[Taxacom] Natural History Museum in Lima discussion on closing TOMORROW!

[Frank Farruggia]

Dear Taxacom Community,

I have included an important request regarding the Natural History Museum in Lima.  Apparently tomorrow there will be a discussion about closing the museum.  The message below is asking for you to write a message of concern to the committee, please see the details in the message below.  Thank you.  

Frank

Frank Farruggia, PhD
Department of Biology
University of Utah
257 S 1400 E Room 201
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

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Dear WEBS community:



Please read the email message below.  Whether or not you work in Peru, 
loss of the Natural History Museum in Lima (it houses a vast herbarium) 
would be tragic.  I personally rely on these collections as well as the 
taxonomists who work in the Museum, but we would all agree that these 
collections must be maintained for current and future generations.



There is a meeting tomorrow to discuss this, so if you can, please write
 a message today.  We are doing our best to garner support from the 
international community.  This would classify in WEBS terminology as 
"important and urgent"!



To make life easier, I am pasting the message I wrote just this morning.  Feel free to copy, edit, and paste as appropriate.



Estimada Dra. Millans:



Le escribo para comunicarle que me opongo en totalidad a la propuesta

para la construcción de un nuevo centro académico en el área ahora

ocupado por el Museo Natural de Historia.



Muchos investigadores latinoamericanos y estadounidenses

benefician directamente de la gran colección de flora y fauna que

alberga el Museo.  Esta colección

no tiene valor y debe ser conservada a todo costo como patrimonio

cultural y mundial ya que la biodiversidad del Perú representa una de

las más importantes en el mundo.



Le ruego que por favor conserve el Museo Natural de Historia y

considere como se puede incrementar el apoyo a esta institución.

Sería trágica la pérdida del Museo tanto para los pueranos como para

la comunidad global de científicos e individuos interesados en

conservar la biodiversidad mundial.





Alexandra