The Guiana Shield Foundation on Biodiversity (GSFBIO) is the executive body of the
International Society of Biodiversity of the Guiana Shield (IBG). The IBG was
created on the 4th of August 2010, at the final session of the II International
Congress on Biodiversity of the Guiana Shield, which was held in Macapa, Amapa
State, Brazil. The GSFBIO was established in the process of organizing the III International Congress on Biodiversity of the Guiana Shield and was legally incorporated on the 1st of August 2013 at Paramaribo, Suriname.
The purpose
of the Foundation is to execute all decisions of the IBG and to function as its
administrative agency. This may include :
a. Keeping records of the membership of the IBG and all related
administrative functions, including proper bookkeeping;
b. The organization of the General Assembly of the IBG;
c. The organization of the International Congress on Biodiversity
of the Guiana Shield;
d. The organization of special symposia, seminars, courses and
workshops;
e. The development of projects, especially in the areas of
research and academia;
f. Fundraising for proposed seminars, courses, workshops, projects
and other events;
g. Dissemination of knowledge produced by the IBG
h. Establishing and maintaining a website for the IBG;
i.
Developing and maintaining relations with organizations that may promote the
goals of the IBG;
The
Foundation will take all necessary actions to incorporate the IBG as an
association under the laws of Suriname.
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