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== CABIN<br>  ==
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Central African Biodiversity Information Network<br>
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http://gbif.africamuseum.be/CABINPortal/index<br>
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Funded for a period of 5 years by the Belgian Cooperation and Development Agency, is the implementation of a network of databases on biodiversity information, in collaboration with several research institutions based in Central Africa (mainly Congo DRC, Rwanda and Burundi). The project is a multidisciplinary initiative involving the different departments and units of RMCA.<br>


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== Canadensys<br>  ==
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Canadensys<br>
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Mission to unlock the specimen information held by Canadian university-based biological collections and share this via a network of distributed databases, compatible with other biodiversity information networks like the Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).<br>
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== Catalogue of Life<br>  ==
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Catalogue of Life<br>
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Indexing world's known species<br>
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== CBIF<br>  ==
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Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility<br>
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Member of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)<br>
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== CCH<br>  ==
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Consortium of California Herbaria <br>
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Gateway to information from California vascular plant specimens that are housed in herbaria throughout the state. The database now (October 2011) includes information from more than 1.3 million specimens, all searchable through a single interface.<br>


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Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities<br>
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Networked consortium of scientific institutions in Europe formed to promote training, research and understanding of systematic biology and palaeobiology,<br>


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