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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings from BGCI US,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">We are excited to present two new publications which provide guidance for
<i>ex situ</i> conservation collections:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><a href="http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/1093/">Progress report on Target 8 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation in the United States</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><a href="http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/1092/">Building living plant collections to support conservation: A guide for public gardens</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">These are valuable tools as we approach the <a href="http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/1091/">
<span style="color:windowtext">mid-term review</span></a> of progress toward the GSPC. If you have a living collection and haven’t done so in the past year, please
<a href="http://www.bgci.org/resources/plantsearchuploadinstructions/"><span style="color:windowtext">upload</span></a> a plant list to PlantSearch by the end of February to aid the mid-term assessment, and to freely connect your collections to the global botanical
community. Please feel free to share this with your colleagues, and apologies for any cross-postings.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks to the <b><a href="http://www.usbg.gov/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">United States Botanic Garden</span></a></b> and
<b><a href="http://www.montgomerybotanical.org/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Montgomery Botanical Center</span></a></b> for supporting these projects!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes in 2014,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Abby<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Abby Hird<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">BGCI U.S. Program Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Botanic Gardens Conservation International U.S.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1500 N. College Ave, Claremont, CA 91711<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: (909) 625-8767 ext. 272<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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