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<a name="_GoBack"></a><span style="color:#252525">The purpose of the Biodiversity Crisis Response committee (<a href="https://spnhc.biowikifarm.net/wiki/Biodiversity_Crisis_Response_Committee">https://spnhc.biowikifarm.net/wiki/Biodiversity_Crisis_Response_Committee</a>)
is to investigate the role of SPNHC in mobilizing collections around effective means of mitigating biodiversity loss and widely broadcasting the collection community’s positive contributions in this area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#252525">Our collections and research contribute directly to regional, national, and international assessments of rare and endangered species, the compilation of checklists, floras and faunas, and taxonomic, phylogenetic, evolutionary, and
ecological research. Our collections form a global biodiversity baseline that is critical to tracking and predicting the effects of climate change on people and on the natural world. In June 2019, the Biodiversity Crisis Response Committee of SPNHC formed
in response to an urgent call to action to prevent the loss of close to one million species in what is being called an international ‘biodiversity crisis’ that will change the face of the planet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#252525;background:white">The committee has set up a resources page in the SPNHC best practices wiki to provide resources for collections to use to promote the use of their collections in conservation and in addressing the biodiversity crisis
as well as to advocate for their collections. The page can be found here: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a href="https://spnhc.biowikifarm.net/wiki/Biodiversity_Crisis_Response_and_Conservation_Resources" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3366BB;text-decoration:none">https://spnhc.biowikifarm.net/wiki/Biodiversity_Crisis_Response_and_Conservation_Resources</span></a></span><span style="color:#252525;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#252525;background:white">If you have any additional resources that you think may be useful for others, please let us know by contacting one of the committee members.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The committee is also interested in accumulating specific stories of collections that have worked effectively with conservation or biodiversity organizations in using or promoting the use of collections in
conservation or in mitigating species loss. Specific examples or stories of these interactions would be appreciated to add to the resources page.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Andy Bentley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Ichthyology Collection Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">University of Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Biodiversity Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Tel: (785) 864-3863<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Fax: (785) 864-5335 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Email: <a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu"><span style="color:blue">abentley@ku.edu</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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