<div dir="ltr">Dear Ir. Heughebaert,<div><br></div><div>Thank you very much for sending me this comprehensive and ambitious work programme of GBIF concerning priorities and future activities. I look forward very much that it is accepted during the 25th Governing Board meeting. I am very pleased to learn that the items are included which probably can be more emphasized during the meeting:</div><div>1) the involvement of Colombia into GBIF activities (this country holds 10% of world biodiversity);</div><div>2) the release of non-European biodiversity data locked in the European museums/depositories.</div><div><br></div><div>Our Belgian and other European repositories are very rich with historic data from Africa and if we combine these historic data with newly obtained information from Colombian and Chili nodes we will be on the right track to conserve the biggest forests on the planet.</div><div><br></div><div>I am very honoured to be part of this very positive development for all biodiversity researchers and supporters.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Jurate</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 at 09:14, Belgian GBIF Contact Group <<a href="mailto:belgianbif@biodiversity.be">belgianbif@biodiversity.be</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear Belgian BIF friends,<div>Next week GBIF will hold its 25th Governing Board in Kilkenny, Ireland.</div><div>Amongst other things, it will decide its 2019 annual work programme, see draft in annex.</div><div>Should you have any questions or concerns about it, please let me know.</div><div>With kind regards,</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_1245489960512349707gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">--</div><div dir="ltr">Ir Andre Heughebaert</div><div dir="ltr">GBIF Node Manager at <a href="http://www.biodiversity.be" target="_blank">Belgian Biodiversity Platform</a><br>
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