<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">Dear colleagues</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">we are seeking grant, consulting support and
collaboration opportunities for the project ‘the Open Inventory of Protected
Areas in Ukraine’.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">The project is  being </span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;font-size:13px">jointly </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">implemented by the Ukrainian academic
groups at universities and research institutions, NGOs and local OpenStreetMap
community.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:1cm;line-height:120%;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">The aim of the project is to create an open inventory
of protected areas that will facilitate innovative conservation research, protected
areas management, monitoring, and development. We’ve already started to collect
and organize data, prepare a detailed project plan</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:1cm;line-height:120%;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:1cm;line-height:120%;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">In order to sustain our efforts we need external
financial support.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:1cm;font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">Any information and collaboration proposals regarding
the following issues would be greatly appreciated:</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">programs that are
possible to provide grant support for such kinds of activities (subjects are
open geodata, protected areas, participatory GIS etc)</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">contact
persons regarding fundraising consultations</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">cooperation
possibilities for joint research</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Daria Svidzinska</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">PhD, Associate
Professor</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">KNU OSGeo Research and Education Lab</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Faculty of Geography</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p>

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