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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This email is directed at the members of SPNHC and TDWG who use NHColl.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Today is the first day of accepting observations for the two SPNHC-TDWG Okinawa Conference 2024 Bioblitz projects.
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<p class="MsoNormal">These are being hosted on iNaturalist, if you don’t have a free account yet then see here for how to sign-up
<a href="https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000195690-how-to-sign-up-for-an-inaturalist-account">
https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000195690-how-to-sign-up-for-an-inaturalist-account</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The first project covers all observations made in Okinawa from today until 11<sup>th</sup> September, join here -
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/spnhc-tdwg-2024-bioblitz-okinawa">https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/spnhc-tdwg-2024-bioblitz-okinawa</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are attending the conference virtually we still want to see your local observations so a second project has been set up to cover the rest of the world from today until the 11<sup>th</sup> September as well, join here -
<a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/spnhc-tdwg-2024-bioblitz-worldwide">
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/spnhc-tdwg-2024-bioblitz-worldwide</a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Who will get the most observations? The most species? Something new to iNaturalist? Will the Okinawa team beat the Rest of the World? Find out in just over two weeks’ time. Good luck!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to share these project links with other conference attendees who may not use NHColl.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Much thanks to Vijay Barve for setting up the projects.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mike<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Mike G. Rutherford</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<span style="background:white">Curator of Zoology & Anatomy</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">The Hunterian</span><br>
<span style="background:white">University of Glasgow</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Glasgow G12 8QQ</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Scotland</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">E-mail: <a href="mailto:mike.rutherford@glasgow.ac.uk"><span style="color:blue">mike.rutherford@glasgow.ac.uk</span></a></span><br>
<span style="background:white">Mobile: +44(0)7988 383 219</span><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.glasgow.ac.uk/hunterian" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;background:white">www.glasgow.ac.uk/hunterian</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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