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The African Pollinator Initiative (API) Connal Eardley Photos by Dino Martins & Connal Eardley

The African Pollinator Initiative (API) Connal Eardley Photos by Dino Martins & Connal Eardley. Founded January 1999 South African Systematics Society's First Congress, Stellenbosch, S.A. Nearly 10 years old. Purpose To enable African countries to collectively participate in

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The African Pollinator Initiative (API) Connal Eardley Photos by Dino Martins & Connal Eardley

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  1. The African Pollinator Initiative (API) Connal Eardley Photos by Dino Martins & Connal Eardley

  2. Founded January 1999 South African Systematics Society's First Congress, Stellenbosch, S.A. Nearly 10 years old

  3. Purpose To enable African countries to collectively participate in International Pollinator Initiative's (IPI) Global Pollinator Project (GPP) First Workshop - 2002 Life beyond GPP envisaged GPP first project 2002 API Plan of Action

  4. Achievements Kenya, Ghana & South Africa in GPP API Plan of Action Three bee identification courses Communication Expanded number of pollinator projects Web site ()

  5. Means of achieving goals To make individual projects API projects Web staff member - funds Individual commitment to goals Committee Meetings

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  7. Photographs Unfortunately few photographs available but hopefully this will change in the future - trying to equipment Database Iziko South African Museum complete Transvaal Museum part Albany Museum complete Agricultural Research Council complete end 2008 National Museums of Kenya part ?

  8. Literature All literature in hard copy, not for loan 90% of African bee literature digital, available

  9. DNA bar coding bees 1 bee taxonomist in Africa, but several interest (in East, Central and West Africa) Bee taxonomist uses morphology, no molecular skills Material collected before 1990 killed in ethyl acetate, after 1990 killed in potassium cyanide Willingness to participate and collect for Global project, started with Scrapter

  10. Future Web site improved Further communication Co-operation/ joint projects Expansion into new countries

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