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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and the Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) are seeking expert opinions on how to link morphological and molecular biodiversity data, i.e. physical specimens,
derived DNA, sequences, observations and other evidence of species' presence and abundance in space and time. This survey targets data users and providers of specimen and sequence information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We know your time is extremely valuable, this survey should take about 25 minutes. We are particularly eager to receive early responses from those who are able to complete the survey by<b>
</b></span><b><span style="color:#C00000">15 June 2016</span></b><span style="color:black">, as we plan to report on preliminary results during workshop 9 of the SPNHC/GGBN conference,
<i>Documentation of environmental samples and eDNA</i> on 20 June 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">To take the survey, please follow this
<b><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/N2GC2KR"><span style="color:black">link</span></a></b>, or copy the URL into your browser:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/N2GC2KR">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/N2GC2KR</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We encourage you to <b>share the survey</b> with your contacts and networks, especially with users and holders of molecular biodiversity data.
</span><span style="color:black">The survey will run until 15 September 2016, and the final results will be reported at TDWG 2016
</span><span style="color:black">Conference in </span><span style="color:black">Costa Rica. If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Dmitry Schigel,
<a href="mailto:dschigel@gbif.org">dschigel@gbif.org</a>. Thanks in advance for your help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Gabriele Dröge (GGBN), Siro Masinde, and Dmitry Schigel (GBIF).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">*****<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Dmitry Schigel, PhD</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Programme Officer for Content Analysis and Use</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Secretariat</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DA" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">T +45 35 32 14 85</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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