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24 July 2007 |
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Task Forces. Minutes of the most recent OSG General Meeting (22 March 2007 in San José, Costa Rica) added. |
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21 June 2007 |
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The Red List. A new section of the web site, announcing a fresh OSG initiative on the IUCN Red List for Orchidaceae. |
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News & Events. Several events added, all taking place during 2007. |
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14 June 2007 |
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Task Forces. Formation of a new Thematic Group for OSG - the Early Career Committee. |
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8 October 2006 |
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Orchid Conservation News, Issue 8. Just published. Added as a PDF file (and its ZIP version), plus its Contents List as a TXT file, with permanent links on the Publications & Articles page and a temporary notice on the Welcome page. |
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14 September 2006 |
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Welcome. Announcement of new Chair for OSG, Michael Fay . . .
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Task Forces. An appreciation of retiring Chair, Phillip Cribb. |
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Task Forces - North America Regional Group - Flagship Species. New flagship species added: Platanthera praeclara. |
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Publications & Articles. Profiles for all flagship species of OSG's North America Regional Group added as PDF files - in English and French, and for printing in two paper sizes. |
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Task Forces - North America Regional Group - Articles,
Task Forces - North America Regional Group - Flagship Species.
Links to flagship species' new PDF files noted above also added here. |
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22 February 2006 |
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Task Forces - North America Regional Group. New Articles page added, with link to new article "Step Softly: Environmental Stewardship" by Marilyn Light. |
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Publications & Articles. Link to new article noted above also added here. |
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News & Events. Events: further new information added for -
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The Phillip Cribb Symposium, 16-17 March 2006 (also added in the Members Notices box on the Welcome page). |
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The 5th Native Orchid Conference, 9-12 June 2006. |
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9 February 2006 |
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Orchid Conservation News, Issue 7. Added as 2 PDF files (and their ZIP versions), plus its Contents List as a TXT file, with permanent links on the Publications & Articles page and highlighted on the Welcome page's Members Notices box. |
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Funding Opportunities. Orchid Conservation International added as a new funding source. A reminder of its 2006 applications deadline also added to the Members Notices box on the Welcome page. |
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News & Events. Events: addition of notices for -
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The Phillip Cribb Symposium, 16-17 March 2006, at RBG Kew and the RHS in London, United Kingdom. Also added to the Members Notices box on the Welcome page. |
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The 5th annual Native Orchid Conference, 9-12 June 2006, at Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon, USA. |
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7 March 2005 |
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Orchid Conservation News, Issue 6. Just published. Added as a PDF file (and its ZIP version), plus its Contents List as a TXT file, with permanent links on the Publications & Articles page and a temporary notice on the Welcome page. |
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4 March 2005 |
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Task Forces - Introduction and various Contacts pages. Amended to reflect an OSG Secretariat personnel change - the replacement of Lucy Warry as Administrator with Philip Seaton as Secretary, effective 1 March. |
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27 February 2005 |
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Welcome. Notice of a Charity Auction to be held at WOC2005 in Dijon added to "Notice to Members" panel (access to information via a link button); OSG will be a beneficiary. |
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22 February 2005 |
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News & Events. Events - addition of details of 4th Native Orchid Conference (North America) in Winnipeg, Canada, 9-12 July 2005. |
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7 February 2005 |
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Welcome. Agenda for OSG's General Meeting at WOC2005 in Dijon added to "Notice to Members" panel (access via a link button). Also added to the WOC2005 details on the News & Events page's 'Events' section. |
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Links. Addition of links to the Native Orchid Conference ('Orchid Societies ...' and 'Discussion Groups ...' sections) and the Rio Atlantic Forest Trust ('Orchid Conservation Projects' section). |
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10 January 2005 |
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Task Forces - Education Committee. Addition of a new "Conservation through Education" page. |
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Task Forces - North America Regional Group. Addition of a new "Flagship Species" page, with links to new illustrated species profile pages for the nominated species. |
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5 November 2004 |
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Orchid Conservation News, Issue 5. Just published. Added as a PDF file (and its ZIP version), plus its Contents List as a TXT file, with permanent links on the Publications & Articles page and a temporary notice on the Welcome page. |
News & Events. Events - addition of initial notice of the 3rd International Orchid Conservation Congress, 16-23 March 2007, at the Jardín Botánico Lankester, San José, Costa Rica. |
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Links. Addition, to the Miscellaneous Reference Sources section, of links to RBG Kew's "World Checklist of Monocotelydons" and "Provisional Checklist of Orchidaceae". |
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8 September 2004 |
Welcome. Time, date and venue of OSG's General Meeting at the 18th WOC in March 2005, added to "Notice to Members" panel and to the News & Events page. |
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Funding Opportunities. Link to The Rolex Awards for Enterprise web site added. |
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Publications & Articles. Issues 2 and 3 of "Orchids In Situ", the newsletter of OSG's In Situ Conservation Committee, added. |
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27 August 2004 |
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Funding Opportunities. Link to new Grants for Horticulturists web site added. |
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Minor routine maintenance has been carried out since the previous update. |
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12 May 2004 |
Welcome. Agenda for OSG General Meeting (20 May 2004, at the 2nd International Orchid Conservation Congress) added, with its own link button. |
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7 May 2004 |
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Orchid Conservation News, Issue 4. Just published. Added as a PDF file (and its ZIP version), plus its Contents List as a TXT file, with permanent links on the Publications & Articles page and a temporary notice on the Welcome page. |
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15 April 2004 |
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Contacts (all three language versions). The addition of a list of all OSG Members, with contact details. A link to the relevant Member's Profile page (see below) is included for each Member. |
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Task Forces. New "Members" page added for each Group, listing every Member plus their contact details (except Ex Situ for which the page was already present). A link to the relevant Member's Profile page (see below) is included for each Member on each list. |
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Members' Profiles. >210 new 'mini' pages added, one for each Member, with contact details plus (still to be added in most cases) a brief profile. |
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30 March 2004 |
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Welcome. Initial announcement of an OSG General Meeting at the next World Orchid Conference (March 2005 in France) added to the "Notice to Members" box, and to the existing News & Events diary entry. |
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Funding Opportunities. EUROPARC Federation's Alfred Toepfer Natural Heritage Scholarships included, with invitation to apply for 2004 awards added to News & Events as a news item. |
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17 March 2004 |
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Welcome and News & Events. Announcement of various OSG meetings added to "advertisement" for the International Orchid Conservation Congress, 15-22 May 2004, at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. |
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Task Forces. "Shelagh Kell - An Appreciation", and contact details for Lucy Ellerbeck (new Administrator in OSG Secretariat), added to index page. |
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Contacts. Details added for Lucy Ellerbeck. |
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Versión española . . . |
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Acerca de OSG, Fuerzas de Trabajo y Contactos. Las páginas ahora disponible en Español. |
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27 February 2004 |
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Welcome. Added . . . initial notice of OSG Meeting during 2nd IOCC, 16-22 May 2004 - also to the existing "diary entry" on the News & Events page. |
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Task Forces. Link to "IUCN/SSC Guidelines For Re-Introductions" added to the Introduction pages for the In Situ Conservation Committee and the Ex Situ Conservation Group. |
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6 February 2004 |
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Funding Opportunities. Five additional funding sources listed. |
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28 January 2004 |
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Funding Opportunities. New section "Examples of Successful Funding Applications" added, with a single initial example. |
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22 January 2004 |
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Task Forces. Portrait of Shelagh Kell, Executive Officer, OSG, added to Introduction page. |
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News & Events. News - announcement of publication by IUCN Sri Lanka of the book Orchids of Sri Lanka. |
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Links. Link to new web site for World Orchid Conference Trust added. |
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Miscellaneous. News of funding award by Brookfield Zoo to Dr Lokesh Shakya of ISROSG, plus a link to his successful funding application, added to Funding Opportunities and News & Events pages. |
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16 December 2003 |
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Funding Opportunities. One new funding source listed. |
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News & Events. News - announcement of publication of the book Orchid Conservation. Events - addition of notice of 19th World Orchid Conference in 2008, in the USA; venue and dates still to be announced. |
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26 November 2003 |
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Funding Opportunities. Another seven additional funding sources listed. |
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16 November 2003 |
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Funding Opportunities. Three additional funding sources listed. |
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9 November 2003 |
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Welcome. Links added to two new pages - Funding Opportunities and Index of Photographs. |
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Funding Opportunities. New page, giving contact information and brief details for sources of funding for conservation work. |
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Index of Photographs. New page, listing all photographs on the OSG Web Site, with links to open and view them. |
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Publications & Articles. One new article added - "Deflasking Orchid Seedlings" by Eduardo Sánchez (English only, with Spanish expected to follow soon). |
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Version française . . . |
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Actualités et Évènements. Maintenant disponible en français. |
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Contacts. Maintenant disponible en français. |
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16 September 2003 |
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News & Events. One News item added - an appeal for funds for land purchase by the Nigerian Conservation Foundation. |
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Publications & Articles. New article added - "Distribution of the indigenous orchids of Sri Lanka ..." by Rohan Wickramasinghe (English only). |
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14 August 2003 |
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Versión española . . . |
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Bienvenido. Artículo introductorio "¿ Porqué las orquídeas son importantes ?" ahora disponible en Español. |
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10 August 2003 |
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News & Events. Events - addition of notice of workshop to precede Orchid Conservation Forum II, Melbourne, Australia, September 2003. |
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Version française . . . |
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Bienvenue. Article introductif "Pourquoi les orchidées sont-elles importantes ?" maintenant disponible en français. |
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Au Sujet de l'OSG. Maintenant disponible en français. |
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Publications et Articles. Publication de l'OSG "Strategic Plan 2000-2005" maintenant disponible en français - "Plan stratégique 2000-2005". |
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27 July 2003 |
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Major reorganisation of Site structure - technical changes only. |
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Task Forces. Picture of Webmaster added. |
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20 July 2003 |
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Welcome. Link added with new introductory article "Why are Orchids Important ?" by Phillip Cribb (English only; French and Spanish to follow). |
News & Events. One News item added (call for papers for 2nd International Orchid Conservation Congress 2004). |
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11 July 2003 |
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News & Events. News - three items added (invitations for nominations for the 2004 Equator Prize and for San Diego County Orchid Society's 2003 Conservation Awards, and announcement of the OSG Web Site's launch). Events - more information on Quito Orchid Show 2004 and its associated conservation workshops (links to web sites). |
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15 June 2003 |
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The OSG Site goes live at last ! |
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for easy identification.