[NHCOLL-L:3510] RE: Sending materials to Brazilian researchers on loan

[Furth, David]

Your institution must have a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) with each
Brazilian institution you send loans to.  And they must have a
reciprocal MTA with your institution in order to send the material back
to you (see attached samples).

 

There have been some 2007 changes in the Brazilian laws that indicate
that the MTAs are not necessary any longer; HOWEVER, after consulting
with several Brazilian scientists indications are that these sound good,
BUT in practice will probably NOT work.  This may be further complicated
by the fact that IBAMA is supposedly about to undergo a major
re-organization.

 

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David G. Furth, Ph.D.

Department of Entomology

MRC 165, P.O. Box 37012

National Museum of Natural History

Smithsonian Institution

Washington, D. C. 20013-7012  USA

Phone: 202-633-0990

Fax: 202-786-2894

Email: furthd at si.edu

Website: www.entomology.si.edu 

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From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu
[mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Fabio Penati
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 4:53 AM
To: NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:3504] Sending materials to Brazilian researchers on
loan

 

Dear colleagues,

 

at the Museum of Natural History "G. Doria" of Genua (Italy) we are
facing the problem of sending type specimens (dried and preserved in
alcool) of the entomological collections to Brazilian researchers. 

In fact, we have heard that present Brazilian laws originate a lot of
troubles in sending and receiving materials even though for scientific
purposes. For this reason, we are afraid of encountering difficulties
with the return of our specimens from Brazil to Italy.

Nevertheless, we don't want to deny a loan, unless very good reasons
exist.

I'll be glad of reading your opinions about this subject and, above all,
your good/bad experiences.

Every suggestion will be welcome!

 

Cheers,

Fabio

 

 

 

Dr. Fabio Penati
Curator
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Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria"
Via Brigata Liguria, 9
I-16121 Genova, Italia
tel. (+39) 010 564567, 010 582171
fax (+39) 010 566319
e-mail: fpenati at comune.genova.it

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