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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear BID Community members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Tim Hirsch, Kyle Copas and I will join member states and observers from more than 190 countries at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Sharm El Sheikh. It will be great to see some of you there, and we would welcome your
help in passing on this information and our email contacts to any of your colleagues who will be attending.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We have a stand in the <a href="https://www.cbd.int/conferences/2018/parallel-meetings/innovation-fair">
Biodiversity Innovation and Solutions Fair</a> between 17-22 November, or you can join us at any of following parallel and side events where we’ll be speaking.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Friday, 16 November<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.cbd.int/conferences/2018/parallel-meetings/The-Global-Taxonomy-Initiative-Forum"><span lang="EN-US">Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) Forum</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Monday, 19 November <br>
</span></i><a href="https://www.cbd.int/side-events/2599"><span lang="EN-US">2020 UN International Year of Plant Health and progress on achieving Aichi Target 9<br>
</span></a><a href="https://www.cbd.int/side-events/2640"><span lang="EN-US">Innovative solutions and technologies for conservation</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><br>
</span><a href="https://www.cbd.int/side-events/2567"><span lang="EN-US">Showcasing the work of the Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><br>
</span><a href="https://www.cbd.int/side-events/2638"><span lang="EN-US">Bridging Aichi Targets 5, 11 and 15 with the Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) and the World Atlas of Desertification (WAD)</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Tuesday, 20 November<br>
</span></i><a href="https://www.cbd.int/side-events/2776"><span lang="EN-US">Ensuring effective indicators for the post-2020 biodiversity framework</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Wednesday, 21 November</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><br>
</span><a href="https://www.cbd.int/side-events/2573"><span lang="EN-US">A new alliance for biodiversity knowledge</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><br>
</span><a href="https://www.cbd.int/side-events/2810"><span lang="EN-US">Improving decisions with biodiversity information: building capacity to link data demand and supply </span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Thursday, 22 November</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><br>
</span><a href="https://www.cbd.int/side-events/2619"><span lang="EN-US">Supporting data management for enhanced implementation and non-monetary benefit-sharing</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Monday, 26 November<br>
</span></i><a href="https://www.cbd.int/side-events/2720"><span lang="EN-US">From biodiversity data to reporting</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">This information is summarized on the <a href="https://www.gbif.org/event/4ppM18SiSIG6KGo0Gu66gQ/un-biodiversity-conference-2018">
event page on the GBIF website</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Best regards,<br>
Mélianie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR">----------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR">Dr. Mélianie Raymond<br>
Senior Programme Officer for Node Development<br>
GBIF Secretariat<br>
Universitetsparken 15<br>
DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark<br>
Tel.: +45 35 32 14 96<br>
E-mail: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a href="mailto:mraymond@gbif.org"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:blue">mraymond@gbif.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a href="http://www.gbif.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:blue">www.gbif.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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