Results from the workshop will be formally published on the GOFC Web site following final drafting and review, and regional workshops will be planned by a newly established steering committee for GOFC - Boreal Forests, with the first one scheduled for St. Petersburg in the spring of 2001. The Department of Meteorology has asked that all Safari data collection cease as of approximately Sept. 7. Investigators are allowed to retrieve their equipment. Jeff Privette and his team have left the country. There is absolutely no danger to anyone.
Relations are very good with associated in-country personnel and collaborators.
The Department of Meteorology is preparing a letter detailing the events leading to the collapse of the agreement and are taking full responsibility for the situation. Official details can be obtained from Al Condes or Susan West, NASA Headquarters, Earth Science Division, Office of External Relations.