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[Peter Rauch]

From: Wendy Shen <wendy.shen at scienceadvice.ca>
To: "taxacom-owner at mailman.nhm.ku.edu" <taxacom-owner at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:11:13 -0500
Subject: Call for Evidence - Council of Canadian Academies' Panel o
        n the State and Trends of Biodiversity Science in Canada /
        Appel public d'informations - Comit? du Conseil des aca
        d?mies canadiennes sur l'?tat et les tendances des sci
        ences de la biodiversit? 

Dear Taxacom,
 
One of your members who sit on the Council of Canadian Academies? Expert Panel on the state and trends on Biodiversity Science suggested that I forward this information to you for distribution to all your Canadian members.
 
The Council of Canadian Academies? Expert Panel is conducting a public call for evidence by which organizations can ensure the panel is aware of evidence related to their experiences, observations and plans. Please find more information in the email below and on our website at <http://www.scienceadvice.ca/biodiversity.html>http://www.scienceadvice.ca/biodiversity.html.
 
The expert panel has also released two surveys; Survey of Taxonomic Expertise, and Survey of Biodiversity Collections which will likely to be of interest to your members.  Please see <http://www.scienceadvice.ca/biodiversity.html>http://www.scienceadvice.ca/biodiversity.html for more information. 
 
Kind regards,
Wendy
 
Wendy Y. Shen
Program Assistant/ Adjointe aux programmes
Council of Canadian Academies
Conseil des academies canadiennes
180 Elgin St., Suite 1401
Ottawa, ON K2P 2K3
 
Office: (613) 567-5000 ext 231
Mobile: (613) 302 9364
Fax: (613) 567-5060
<http://www.scienceadvice.ca/>www.scienceadvice.ca
 
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Public Call for Evidence
Council of Canadian Academies? Expert Panel on the State and Trends of Biodiversity Science in Canada
 
The Council of Canadian Academies (<http://www.scienceadvice.ca>www.scienceadvice.ca) has convened an Expert Panel to conduct an assessment of: 
?The state and trends of biodiversity science in Canada: Are we equipped to understand the challenges of our biodiversity resources?? 
This assessment has been requested by the Minister of Canadian Heritage on behalf of the Canadian Museum of Nature, and is supported by other members of the Federal Biodiversity Information Partnership.  The charge to the Panel focuses specifically on the state of taxonomic and biosystematics research in Canada ? research that discovers, distinguishes, identifies and classifies species of organisms. These areas of research support effective approaches to biodiversity conservation, the maintenance of ecosystem services and our ability to mitigate and adapt to climate change. 
The expert panel welcomes input from interested organizations and individuals, and has launched a Public Call for Evidence to facilitate this.  For details on how to provide evidence to the panel, please visit <http://www.scienceadvice.ca/documents/%282009-12-04%29%20Biodiversity%20-%20Public%20Call%20for%20Evidence.pdf>http://www.scienceadvice.ca/documents/%282009-12-04%29%20Biodiversity%20-%20Public%20Call%20for%20Evidence.pdf
The panel is also conducting a web-based survey of taxonomic expertise in Canada, and a survey of collections, more information is available at <http://www.scienceadvice.ca/biodiversity>www.scienceadvice.ca/biodiversity  
 
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Appel public d?informations
Comit? d?experts du Conseil des acad?mies canadiennes sur l??tat et les tendances des sciences de la biodiversit? au Canada
 
Le Conseil des acad?mies canadiennes (<http://www.sciencepourlepublic.ca>www.sciencepourlepublic.ca) a form? un comit? d?experts pour ?valuer : 
? L??tat et les tendances de la biodiversit? au Canada : sommes-nous outill?s pour comprendre les d?fis que pr?sentent nos ressources en biodiversit?? ?
L??valuation a ?t? demand?e par le ministre du Patrimoine canadien, au nom du Mus?e canadien de la nature, et est soutenue par les autres membres du Partenariat f?d?ral en mati?re d?information sur la biodiversit? (PFIB). Le travail du comit? d?experts porte principalement sur l??valuation de l??tat de la recherche taxonomique et biosyst?matique au Canada ? la recherche qui permet de d?couvrir, de diff?rencier, d?identifier et de classifier les diff?rentes esp?ces d?organismes. Ces secteurs de recherche adoptent des approches efficaces en mati?re de conservation de la biodiversit? et d?entretien des ?coservices, de m?me qu?en ce qui concerne notre capacit? ? att?nuer les effets des changements climatiques et ? nous y adapter.  
Le comit? d?experts souhaite entendre les organisations et les individus int?ress?s. Pour ce faire, il a lanc? un appel public d?informations. Nous vous invitons ? vous rendre au <http://www.sciencepourlepublic.ca/documents/%282009-12-04%29%20Biodiversity%20-%20Public%20Call%20for%20Evidence_FR.pdf>http://www.sciencepourlepublic.ca/documents/%282009-12-04%29%20Biodiversity%20-%20Public%20Call%20for%20Evidence_FR.pdf  pour obtenir plus de renseignements sur la fa?on de partager vos informations avec le comit? d?experts.
Le comit? d?experts m?ne ?galement deux enqu?tes sur le Web, l?une portant sur l?expertise taxonomique au Canada et l?autre, sur les collections de la biodiversit? au pays. Vous en trouverez tous les d?tails au <http://www.sciencepourlepublic.ca/fr/biodiversite.html>http://www.sciencepourlepublic.ca/fr/biodiversite.html.