The sixth World Flora Online Council meeting held in South Africa

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Le Roux, M. Marianne
Klopper, Ronell Renett
Jackson, Peter S. Wyse
Loizeau, Pierre-Andre
Victor, Janine E.
Sebola, Joseph R.

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AOSIS Open Journals

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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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Biannual council meetings, World flora online (WFO), Plant conservation, Pretoria, South Africa

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Le Roux, M.M., Klopper, R.R., Wyse Jackson, P.S., Loizeau, P-A., Victor, J.E. & Sebola, J.R., 2017, ‘The sixth World Flora Online Council meeting held in South Africa’, Bothalia 47(1), a2242. https://DOI. org/ 10.4102/abc.v47i1.2242.