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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>A message from Antonio Saraiva (<a
href="mailto:saraiva@usp.br">saraiva@usp.br</a>) of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Sao Paulo</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
is below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>We
are contacting you to invite you to participate of the definition of a common
schema for managing pollinator interaction data.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
global community, through the Convention on Biological Diversity, has
recognized the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health and sustainable
agriculture. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>To
better understand pollination and how to conserve and manage it, we need to
capture more information about plant-pollinator interactions. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>People
have been observing the process of pollination for centuries, but we now have
new data management tools that may help to share and compile information on
plant and pollinator interactions, so that overall trends can be better
documented. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>However,
we need a common schema about pollinator interaction data that allows us to
share and compile data and identify trends on them. The definition of that
schema is the main objective of a global initiative to which we invite you to
participate.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Your
contribution is most important, given your expertise on
pollinators/pollination.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>We
already have colleagues from many countries and continents that have joined and
have sent their suggestions and comments, but you are an important player in
this community and that is why we would like to have you on this initiative,
which is supported by FAO, IABIN, and FAPESP.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please
take some time to read the attached document that has more details and reply
positively.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>All
the best<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>,</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Antonio
Saraiva / <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Sao Paulo</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'><a href="mailto:saraiva@usp.br">saraiva@usp.br</a> </span></font><font
color=navy><span lang=EN style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Barbara
Gemmill-Herren / FAO <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mike
Ruggiero / Smithsonian Institution<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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