Abstract

LE ROUX, Marianne M. et al. The sixth World Flora Online Council meeting held in South Africa. Bothalia (Online) [online]. 2017, vol.47, n.1, pp.1-2. ISSN 2311-9284.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/abc.v47i1.2242.

BACKGROUND: Biannual Council meetings are held with the aim of developing a World Flora Online (WFO) in response to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (2011-2020) OBJECTIVES: To report on the sixth WFO Council meeting held in Pretoria, South Africa, on November 2016. METHOD: A WFO Council meeting (preceded by Taxonomic and Technical Working Group meetings) was hosted by the South African National Biodiversity Institute in Pretoria RESULTS: Significant progress with the development of the WFO portal was made. CONCLUSION: The WFO portal will be launched at the International Botanical Congress in China in 2017.

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