{"id":10987,"date":"2020-08-26T09:11:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T13:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibol.org\/?p=10987"},"modified":"2020-08-26T10:02:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T14:02:39","slug":"prof-paul-hebert-receives-2020-midori-prize-for-biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/prof-paul-hebert-receives-2020-midori-prize-for-biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Paul Hebert Receives 2020 MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22.7″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ background_color=”#141418″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”rgba(20,20,24,0.71)” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” background_color_gradient_direction=”90deg” background_color_gradient_end_position=”72%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/phebert-midori.png” height=”444px” custom_padding=”|||100px” custom_padding_tablet=”|30px||30px” custom_padding_phone=””][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.8″ _dynamic_attributes=”content” text_font=”Oswald|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#ffffff” text_font_size=”29px” text_line_height=”1.3em” header_font=”||||||||”]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IiIsImFmdGVyIjoiIn19@[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”content”]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9jYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6ImNhdGVnb3J5In19@[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22.3″ custom_padding=”3px|0px|0px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”3px|0px|0|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.9″ _dynamic_attributes=”content” text_font=”||on||||||” text_text_color=”#646564″ min_height=”60px” custom_padding=”20px||”]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9kYXRlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJkYXRlX2Zvcm1hdCI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJjdXN0b21fZGF0ZV9mb3JtYXQiOiIifX0=@[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.8″ custom_padding=”0px|0px|2px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ text_font=”||||||||” custom_margin=”29px|||||” custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone”]

Prof. Hebert, Director of Guelph\u2019s Centre for Biodiversity Genomics<\/a> (CBG), is receiving the MIDORI Prize for his efforts to advance understanding of the species that share our planet. He will donate the USD 100,000 award to support biodiversity research in developing nations as part of the BIOSCAN<\/a>\u00a0research program which is advancing species discovery as well as knowledge of species interactions and their distributions.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″ custom_padding=”0px|0px|60px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ text_font=”||||||||” custom_margin=”18px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone”]

\u201cI am very honoured to receive this award on behalf of a wonderful alliance, the International Barcode of Life (iBOL) Consortium<\/a> which involves research organizations in 34 nations united by their desire to understand and protect biodiversity,” said Hebert.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Its work is provisioning humanity with a scientific approach that will both speed the inventory of life and enable a global biosurveillance system. By mobilizing individuals, organizations, and nations to seek the knowledge and take the actions needed to better support nature, iBOL is making a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity<\/a> is an international award established to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainability. It is awarded biennially to individuals and organizations whose work has had a major impact on environmental conservation. It was established in 2010 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Japan\u2019s AEON Environmental Foundation<\/a>, as well as the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity.<\/p>\n

Hebert developed DNA barcoding, a method that employs a short section of DNA from a standardized region of the genome to discriminate species. He has spent the past two decades building a globally unique research infrastructure at the CBG to gather, store, and analyze species information. With more than 25,000 registered users in 200 nations, its Barcode of Life Data System<\/a> now hosts information on more than ten million specimens belonging to 700,000 different species.<\/p>\n

Reflecting its informatics and sequencing capabilities, the CBG supports biodiversity researchers worldwide, including those based at major natural history museums, academic institutions, and governmental organizations.<\/p>\n

Through his role as Scientific Director of the iBOL Consortium<\/a>, and aided by rapid advances in computational and DNA sequencing technology, Hebert\u2019s vision of a global biosurveillance system is within reach, a development that will revolutionize our capacity to manage and protect life on Earth.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/paul_medium_color-scaled.jpg” alt=”Small parasitoid wasp of the families Eulophidae” title_text=”paul_medium_color” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ custom_margin=”20px||||false|false”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″]

The AEON Environmental Foundation has awarded the 2020 MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity to Paul Hebert, Canada Research Chair in Molecular Biodiversity at the University of Guelph. <\/span><\/h5>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”]

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