??Berlin Bot Garden/Musuem under threat??

[B.J.Tindall]

A summary of the reasons for threatening to close the gardens and museum
can be found at:

http://www.bgbm.org/BGBM/Enginfo.HTM

Those of you who are not aware the general cutting of budgets in the public
sector in Berlin has been caused, among others by some dubious financial
activites which involved public money.
Brian


At 08:18 9.5.2003 +0200, Eva Ekeblad wrote:
>For those who read German there is information at the website of the Berlin
>Botanical Gardens - not so much about the threat, as about the public
>support they have recieved by namelists, and by symbolic "shares" in the
>garden plots and greenhouses.
>
>http://www.bgbm.org/BGBM/
>
>MVH
>Eva Ekeblad
>
>At 13.02 -0700 03-05-08, Peter Rauch scrobe:
>>If anyone knows anything factual about this comment/alert,
>>please post it to Taxacom. Otherwise, please ignore.
>>Peter Rauch
>>
>>    Dear list members,
>>    it is unbelievable, but the ' decision makers' at the city
>>of = Berlin intend to close down the world famous Botanischer
>>Garten und Botanisches = Museum.
>>
>>    The staff needs our help to prevent this. ...
>>
>>    Thank you so much and kind regards from
>>    Sven Koeltz
>>    KOELTZ SCIENTIFIC BOOKS
>


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