Capacity building in EAFRINET
would involve:
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Training technicians and scientists, to improve
the skills of current staff, especially those for whom taxonomy has become
a requirement as a result of change in emphasis in applied biology and
Biodiversity.
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Specimen Collections form vital resources for
taxonomy and are essential for identifications. They also contain vast
amounts of biological information and need to be established/rehabilitated,
developed and conserved.
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Information involves the acquisition of principal
reference books, journals, CD-ROMs and use of the Internet.
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Communications concerns the establishment of an
electronic communication network between major role-players (E-mail and
Internet access), and the creation of databases for both specimens and
contact persons.
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New technologies include computer aided identification
and diagnosis mechanisms, novel electronic information products.
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The use of modern technology such as DNA finger
printing.
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