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<p class="MsoNormal">Oh my that is tragic…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="https://www.amnh.org/research/staff-directory/christine-johnson"><span style="color:#0563C1">Christine Johnson, Ph.D.</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="https://www.amnh.org/research/invertebrate-zoology"><span style="color:#0563C1">American Museum of Natural History</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="https://www.amnh.org/research/invertebrate-zoology"><span style="color:#0563C1">Division of Invertebrate Zoology</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="mailto:cjohnson@amnh.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">cjohnson@amnh.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="https://cjohnson192.wixsite.com/amnh-cnidaria-corals"><span style="color:#0563C1">IMLS Coral Rehousing Project</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="https://www.nyentsoc.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Entomologica Americana</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Dirk Neumann<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 20, 2021 8:23 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Large parts of the Botanic Collections & Library in Cape Town lost in Bush Fire<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Another fire has destroyed historic collections, this time it hit the University of Cape Town<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-021-01045-4&data=04%7C01%7Ccjohnson%40amnh.org%7C0bb89e0e69974af1b31e08d903f708c0%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637545181815912479%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=KLti85rY%2FA56S%2FiqgGOCyHaAAc3sgpvGq39W9p9vyBk%3D&reserved=0">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01045-4</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Colleagues launched a call asking scientists for digital scans, photographs, images from the library and potentially herbarium sheets:<o:p></o:p></p>
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