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Vision:

The North Carolina Botanical Information Network (BOTNET) seeks to bring together, logically and/or physically, stores of botanical data, offering opportunities for analysis and creation of new views of botanical information. BOTNET will encourage access and research on the resulting botanical information from all levels - elementary and secondary schools, undergraduate and graduate schools, professionals from public and private sectors - in the hopes that this information will be used to discover new sources of food, medicine, material and aesthetics for an ever-changing world.

Mission Statement:

The North Carolina Botanical Information Network will: