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Our members are part of an international community of museums, botanical gardens, herbariums, universities and other institutions that house natural science collections and utilize them in research, exhibitions, academic and informal science education, and outreach activities.
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Congress Enacts FY 2021 Spending, Stimulus Legislation

Jyotsna Pandey December 29, 2020

After months of unfruitful negotiations, congressional leaders reached a deal on a $900 billion coronavirus stimulus package a few days before the holidays.  The economic “Congress Enacts FY 2021 Spending, Stimulus Legislation”

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Report Examines Economic Benefits of Scientific Collections

Jyotsna Pandey December 29, 2020

A new advisory report, entitled, “Economic Analyses of Federal Scientific Collections,” explores the economic benefits of Federal scientific collections.  The report provides a framework for “Report Examines Economic Benefits of Scientific Collections”

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Invitation: Global Consultation on Converging Digital and Extended Specimens

Jyotsna Pandey December 29, 2020

Over the past year several exciting conversations about the possibilities of digital representations of the billions of specimens currently held in the world’s natural history “Invitation: Global Consultation on Converging Digital and Extended Specimens”

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Recent BioScience Publications Highlight Biodiversity Collections

Jyotsna Pandey December 29, 2020

Recent articles published in the journal Bioscience call attention to the importance of natural history collections (NHC) in solving problems and the need to identify “Recent BioScience Publications Highlight Biodiversity Collections”

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NSC Alliance Endorses Call for Evidence-Based Policy

Jyotsna Pandey December 29, 2020

Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, US science leaders and others have expressed frustration with the lack of an informed and coherent federal “NSC Alliance Endorses Call for Evidence-Based Policy”

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Webinar: Forward-Thinking Discussion on Biological Collections

Jyotsna Pandey December 21, 2020

Date: January 14, 2021 Time: 2:00-4:00 pm Eastern Time (includes a 15 minute break) Location: Online via Zoom We invite the Biological Collections community at-large “Webinar: Forward-Thinking Discussion on Biological Collections”

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NSC Alliances Joins Community in Asking Congress to Complete Appropriations, Provide Research Relief

Jyotsna Pandey December 8, 2020

The Natural Science Collections Alliance was among 170 science and research stakeholders to write to congressional leadership urging swift action to complete work on the “NSC Alliances Joins Community in Asking Congress to Complete Appropriations, Provide Research Relief”

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NSC Alliance Supports Legislation to Reverse Executive Order on Schedule F

Jyotsna Pandey November 18, 2020

The Natural Science Collections Alliance has joined 15 other scientific organizations in thanking House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Representative Gerald Connolly (D-VA), and Representative “NSC Alliance Supports Legislation to Reverse Executive Order on Schedule F”

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NSC Alliance Writes to Congress About COVID-19 Economic Recovery

NSCA October 19, 2020

On October 19, 2020, the NSC Alliance reiterated its request to key House and Senate leaders that any economic measures crafted in response to the “NSC Alliance Writes to Congress About COVID-19 Economic Recovery”

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Judge Strikes Down Changes to Migratory Bird Protections

NSCA August 21, 2020

A federal judge at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled against the Trump Administration’s effort to narrow the “Judge Strikes Down Changes to Migratory Bird Protections”

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