He puesto en la Web un sitio dedicado a las plantas medicinales: http://plantae2.librecanal.com/

Se trata de una obra colectiva.

Dos son sus objetivos principales: ayudar a un consumo responsable de las plantas medicinales buscando una autoridad para cada especie y hacer conocer los nombres comunes en distintos idiomas, lo que facilitará el intercambio entre conocedores, expertos y científicos.

Proximamente se subirá a la Web la base entera, que no se restringe a las plantas medicinales.

La base no hubiera sido posible sin el apoyo y la colaboración de Alina Freire, Francisco Cejas, Xavier Cornejo y otros científicos.

Se invita a todos a enviar sugerencias y críticas, pero sobre todo a colaborar desde adentro.

Ricardo Bruno

Buenos Aires

Querida Blanca,

Gracias por el mensaje, y ojala que no se haya destruido mucho
material. Avisanos por favor de que manera podriamos ayudar.

Gracias y saludos cordiales,

Alina.



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>>> On 6/7/2010 at  3:18 PM, in message
<4C0E5B91.E13D.0012.0@...>, Blanca
León<blanca.leon@...> wrote:

> On Saturday 6 of June a fire consumed the one story building of the

> museum of the University Antenor Orrego of Trujillo. The herbarium
HAO
> is located adjacent to this small museum. Fortunately there was no
one
> working there at the time of the fire. Segundo Leiva, director of the

> museum, is working in the field and here in Peru we hope that the
> collection can be rescued.
> The HAO herbarium hosts important plant collections from northern
Peru,
> with hundreds of type material, some of which are unicates. It also

> publishes Arnaldoa.
>
> Blanca León

Estimados amigos,

La semana pasada el herbario HAO del Peru se ha incendiado. Su curador
y amigo, Segundo Leiva, nos ha solicitado que enviemos una carta (por
correo normal) al rector de su institucion para que apoye en la
reconstruccion del herbario. Los datos estan detallados abajo:


Señor Doctor
VICTOR RAÚL LOZANO IBAÑES
Rector de la Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego
Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego
Av. América Sur 3145
Casilla postal: 1075
Trujillo-Perú

  Muchas gracias por su apoyo y saludos cordiales,

Alina.


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>>> On 6/9/2010 at  3:10 PM, in message
<COL109-W3688C0B581EAFF692D556E86D70@...>, Segundo Leiva
González<segundo_leiva@...> wrote:

> Hola Alina
>
> Recibe mis saludos, y a la vez comunicarte la tragedia que nos tocó
vivir el
> fin de semana pasada. Se quemó todo, nos queda un arduo trabajo.
>
> Alina te pido por favor si pudieras enviar una carta por correo
postal
> dirigida a mi rector para acelerar su apoyo para recuperar el
Herbario. su
> nombre es:
>
>
>
> Señor Doctor
>
> VICTOR RAÚL LOZANO IBAÑES
>
> Rector de la Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego
>
> La dirección está abajo de mi nombre
>
> Saludos
>
>
> Segundo Leiva González
> Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego
> Av. América Sur 3145
> Casilla postal: 1075
> Telef: 051 - (044) - 212607
> Trujillo-Perú
>
>
>
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 10:26:15 -0400
> > From: freirefierro@...
> > To: bmillans@...; segundo_leiva@...;
> blanca.leon@...
> > Subject: Re: Fwd: [HERBARIA] HAO herbarium
> >
> > Hola Blanca (y hola Segundo y Betty):
> >
> > Gracias por el mensaje y si en algo yo puedo ayudar, solo me
avisas.
> >
> > Cuidense mucho y seguimos en contacto,
> >
> > Alina.
> >
> >
> > ********
> > Alina Freire-Fierro (herbarium@...; freirefierro@...);
> > Collection Manager; PH Herbarium, Botany Dept.; Academy of Natural

> > Sciences; 19th and Parkway; Philadelphia, PA 19103, U.S.A.;
> > www.ansp.org; 215-299-1157
> > ***
> > Please do not print this message unless it is strictly necessary***

> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >>> On 6/8/2010 at 3:46 PM, in message
> > <4C0E9E31.6010105@...>, Blanca
> > León<blanca.leon@...> wrote:
> > > Hola Alina, ya te imaginaras la pena para todos en el Perú de
recibir
> > la
> > > noticia de la destrucción total del herbario. Por el mismo
Segundo sé
> >
> > > que han logrado rescatar la biblioteca.
> > >
> > > Gracias por tu oferta. Para Segundo y sus colegas tus palabras y

> > mejores
> > > deseos son bienvenidos. Estamos todos unidos y viendo como
colaborar
> > con
> > > ellos.
> > >
> > > Blanca
> > >
> > > Blanca León, Ph.D.
> > > Plant Resources Center
> > > University of Texas at Austin
> > > 1 University Station F0404
> > > Austin, TX 78712-0530
> > > U.S.A.
> > >
> > > Profesor honoraria
> > > Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
> > > Investigador asociada
> > > Museo de Historia Natural, UNMSM
> > > Av. Arenales 1256
> > > Apartado 14-0434
> > > Lima-14, Peru
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Alina Freire-Fierro wrote:
> > > > Querida Blanca,
> > > >
> > > > Gracias por el mensaje, y ojala que no se haya destruido mucho

> > > > material. Avisanos por favor de que manera podriamos ayudar.
> > > >
> > > > Gracias y saludos cordiales,
> > > >
> > > > Alina.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ********
> > > > Alina Freire-Fierro (herbarium@...;
freirefierro@...);
> > > > Collection Manager; PH Herbarium, Botany Dept.; Academy of
Natural
> >
> > > > Sciences; 19th and Parkway; Philadelphia, PA 19103, U.S.A.;
> > > > www.ansp.org; 215-299-1157
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> > > > Please do not print this message unless it is strictly
necessary***
> >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>>> On 6/7/2010 at 3:18 PM, in message
> > > >>>>
> > > > <4C0E5B91.E13D.0012.0@...>, Blanca
> > > > León<blanca.leon@...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> On Saturday 6 of June a fire consumed the one story building
of
> > the
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> museum of the University Antenor Orrego of Trujillo. The
herbarium
> >
> > > >>
> > > > HAO
> > > >
> > > >> is located adjacent to this small museum. Fortunately there
was no
> >
> > > >>
> > > > one
> > > >
> > > >> working there at the time of the fire. Segundo Leiva, director
of
> > the
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> museum, is working in the field and here in Peru we hope that
the
> >
> > > >> collection can be rescued.
> > > >> The HAO herbarium hosts important plant collections from
northern
> >
> > > >>
> > > > Peru,
> > > >
> > > >> with hundreds of type material, some of which are unicates. It

> > also
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> publishes Arnaldoa.
> > > >>
> > > >> Blanca León
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
> _________________________________________________________________
>
>

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:43:29 +0200
From: Isa Vandevelde <Isa.Vandevelde@...>
Subject: [Taxacom] EDIT - DEST course on Conservation and care of NH
	 collections
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Dear all,

EDIT-DEST is offering, within the framework of the Modern Taxonomy
course programme, a course on conservation and care of natural history
collections.
Date: 11 -- 15 October 2010.  Location: Natural History Museum, London

The course is ideal for collections managers, technicians or those
responsible for natural history collections.

Deadline for registration: 1 August 2010.

Detailed information and registration at:
http://www.taxonomytraining.eu/content/modern-taxonomy-course-programme-2010-201\
1

With best regards,

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EDIT  Team Leader RBINS - WP8

Training & Public Awareness

  *www.taxonomytraining.eu*



Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29,  B-1000 Brussel
Tel.: 32 2 627 43 34
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Estimados todos,

Les reenvio esta peticion referente a esta encuesta sobre practicas de
manejo en colecciones de historia natural.

Saludos,

Alina.


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>>> On 7/20/2010 at 11:01 AM, in message
<4C45D4CF.E13D.0012.0@...>, Melissa
Barton <m.alanebarton@...> wrote:

> The Documentation Committee of the Society for the Preservation of
> Natural History Collections (SPNHC) requests your participation in a

> survey involving best practice topics pertinent to natural history
> museums. The survey was generated as part of an internship from the
> RCN (Research Coordination Network) for Building a National Community

> of Natural History Collections (http://www.collectionsweb.org/),
> sponsored by SPNHC, and hosted by the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of
> Natural History (SNOMNH).
>
> This survey seeks to better understand the information and resource
> needs of the natural history collections community, including
museums,
> parks, university collections, and other organizations caring for
> natural and cultural history collections. The purpose is to identify,

> collect, and provide information about best practices specific to
> natural history collections, including current helpful resources.
> Holes or gaps in best practices need to be identified and addressed.

> This survey is the first step in identifying these holes.
>
> The results of this survey will be used to guide the creation of an
> in-depth resource website on natural history collections best
> practices, to be hosted by the SPNHC at http://www.spnhc.org. The
> results will also be published in the SPNHC Journal, *Collection
> Forum.* All answers will remain confidential and no results will be

> publicly associated with an institution or individual unless specific

> permission is granted.
>
> We appreciate you filling out the survey by clicking on the link
> below. The survey consists of 31 questions and should take about 10
> minutes to fill out. There are no required answers. Your responses
> will help determine which topics are of most concern to the natural
> history community, which will be addressed first on the website.
>
> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DLPDRNX
>
> We are seeking responses from people with registration and
collections
> management responsibilities for natural history collections. Since we

> can*t always catch the right people via listservs, please feel free
to
> pass this on to a more appropriate individual, or to interested
> colleagues elsewhere.
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
> Liz Leith, SPNHC Documentation Committee Co-Chair (etereba@...)
> Marcy Revelez, SPNHC Documentation Committee Co-Chair
(mrevelez@...)
> Melissa Barton, SPNHC/RCN Intern (melissa.barton@...)

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>>> On 7/21/2010 at  5:30 AM, in message <4C46BE42.5010909@...>, Dirk
Neumann <Dirk.Neumann@...> wrote:
> ! to your attention, please forward to colleagues with regular specimen
> exchange with European Collections!
>
> After import problems with preserved fish tissues (96% Ethanol) via
> Cologne shipped with UPS today and inspection of "dried insects" via
> Cologne shipped with FedEx last week, I received the following informal
> statement from the veterinarian authority at Cologne airport regarding
> future import of scientific samples via Cologne airport this morning:
>
> As already posted, FedEx moved its airhub from Frankfurt/ Main to
> Cologne with severe consequences regarding interpretation of EC vets
> regulations / inspection of scientific samples imported via Cologne.
>
>    1. Vets in Cologne insist on inspection of _every _parcel containing
>       animal material (costs per inspection: 130,- EUR / 194 U$),
>       _*unless*_ the shipment (respective the shipping docs) state
>       clearly, that the samples included are for *morphological /
>       molecular research at a Natural History Museum* (name of the
>       receiving institute), *including a brief description of the
>       preservation and / or conservation method *of the included samples.
>    2. Shipments addressed _*not *_to Natural History Museums (= private
>       shipments) will be inspected.
>
>     Likely affected:
>
>     via UPS delivery: collections in Central / East Europe (excluding
>     the UK and Ireland)
>     via FedEx: collections in Central / East Europe (excluding France
>     and possibly the UK & Ireland)
>
>     Collections in the US should track their recent shipments for the
>     import gateway in Europe to be sure, which future shipments will be
>     affected. It might be possible that for certain member states the
>     responsibility for vets clearance other then Germany is not in the
>     competence of  vets authorities in Cologne (Germany = transit country).
>
>
>
> _*Direct consequences for shipments to Europe/Germany,*_ processed in
> Cologne
>
>     a) No private shipments, _Institute name must precede_ the
>     consignee's name in the shipping address
>
>     b) E-decs _exclude _the relevant information needed for vet clearance
>
>     c) _Commercial invoices_ as issued by most Museums in the US _are
>     insufficient_ for import clearance and should be replaced by
>     shipping docs
>
>
>
> _*Requirements for parcels and shipping docs**,*_ processed in Cologne
>
>     a) _Detailed shipping docs *must *be included accessible on the
>     outside_ to allow documentation controls
>
>     b) Content of the shipping docs must include the following:
>          - _description_ of animal samples (animal tissues, preserved
>     specimens, dried insects)
>          -_ scientific names_ of included species, at least on family
>     level for indetermined samples (either in the shipping doc or on the
>     attached loan form)
>             IMPORTANT:
>             phrases like "dried insects", "museum specimens" "preserved
>     fishes, snakes etc." are insufficient for clearance and must be avoided!
>          - brief description of _preservation and conservation methods _
>             (preservation method should read either 4% formalin or 96 %
>     ethanol, even though certain animal groups are not preserved at all,
>     e.g. insects)
>             This statement has to be explicit and decides for vet
>     inspection or not
>          - no commercial value of included samples, indication that
>     included samples are _state property_ of the respective collection
>          - Country of Origin
>             IMPORTANT:
>             Country of Origin = homeland country of the respective
>     collection which legally owns the samples, *not *the country in
>     which the samples have been collected!
>             For return of loans from European collections name the
>     respective (European) country, as reimports of EC loans do not
>     underlie EC vet regulations !
>             (allows claiming of unjustified inspection costs)
>           - _Commercial value_ for packing material, tubes, etc. should
>     not exceed 10,- EUR / U$ to allow tax-free import
>
> The shipping docs should be issued on institutional letterhead (see
> attached templates).
>
>
>
> A petition to the respective national and European authorities aimed to
> clarify the vets related problems are underway (on behalf of DNFS for
> Natural History Collections in Germany, and on behalf of CETAF
> representing the European Natural History Collections). Both petitions
> were prepared in close cooperation with SPNHC. Unless we receive an
> official statement, it is recommended to follow the suggestions given
> above in order to minimise potential problems, costs and delays.
>
> Thank you very much for your attention!
>
> Dirk Neumann

>
> Today's Topics:
>
>    1. Re: online publishing (Sam Brown)
>    2. Re: Hygrobia was Eurasian-Australian distribution (Jason Mate)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:15:41 +1200
> From: Sam Brown <s_d_j_brown@...>
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] online publishing
> To: <taxacom@...>
> Message-ID: <BAY123-W21B7A346881CA1D01350EB8BA50@...>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>
> Line drawings can be created in the XML-based scalable vector graphic (SVG)
> format. They have the benefit over JPG format by allowing lossless scaling of
> the image. Inkscape (www.inkscape.org) is an open-source vector graphic editor
> and is well worth checking out.
>
> Sam
>
> Samuel Brown
> Casual research assistant
> Bio-Protection Research Centre
> PO Box 84
> Lincoln University
> Lincoln 7647
> New Zealand
> s_d_j_brown@...
> http://www.the-praise-of-insects.blogspot.com
>
>
> >



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>>> On 7/29/2010 at 11:12 AM, in message <4C51A188.E13D.0012.0@...>,
"Rainer
Bussmann" <Rainer.Bussmann@...> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just got back from Peru. Below a link t a short photostream that shows
> the actual destruction at HAO. Our colleagues are negotiating with their
> administration to get a new space assigned. We've started to get some
> initial collection- and optical equipment to them, and quite a few
> colleagues have already offered to sent duplicates once the new space is
> set up. I'll keep the community updated.
>
> Greetings,
> Rainer
>
>
> Some photos on the current state of HAO:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceja_andina/4835125595/in/set-7215762459683
> 5188/
>
>
>
> Dr. Rainer W. Bussmann
> Director William L. Brown Center
> William L. Brown Curator of Economic Botany
> Missouri Botanical Garden
> P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA
> phone: (314) 577-9503
> facsimile: (314) 577-0800
> e-mail: rainer.bussmann@...
> website: http://www.wlbcenter.org