December 2007 - tdwg - lists.tdwg.org

NMNH Collections database survey
by Orrell, Thomas 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

The National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (NMNH) is planning a new version of its biological collections database web interface. NMNH needs your help in understanding how you might use our collections databases (see at http://www.mnh.si.edu/rc/db/databases.html). The survey should take less than 15 minutes and will help ensure that your needs are incorporated in a future upgrade. We would like to close the survey by 30 January 2008. Note: NMNH has approximately 10-15% of its 126 million specimens represented in electronic form. Some of the records have minimal data, while a growing subset have literature, archival materials, photographs, illustrations, specimen images, attached. This survey will help us improve access to the data, images, etc., according to your needs. Thank you for taking a few minutes to help us improve our web database interface! Thomas Orrell & Anna Weitzman Smithsonian Institution PO Box 37012 National Museum of Natural History MRC-136 Washington, DC 20013-7012

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Neobiota 2008 - conference announcement
by Marten Winter 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Dear colleagues, Institute of Botany, Průhonice & Faculty of Science, Charles University Prague are hosting the 5th European Conference on Biological Invasions NEOBIOTA. The organizing committee is pleased to invite all those who are interested in invasive plants and animals, to register and submit an abstract for either an oral or poster presentation at the conference homepage www.ibot.cas.cz/neobiota, where you will find more detailed information about the conference venue, topics accommodation, etc. The conference will take place on 23.-26 September 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic, starting with an invited evening keynote lecture presented by Marcel Rejmánek from the University of California, Davis, USA. The registration is now opened. Please note that the deadline for registration and submission of abstracts is 30 April 2008. Everyone interested in Biological Invasions is invited to participate and share thoughts, opinions and new results. All professions (ecologists, conservation agencies, and stake-holders), all organisms (plants, animals, pathogens, fungi) and ecosystems (marine, freshwater, and terrestrial) will be considered. For sharing the information with your colleagues interested in biological invasions, you may want to use the attached conference flyer. If you have any questions, please, please do not hesitate to contact us. Looking forward to see you next year in Prague Petr Pysek and Vojtech Jarosik (on behalf of the organizing committee)

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[Fwd: [Aliens-L] invitation to conference on biological invasions in Europe and DAISIE, 23 January 2008]
by Marten Winter 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

...may be of interest for some of you... -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Aliens-L] invitation to conference on biological invasions in Europe and DAISIE, 23 January 2008 Datum: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:06:08 +0100 Von: Melanie Josefsson <melanie.josefsson(a)snv.slu.se> Antwort an: aliens-l(a)indaba.iucn.org An: aliens-l(a)indaba.iucn.org Biological invasions in Europe and the DAISIE initiative - current threats and future perspectives *23 January 2008, Portoroz, Slovenia* Biological invasions by non-native or "alien" species are widely recognized as a significant component of human-caused global environment change. Alien species encompass many diverse taxa that threaten a wide range of European environments and have serious environmental, economic and health impacts. The DAISIE (Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe) portal has now brought together information on alien species and their impacts, and for the first time has developed an overview and assessment of biological invasions in the Pan-European region. Purpose of the conference: This conference will bring together decision-makers, environmental managers and researchers within the field of biological invasions and other interested parties to present and discuss the current situation with biological invasions by invasive alien species, their impacts and future perspectives for managing the risks. *Time* Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 9.00 a.m. - 17.30. *Place* Portoroz, Slovenia * *For more information please visit the DAISIE home page at www.europe-aliens.org <http://www.europe-aliens.org/>** * * *Register at the latest by January 16, 2008* Melanie Josefsson Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Melanie.Josefsson(a)snv.slu.se <mailto:Melanie.Josefsson@snv.slu.se> Telephone + 46 18 67 31 48 Telefax + 46 18 67 31 56 -- *Marten Winter* ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ Department of Community Ecology Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ Sektion Biozoenoseforschung Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4 D-06120 Halle (Saale) Germany phone: ++49 (0) 345 558-5316 / fax:++49 (0) 345 558-5329 E-mail:_ Marten.Winter(a)ufz.de___ _http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=708_1 *DAISIE* - Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe _http://www.europe-aliens.org_ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Das UFZ hat einen neuen Namen: Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ The UFZ has a new name: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ Registered Office: Leipzig Registration Office: Amtsgericht Leipzig Trade Register Nr. B 4703 Chairman of the Supervisory Board: MinDirig Hartmut F. Grübel Scientific Director: Prof. Dr. Georg Teutsch Administrative Director: Dr. Andreas Schmidt ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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TDWG and OASIS
by Lee Belbin 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Hi TDWG'ians TDWG is now a member of OASIS. Please see http://www.tdwg.org/homepage-news-item/article/tdwg-now-oasis-member/ for details and contact Paul Allen (pea1 (at) cornell (dot) edu) for further details. Cheers Lee Lee Belbin Manager, TDWG Infrastructure Project Email: lee(a)tdwg.org Phone: +61(0)419 374 133

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