Pictures added below for the expedition in Guadeloupe

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International regulations for plant samples exchange and transfer between collaborators

We discussed this topic during the kick off meeting, the following document deals with all procedures to access and transfer biological material (genetic resources and biochemicals), that we have to be aware of, in respect of the international conventions.

This document (click here) is in French, will keep posted if an English version is produced.

There is also a software Gene-PI to help write agreements between countries for transfer of biological material.

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Recent article on:

Desiccation tolerance and global change: implications for tropical bryophytes in Lowland Forests, from Pardow & Lakatos (2012) in Biotropica.

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