Belgian National Focal Point to the GTIhttp://www.taxonomy.be/news_eventsWelcome to the website of the Belgian National Focal Point to the Global Taxonomy Initiative
In implementing COP decision V/9, paragraph 4, Belgium designated in 2001 the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels as its National Focal Point to the Global Taxonomy Initiative.
The overacting objective of Belgium’s GTI National Focal Point is to reduce the so-called taxonomic impediment that hinders the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
The specific objective of the Belgian GTI is to help with the installment of the needed taxonomic and curatorial capacity in developing countries. To that end the Belgian GTI NFP has developed a demand-driven program of work that involves training, liberation of taxonomic data and know how and international and institutional cooperation.
The main sponsor of the Belgian GTI National Focal Point is the Belgian Development Cooperation.
The second issue of the Belgian CBD News Bulletin explains how taxonomy battles poverty.<h2>Welcome to the website of the Belgian National Focal Point to the Global Taxonomy Initiative</h2>
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<p>In implementing <a href="/gti/urls/cop-decision-V9" target="_blank" title="COP decision V/9">COP decision V/9</a>, paragraph 4, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Belgium</st1:country-region> designated in 2001 the <a href="/urls/royal-belgian-institute-natural-sciences-brussels/" target="_blank" title="link to KBIN site">Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences</a> in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Brussels</st1:place></st1:city> as its National Focal Point to the Global Taxonomy Initiative. </p>
<p>The overacting objective of Belgium’s GTI National Focal Point is to reduce the so-called <a href="/urls/cbd-int-gti/" target="_blank" title="link to Secretariat, partim GTI">taxonomic impediment</a> that hinders the implementation of the <a href="/urls/convention-biological-diversity/" target="_blank" title="link to CBD-site">Convention on Biological Diversity</a>. </p>
<p>The specific objective of the Belgian GTI is to help with the installment of the needed taxonomic and curatorial capacity in developing countries. To that end the Belgian GTI NFP has developed a <a href="/gti_calls/" target="_blank" title="Link to Calls">demand-driven</a> program of work that involves <a href="/gti_course/" target="_blank" title="Link to course">training</a>, <a href="http://www.abctaxa.be/" target="_blank" title="Link to ABC Taxa">liberation of taxonomic data and know how</a> and <a href="/cooperation/" title="Link to Cooperation">international and institutional cooperation</a>.</p>
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<p>The main sponsor of the Belgian GTI National Focal Point is the <a href="/urls/dgcd/" target="_blank" title="Link to DGCD">Belgian Development Cooperation</a>. </p>
<p>The second issue of the Belgian CBD News Bulletin explains how <a href="/gti/docs/newsbulletin-vol2.pdf" target="_blank">taxonomy battles poverty</a>. </p>http://www.taxonomy.be/news_events2012-02-07T15:59:35ZDr. Y.SamynBelgian National Focal Point to the GTICooperation to Build Taxonomic CapacityenDr. Y.Samynhttp://www.taxonomy.be/news_events/eventsEventsEventshttp://www.taxonomy.be/news_events/events2009-09-30T14:27:58ZysamynenDr. Y.SamynTexttext/htmlDr. Y.Samynhttp://www.taxonomy.be/news_events/newsNewsNewshttp://www.taxonomy.be/news_events/news2009-09-30T14:28:34ZysamynenDr. Y.SamynTexttext/htmlDr. Y.Samyn