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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2">I'm happy to report that the botanical capacity assessment project report is now finished, and encourage you to visit
<a href="http://www.bgci.org/usa/bcap" target="_blank">www.bgci.org/usa/bcap</a> to download the report and review its recommendations. We hope this report will be useful to individuals in the government, academic, and private sectors in demonstrating the
importance of plants and the need for appropriate capacity in botanical education, research, and management nationwide.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Many thanks to all who contributed to this project - including more than 1,500 survey respondents, 30 workshop participants, and numerous report reviewers.
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Please forward this message to anyone you think may find the report useful, and apologies for cross-postings.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Andrea</font></div>
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Andrea T. Kramer, Ph.D.<br>
Executive Director, U.S. Office<br>
Botanic Gardens Conservation International<br>
at Chicago Botanic Garden<br>
1000 Lake Cook Road<br>
Glencoe, IL 60022 USA<br>
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Tel: 1-847-835-6971<br>
Fax: 1-847-835-5484<br>
E-mail: andrea.kramer@bgci.org<br>
Internet: <a href="http://www.bgci.org/usa" target="_blank">www.bgci.org/usa</a></div>
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<div class="PlainText"><font face="Arial" size="4"><font color="#99cc00">Plants</font>
<font color="#3366ff">for the</font> <font color="#800080">Planet</font></font></div>
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<div class="PlainText">Have you <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong>pledged your support</strong></span> for plant conservation yet? Visit
<span style="COLOR: #0070c0"><a href="http://www.plantsfortheplanet.com/" target="_blank">www.plantsfortheplanet.com</a>
</span>now to <b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #92d050">sign</span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #002060">
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