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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Rodrigo Medellin Legorreta [mailto:medellin@iecologia.unam.mx] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 12, 2014 11:23 AM<br><b>To:</b> lda@pollinator.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Op-ed in the New York Times<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Laurie,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> Although obliquely related to pollinators, as we speak mostly about insectivorous bats, I thought you would be interested in seeing my op-ed, published today in The New York Times:<br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/opinion/protect-our-bats.html?smid=fb-share&smv1">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/opinion/protect-our-bats.html?smid=fb-share&smv1</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>-- </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>-----</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Dr. Rodrigo A. Medellin, President</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Society for Conservation Biology</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Instituto de Ecología, UNAM</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Ap. Postal 70-275</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>04510 Ciudad Universitaria, D. F.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>MEXICO</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Ph: 52-55-5622-9042</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Fax: 52-55-5622-8995</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>DIRECCION FISICA (STREET ADDRESS):</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Dr. Rodrigo A. Medellín</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Instituto de Ecologia, UNAM</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Circuito Exterior s/n junto al Jardín Botánico Exterior</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>04510 Ciudad Universitaria, D. F.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>MEXICO</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="http://www.ecologia.unam.mx/Laboratorios/rmedellin/" target="_blank">http://www.ecologia.unam.mx/Laboratorios/rmedellin/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>