form for SPNHC 2017.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have already registered and wish to attend one or both workshops, please contact Leana Rupprecht at 303-3670-6401.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have not yet registered and wish to attend one or both workshops, the options are now available on the registration form
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.spnhc2017denver.org&d=DwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=UwFbAhlXh-ozZ54nAhUuSf9_8q56q9yT40-6CcF7SkE&s=vYXea18CkJ2E4AZnmdNfXTwq38Sgn3Mv4ZUMdt8FcBU&e=">www.spnhc2017denver.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kelly Tomajko, Local Organizing Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Lato;color:#4D4D4D;letter-spacing:.15pt">Standards and Best Practices for Fluid Preservation</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Lato;color:#4D4D4D;letter-spacing:.15pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Lato;color:#4D4D4D;letter-spacing:.15pt">The insights and results presented in this workshop were initiated by Chris Collins
(then of The Natural History Museum, London) in a Clothworkers Foundation funded project that combined the expertise of different people dedicated to fluid preservation during a workshop in London in 2013. Challenges for fluid-preserved collections were previously
presented at the SPNHC conference in Cardiff (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__conservation.myspecies.info_node_33&d=DwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=UwFbAhlXh-ozZ54nAhUuSf9_8q56q9yT40-6CcF7SkE&s=URd8miaTEiNqjM8Pqb6KUnLS7dE31iKvoUztwDvB_iw&e="><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">http://conservation.myspecies.info/node/33</span></a>) in 2014. First outcomes to develop a framework to categorise
sustainable approaches towards fluid preservation benchmarks and standards were presented during a workshop at the SPNHC conference in Berlin in 2016. In this next step, we will present effective and achievable standards and a consensus what baseline standards
should be.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Lato">Legal Aspects of Shipping Preserved Animals and Tissues</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Lato"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Lato">The workshop gives a comprehensive introduction to relevant regulations and international laws researchers and institutions should consider when shipping specimens internationally. Covered areas include
customs law, veterinary and animal by-product regulations, CITES and species protection legislation, IATA Dangerous Good Regulation (including an initial training for A180 shipping of ethanol preserved specimens) and practical advice for packaging and shipping
of specimens. The final presentation will discuss potential effects of the Nagoya Protocol on the exchange of specimens. All presentations will be made available for self-training after the workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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