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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">With support from the National Science Foundation, the American Institute of Biological Sciences and the USA Nagoya Protocol Action Group are organizing an online workshop series to explore how the international scientific community can study biodiversity in the changing landscape of international policy. <span style="color: #000000;">Registration is currently open for the session hosted by the American Genetics Association on November 18, 2021:</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Drs. Ryder, Luo, and colleagues have collaborated on projects to understand the evolution and genetic diversity in feline species around the world. Join us in a discussion on their efforts from frozen zoos to genebanks and international coordination activism to conserve tigers, panthers, and other megafauna.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Date: November 18, 2021</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Time: 9:00 - 11:00 AM EST or 2:00 - 4:00 PM UTC (This program will be recorded)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Location: Online via Zoom</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hosted by: American Genetic Association </span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Learn more and register at: <a id="LPNoLPOWALinkPreview" href="https://www.aibs.org/news/2021/211028-nagoya-workshop-five.html#subheader"> https://www.aibs.org/news/2021/211028-nagoya-workshop-five.html#subheader</a> </span></p>
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