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Conferences & Seminars 2008 Danforth Center Seminar Series St. Louis, MO All seminars are in the Southwestern Bell Auditorium at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. 4th IGBP Congress Sustainable Livelihood in a Changing Earth System Cape Town, South Africa 5–9 May, 2008 The Congress will have a major focus on Africa and will be a mixture of plenary presentations, working group discussions and poster sessions. For more information: http://www.igbp2008.co.za/. Biodiversity Research - Safeguarding the Future Bonn, Germany 12-16 May, 2008 For details, see http://zfmk.de/preCOP9/index.html. International Conference on Environmental Research and Technology (ICERT 08) Penang, Malaysia 28-30 May, 2008 The Environmental Technology Division of the School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang is pleased to invite original scientific papers for oral or poster presentation in the International Conference on Environmental Research and Technology 08 (ICERT 08). This conference provides a useful forum for interaction and exchanging research ideas/experience among engineers, technologists, academicians, technical executives and entrepreneurs of various disciplines from academic institutions, industry and organisations in the related fields. For details, check the website Carbon and Communities in Tropical Woodlands An international interdisciplinary conference University of Edinburgh, UK 16-18 June, 2008 The meeting will bring together experts in tropical woodland ecology, carbon sequestration projects, policy makers and investors, to discuss current issues and share knowledge. For more information, and to register, please visit the website and download the brochure. Please note the deadline for registration is 1st May 2008. Convención Trópico 2008 Habana. Cuba 16-20 Junio, 2008 For further information, view the website or contact info@ctropico2008.com 2nd World Scientific Congress Challenges in Botanical Research and Climate Change Delft, The Netherlands 29 June-4 July, 2008 Organized by: Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), Botanical Garden TU Delft. For more information, registration and calls for abstracts, check the website. Global Cassava Partnership First Scientific Meeting GCP-I Cassava: Meeting the Challenges of the New Millennium Institute of Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries IPBO - Ghent University - Belgium 21-25 July, 2008 Registration Open on Feb 1, 2008, Abstracts Deadline May 15, 2008. For details, check the website or read the PDF document. BOTANY 2008 Botany without Borders University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada 26–30 July, 2008 BOTANY 2008 will be a joint meeting with the Canadian Botanical Association/L’Association Botanique du Canada. Societies participating in BOTANY 2008 will include: the American Fern Society (AFS), the American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT), the Botanical Society of America (BSA) and the Canadian Botanical Association/L’Association Botanique du Canada (CBA/ABC). For additional information, check the website. Submission of Symposia Proposals - Deadline: October 15, 2007 IUCN World Conservation Congress Barcelona, Spain 5-14 October, 2008 The IUCN World Conservation Congress is the world’s largest and most important conservation event. Held every four years, the Congress aims to improve how we manage our natural environment for human, social and economic development. For details and registration: http://www.iucn.org/congress/2008/. This page was revised 04/22/08. If you would like to see a conference added, please contact Myriam Fica.