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17-Aug-2011 Travel Awards for African Participation in 2011 TDWG Conference

Biodiversity Information Specialists from developing African countries are invited to apply for travel support to participate in the 2011 Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Conference, 16-21 October in New Orleans,...

15-Jun-2011 TDWG 2011 Annual Conference

The 2011 TDWG annual conference will be held on October 16-21, 2011 at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. Registration will open July 1st, 2011. Details are available at www.tdwg.org/conference2011/

10-Apr-2011 2011 TDWG annual conference Announcement

The TDWG Executive Committee is pleased to announce that the 2011 TDWG annual conference will be held on October 16-21, 2011 at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hank Bart, Director and Curator of Fishes of...

22-Feb-2011 LSID and GUID Applicability Statements Approved

The TDWG Executive Committee has approved the Life Sciences Identifiers Applicability Statement (LSID_AS) and the Globally Unique Identifiers (GUID_AS) Applicability Statement as new TDWG standards.

The Executive committee...

17-Jan-2011 TDWG Conferences - Call for Expressions of Interest

Happy New Year 2011 to all of you! It’s the UN International Year of the Forest, the UNEP Year of the Bat and the Chinese Year of the Rabbit.

As the new Chair of Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) and on behalf of the...