[PCA] Fw: GBIF Seed Money Request for Proposals announced

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

Forwarding info on a request for proposals!  The 2010 indicators (as well 
as goals and sub-targets) mentioned in the announcement are listed at: 
http://www.cbd.int/2010-target/focal.aspx

-Patricia

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority
Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group
US Fish & Wildlife Service
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 750
Arlington, VA  22203
703-358-1708 x1753
FAX: 703-358-2276
Working for the conservation and sustainable use of our green natural 
resources.
<www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal>

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Subject: GBIF Seed Money Request for Proposals announced.

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility has released a Request for
Proposals (RFP) for 2007-8 seed money. The deadline for submission of
proposals is 1 November 2007.

The call is for GBIF data content development in response to data needs
associated with clearly identified global biodiversity issues, such as
(but not limited to) global climate change, invasive alien species, the
Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, 2010 indicators or pollinators.

Projects may be to provide dataset(s) of occurrence data, taxon names
data, or both.

The RFP text is available at:  http://www.gbif.org/GBIF_org/documents/
<https://webaccess.si.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.gbif.org/
GBIF_org/documents/> 

seedrfp

The announcement is available at http://www.gbif.org/News/NEWS1188570939
<https://webaccess.si.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.gbif.org/
News/NEWS1188570939>

We kindly request your assistance in distributing this RFP to potential
candidates.  If there are questions after reading the RFP, contact ECAT
Programme Officer David Remsen for clarification.



Kindest regards,

David Remsen



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Senior Programme Officer

Electronic Catalog of Names of Known Organisms Global Biodiversity
Information Facility Secretariat Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100
Copenhagen, Denmark



Tel: +45-35321472   Fax: +45-35321480

Skype: dremsen
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