FORTHCOMING EVENTS


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International Neem Conference

4-9 February 1996
University of Queensland,
Queensland, Australia

Contact:

Dr Errol Hassan,Department of Plant Production,University of Queensland, Gatton College, Lawes, Queensland 4343, Australia

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International Conference on Domestication and Commercialization of Non-Timber Forest Products in Agroforestry Systems

9-23 February 1996
Nairobi, Kenya

The objectives of the conference are to synthesize available information and to define the future research agenda on the following themes:

Contact:
Dr R. Leakey, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, United Nations Ave., Gigiri, PO Box 30677, Nairobi, Kenya.Fax: +254-2 521001;
E-mail: [email protected]

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Second International Sustainable Development Conference

18-19 March 1996
Manchester, UK
Contact:

ERP Environment, PO Box 75, Shipley, West Yorkshire BD17 6EZ, UK.Fax: +44 1274 53 04 09;
E-mail: [email protected]

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Workshop on Non-Wood Forest Products in the Boreal Forest Zone

20-22 March 1996
Joemsuu, Finland

Contact:

Ms Anna-Liisa Myllynen, Director, Oy FEG, Forest and Environment Group Ltd.Fax: +358 73 1514444.

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International Meeting on Bamboos

25-29 March 1996
London, UK

Jointly sponsored by Wye College, University of London, the Linnean Society of London and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Papers are invited on all areas of bamboo study: anatomy, conservation and ecology, genetics, physiology, taxonomy, etc.

Contact:

Organizing Secretary, Wye College, Ashford, Kent TN25 5AH, UK

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Second International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

21-23 May 1996
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Contact:

H. Todd Mowrer, Spatial Accuracy Symposium, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 240 W. Prospect, Fort Collins, CO 80526-2098, USA.Fax: +1-970-498-1010; E-mail: fswa/s=h.mowrer/[email protected]

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International Symposium on Breeding Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

30 June - 4 July 1996
Quedlinburg, Germany

Contact:

Dr F. Pank, Institute for Quality Analysis, Federal Centre for Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants, Neuer Weg 22/23, 06484 Quedlinburg, Germany.Fax: +49-3946 47255.

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Plants for Food and Medicine

1-6 July 1996
Imperial College, London, UK

Joint Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany and the International Society for Ethnopharmacology, The Natural History Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Contact:

The Linnean Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V 01Q, UK.Fax: +44 171 2879364; E-mail: [email protected]

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Fourth International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources

August 1996
Berlin, Germany

Contact:

J. Esquinas or C. Fowler,
Plant Production and Protection Division,
Agriculture Department,
FAO.
Fax: +39-6-57053152;
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

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Fifth International Congress of Ethnobiology


2-6 September 1996
Nairobi, Kenya

Contact:

Christine Kabuye, National Museums of Kenya, PO Box 45166, Nairobi, Kenya.
Fax +254 2 741424.

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The Monte Verita Conference on Assessment of Biodiversity for Improved Forest Planning

7-11 October 1996
Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland

Contact:

Dr Michael Koehl, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.Fax: +41-1-7392215;
E-mail: [email protected]

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IUCN World Conservation Congress

13-23 October 1996
Montreal, Canada

The congress will comprise four parts: a special members' session to consider the revised status; a members' business session (invited observers may attend); an open session of workshops under the overall theme of "Caring for the Earth", open to the public; and a major environmental exhibition, also open to the public.

Contact:

IUCN, Rue Mauverney 28, Ch 1196, Switzerland.Fax: +41 22 9990002.

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Resource Inventory Techniques to Support Agroforestry and Environment Activities

26-28 October 1996
Chandigarh, India

Contact:

Dr Atul, Head, Department of Agroforestry and Environment, H.P. Agriculture Univ., Palampur 176062, Dist. Kangra, H.P., India.Fax: +91 1894-30530.

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International Symposium on Assessment and Monitoring of Forests in Tropical Dry Regions with Special Reference to Gallery Forests

4-7 November 1996
Brasilia, Brazil

Contact:

Dr José Imana Encinas, Universidade de Brasilia, Depto de Engenharia Florestal, 70910-900 Brasilia, DF.Fax: +55-61-3475458;
E-mail: [email protected]

or

Dr Christoph Kleinn, Universität Freiburg, Abteilung Forstliche Biometrie, Werderring 6, D-79085 Freiburg i. Br., Germany.Fax: +49-761-203 3751;
E-mail: [email protected]

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International Conference on Tropical Forestry in the Twenty-First Century

25-29 November 1996
Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

Contact:

FORTROP '96 Secretariat, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart Univ., PO Box 1054, Bangkok 10903, Thailand.Fax: +66-2-561 4246;
E-mail: [email protected]

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Implication of Trade-related Intellectual Property Rights for Biotechnology

(Date to be determined)
Norway

Contact:

UNCTAD, Palais de Nations, 1211, Geneva 10, Switzerland.

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Course at the IAC

1 September - 6 December 1996
Wageningen, the Netherlands

An international course on local-level management of trees and forests for sustainable land use will be organized at the International Agricultural Centre, Wageningen. The aim of the course is to strengthen national capacities to design, implement and evaluate community forestry activities within the framework of rural development.

Contact:

IAC, PO Box 88, 6700 AB, Wageningen, the Netherlands, Lawickse Allee 11.Fax: 31-317-418552;
E-mail: [email protected]

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