The sixth World Flora Online Council meeting held in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Biannual Council meetings are held with the aim of developing a World Flora Online (WFO) in response to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (2011-2020) OBJECTIVES: To report on the sixth WFO Council meeting held in Pretoria, South Africa, on November 2016. METHOD: A WFO Council meeting (preceded by Taxonomic and Technical Working Group meetings) was hosted by the South African National Biodiversity Institute in Pretoria RESULTS: Significant progress with the development of the WFO portal was made. CONCLUSION: The WFO portal will be launched at the International Botanical Congress in China in 2017.
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)
2017
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-82412017000100012 |
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Summary: | BACKGROUND: Biannual Council meetings are held with the aim of developing a World Flora Online (WFO) in response to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (2011-2020) OBJECTIVES: To report on the sixth WFO Council meeting held in Pretoria, South Africa, on November 2016. METHOD: A WFO Council meeting (preceded by Taxonomic and Technical Working Group meetings) was hosted by the South African National Biodiversity Institute in Pretoria RESULTS: Significant progress with the development of the WFO portal was made. CONCLUSION: The WFO portal will be launched at the International Botanical Congress in China in 2017. |
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