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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Lilian Omolo [mailto:lilian@wiomsa.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 1, 2022 4:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Odido, Mika <m.odido@unesco.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> WIOMSA update: new article - 12th WIOMSA Scientific Symposium: 2nd Announcement and Call for Abstracts - has been published on the WIOMSA Blog<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A happy 2022 to you! I hope that all is well. We have published the 2nd announcement of the 12th WIOMSA Symposium and Call for Abstract. Please would you assist in  circulating to your network.<br clear="all">
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center">The Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA), the Sustainable Seas Trust (SST), and the Nairobi Convention are pleased to make the second announcement and call for abstracts for the Twelfth WIOMSA
 Scientific Symposium. The Symposium will be held as a hybrid virtual/ in-person Symposium at the Boardwalk Convention Centre in Nelson Mandela Bay, South […]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="right" style="text-align:right">Read the full article here: <b><a href="https://blog.wiomsa.net/2022/02/01/12th-wiomsa-scientific-symposium-2nd-announcement-and-call-for-abstracts/" target="_blank">https://blog.wiomsa.net/2022/02/01/12th-wiomsa-scientific-symposium-2nd-announcement-and-call-for-abstracts/</a></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><i><a href="http://blog.wiomsa.net/" target="_blank">Please click here to go to the WIOMSA Blog site.</a></i></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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