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Dear colleagues,<br><br>
The <font size=2>Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) invites Parties, other governments and relevant organizations to
submit <b>examples of best practices for addressing the risks associated
with the introduction of alien species</b> as pets, aquarium and
terrarium species, and as live bait and live food (COP decision IX/4,
paragraph 8 and 9)<br><br>
The information provided in this submission will be used by the
Secretariat to create a CBD Technical Series document and a pre-session
document for the fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Technical
and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-14).<br>
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Please send best practice information, practical guidance and information
relevant tobest practices for pre-import screening of live animals to
hendrik.segers@naturalsciences.be, by 24th October 2008.<br><br>
The full text of the notification relevant to this request is available
on the CBD website at:
<a href="http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2008/ntf-2008-127-ias-en.pdf" eudora="autourl">
<u>http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2008/ntf-2008-127-ias-en.pdf<br>
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Thank you in advance for your cooperation,<br>
Yours sincerely,<br>
Hendrik Segers<br><br>
CBD - SBSTTA NFP<br>
Belgian Biodiversity Platform<br>
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences<br>
Vautierstraat 29<br>
B - 1000 Brussels<br>
Belgium<br><br>
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<font size=2 color="#808080"><i>Dr Hendrik Segers<br><br>
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<a href="http://biobel.biodiversity.be/biobel/person/show/1090" eudora="autourl">
http://biobel.biodiversity.be/biobel/person/show/1090<br>
</a>Belgian Biodiversity Platform
(<a href="http://www.biodiversity.be/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.biodiversity.be/</a>)<br>
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
(<a href="http://www.belspo.be/" eudora="autourl">http://www.belspo.be</a>
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Freshwater Laboratory, Royal Belgian Institute of natural Sciences<br>
Vautierstraat 29, B - 1000 Brussels Belgium<br>
tel. --32(0)2.627.43.10 fax. --32(0)2.627.41.13 or - 4.33<br>
hendrik.segers@naturalsciences.be<br>
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