<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dear SOS Members,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We are very excited to
announce that our newly designed </span><a href="https://seedconservationsg.org/" style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)">IUCN Seed Conservation Specialist Group new website</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> is now live! Our goal with this newly designed website is to create a user-friendly browsing experience for our
members and the general public interested in seed conservation.</span></p>

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Conservation Specialist Group is to promote seed conservation by providing a
network for knowledge-sharing in different ecosystems around the world, and
aiding in prioritization, capacity building, and development of best practices.</span></p>

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would like to send us as your feedback about your experience with the website,
or if you would like to be a member of the specialist group, please feel free
to contact us at: </span><a href="https://seedconservationsg.org/contact" style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://seedconservationsg.org/contact</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.</span></p>

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