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Date: | Fri, 15 Sep 1995 08:57:17 -0500 |
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On organizing a Biodiversity based Information System:
I think this is a good idea. How do I get on board? I think the mission seems
daunting. Achieving it will, in part, require an answer to this question, which
I would like to open up for discussion on Museum-l:
"How do we (museums) make objective information available to those
responsable for developing public policy?" Is the answer "lobbyists"?
I think we are all very interested in effecting positive change (whatever that
means). Biodiversity is too often passed over or poorly understood en masse,
this _is_ an important issue. It is also a global issue. Now is the time for
all those Natural History museum people to put on their thinking caps and help a
coalition devlop that will effect public policy. This desire is not merely a
natural history problem, I 'm sure that all museum proffesionals see how this
question affects themselves, thus I expect a hearty exchange of ideas on this
subject to be forthcoming.
Someone's byline says "Cause an Effect," I agree, followed by "Carpe Diem."
Terry Vidal
Collections Manager
University Museum
University of Northern Iowa
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