Upcoming events

The conference will be held on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan From 19 to 23 June 2013. more..

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Over the past three years, the UN-REDD Programme has developed a body of work on ‘Ensuring that REDD+ and a Green Economy transformation are mutually reinforcing’, based on pilot activities in a number of partner countries. The Global Symposium aims to take stock of the lessons learned, with a view to provide key decision makers with a stronger rationale for linking REDD+ planning and REDD+ investments with green economy efforts. The Symposium will focus on the role of comprehensive land-use pla..

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The Association for Tropical and Biology and Conservation (ATBC) and the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) will jointly organise a special joint meeting scheduled for June 23-27, 2013. The meeting is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of both organizations, and together discuss the future of tropical biology and conservation. more..

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June 24 The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) will co-host a policy seminar to be held in in Washington, DC. For more information, contact Simone Hill-Lee (Tel: 202.862.8107; s.hill-lee@cgiar.org).More [more]

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As the target date draws nearer for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), food and nutrition insecurity remain cardinal problems especially in Africa.  Africa has a great potential to feed itself given that 60% of its arable land remains un-utilized and the remaining 40% bear crops with low yields.  Of all possible topics that could have been considered at this time, the issue of home grown food security is at the top of the list. Hence in reflecting on a theme fo..

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The biennial International Congress for Conservation Biology is recognized as the most important global meeting for conservation professionals and students. The congress features a dynamic scientific program with more than 100 cutting edge symposia, workshops, posters, and focus groups; countless networking opportunities, fantastic field trips, and world-renowned speakers. more..

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AUD'13 is organized to provide an opportunity for you to learn and make a positive difference for yourself, your organization and even your home country! AUD'13 will provide you with the following: An overview with hands-on practice and presentation of the key elements of both LiDAR based and LiDAR-assisted forest inventory processes. There is a particular focus on Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of carbon in the forests in accordance with United Nation’s REDD + program..

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Malesia is an important region where high diversity of flora was discovered and the flora’s significant value was known. International Flora Malesiana Symposium presents a broad meeting that covers many subjects from the current research on taxonomy, ecology, biogeography, evolution, ethnobotany, and plant conservation. The theme of this meeting is the importance of plant diversity that affects the quality of lives of people in the world, particularly in Asia. It is expected that everyone will b..

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International Joint Conference of IUFRO unit 3.08 “Small-scale Forestry” and unit 6.08 “Gender and Forestry” is scheduled on 8 to 12 of September, 2013 in Fukuoka, Japan. This will be the second meeting of Small-scale Forestry in Japan followed by Kyoto 1997, and the first one of Gender and Forestry. Moreover, it is worth having the joint conference of the two groups at the first time. more..

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An increasing number of the European citizens are immigrants from Africa, Latin-America or Eastern European origin. Many of them try to continue with their own feeding and lifestyle habits, but at the same time they need to be incorporated to the culture of the host countries. Thus, we have selected the slogan for the ICN 2013 as “Joining Cultures through Nutrition”. more..

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