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October
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2-6 October 2005 - Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
Open Science Conference: Global Change in Mountain Regions
More information: http://www.mountain.conf.uhi.ac.uk
Contact: mountain.conf@perth.uhi.ac.uk
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3-7 October 2005 -
Nairobi, Kenya
World Congress on Conservation Agriculture
More information: http://www.act.org.zw/Congress/index.php
Contact: mbwalya@africaonline.co.zw
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5-9 October 2005 - Prades, France
6th biennial international insect film festival and 2nd forum on nature and sustainable development
More information: http://opielr.free.fr/Evenement.htm
Contact: festival.fifi@wanadoo.fr
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9-13 October 2005 -
Bonn, Germany
2005 Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental
Change Research Community
Including the symposium "The interface between biodiversity science
and policy" by the DIVERSITAS bioSUSTAINABILITY project.
More information: http://www.ihdp.org
Contact: Lis Mullin
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13-16 October
2005 - Brussels, Belgium
Workshop: A global assessment of animal diversity
in freshwater - upon invitation only
Contact: Estelle
Balian
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17-21 October 2005 -
China
ICSU General Assembly
More information: http://www.icsu.org
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September
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1-4 September
2005, Borneo, Malaysia
Adaptive Synthesis Workshop III: "Biodiversity
and Ecosystem Functioning - Cross Biome Syntheses"
More Information: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biomerge/workshop3.html
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4-6 September
2005 - Kota Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia
Next Generation of Biodiversity Research
Meeting organised by DIVERSITAS ecoSERVICES
Contact: Co-Chair,
Prof. Andy Hector
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5-12 September
2005 - Katowice, Poland
8th International Conference on the Ecology
and Management of Alien Plant Invasions
More information: http://www.emapi.us.edu.pl
Contact: Dr.
Barbara Tokarska-Guzik
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6-9 September
2005 - Brisbane, Australia
8th International Riversymposium 2005: Waters
and Food Security - Rivers in a Global Context
More information: http://www.riverfestival.com.au/symposium
Contact: glenn@riverfestival.com.au
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7-10 September
2005 - Danum, Borneo, Malaysia
Biodiversity and Carbon storage
Meeting organised by DIVERSITAS ecoSERVICES
Contact: Co-Chair,
Prof. Andy Hector
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11-14 September
2005 - Liverpool, UK
Complexity and Ecological Economics: Conference
on Complexity, Science and Society
More information: http://www.liv.ac.uk/ccr/2005_conf
Contact: Katharine
N. Farrell
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12-14 September
2005 - Wengen, Switzerland
International and Interdisciplinary Workshop
"10th Anniversary Edition" on Climate, Climatic
Change, and Human Health
More information: http://www.unifr.ch/geoscience/geographie/EVENTS/Wengen/05/Wengen2005.html
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19-23 September
2005 - Göttingen, Germany
International symposium on the stability of
tropical rainforest margins: Linking ecological,
economic and social constraints of land use
and conservation
More information: http://www.storma.de/symp2005
Contact: symp2005@gwdg.de
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20-21 September
2005 - Kings College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Seventh Annual BIOECON Conference on "Economics
and the Analysis of Ecology and Biodiversity"
Co-organised by the DIVERSITAS Core Project
ecoSERVICES.
More information: http://www.bioecon.ucl.ac.uk
Click here
for the call for papers.
Contact: Dr.
Andreas Kontoleon
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20-24 September
2005 - Ionnina Epirus, Greece
Biodiversity conservation and sustainable
development in mountain areas of Europe: the
challenge of interdisciplinary research
More information: http://www.bioscene.co.uk/conf2005/Index.htm
Contact: BioScene
Secretariat
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22-23 September
2005 - Segovia, Spain
Biodiversity and social science: SoBio Workshop
- Mobilising the European Social Research
Potential in Support of Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Management - upon invitation only
More information: http://www.ecnc.nl/Workshop/Index_457.html
Contact: Natasja
Hulst
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22-24 September
2005 - Nairobi, Kenya
African Network on Global Environmental Change
Research and Capacity Development
More information: http://wdc.uonbi.ac.ke
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26-30 September
2005 - Broomfield, USA
7th International CO2 Conference
More information: http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/info/icdc7
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August 2005
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2-11 August 2005
- Beijing, China
Carbon Cycle and Climate session for the 2005
IAMAS meeting
More information: http://www.iamas2005.com
Contact: Ying
Ping Wang
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3-13 August 2005
– Brisbane, Australia
Forests in balance: Linking tradition and
technology
Organised by the International Union of Forest
Research Organizations (IUFRO)
More information: http://www.iufro2005.com
Contact: Congress
Manager
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10-12 August
2005 - Beijing, China
PAGES 2nd Open Science Meeting
More information: http://www.pages2005.org
Contact: PAGES IPO (osm@pages.unibe.ch)
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21-27 August
2005 - Stockholm, Sweden
2005 World Water Week
More information: http://www.worldwaterweek.org
Contact: sympos@siwi.org)
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July 2005
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15-19 July 2005
- Brasilia, Brazil
19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation
Biology
More information : http://www.scb2005.unb.br
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17-23 July 2005
- Vienna, Austria
XVII International Botanical Congress
More information: http://www.ibc2005.ac.at
Contact: office@ibc2005.ac.at
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20-23 July 2005
- Seattle, USA
US Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE)
third biennial conference
"Forging Solutions: Applying Ecological
Economics to Urgent Problems"
More information: http://www.ussee.org/conference/
Contact: Isabel
de la Torre
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June 2005
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6-8
June 2005 - Frascati, Italy
Carbon from Space
More information: http://www.congrex.nl/05c21/
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9-10 June 2005
- Helsinki, Finland
Foresight Management in Corporations and Public
Organisations - New Visions for Sustainability
More information: http://www.tukkk.fi/tutu/conference2005
Contact: conference2005@tukkk.fi
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13-15 June 2005
- Paris, France
Freshwater Scientific Committee Meeting -
upon invitation only
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13-17 June 2005
- Paris, France
Atmospheric Traces Transport Model Intercomparison
(TransCom)
Contact: Peter
Rayner
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14-17 June 2005
5th meeting of the Scientific Steering Committee
of the Global Carbon Project (GCP) - upon
invitation only
More information: http://www.globalcarbonproject.org
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15 June 2005,
UNESCO, Paris, France
Vulnerabilities of the Carbon-Climate-Human
system
More information: http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/meetings.htm
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23-25 June 2005
St Petersburg, Russia
7th International Conference of the Russian
Society for Ecological Economics: "Globalization,
new economy and the environment.
More information: http://www.rsee.org
Contact: Dr
Stanislav Shmelev
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27-29 June 2005
- Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands
LOICZ II Inaugural Open Science Meeting
More information: http://www.loicz.org/conference
Contact: LOICZ International Project Office
conference secretariat : loicz.conference@nioz.nl
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30 June - 1 July
2005 - Leipzig, Germany (upon invitaion only)
Building a National Biodiversity Science Network
and a Biodiversity Forum for Germany
Contact: Carsten Nesshöver: carsten.nesshoever@ufz.de
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May 2005
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2-4 May 2005 - Dourdan, France
Workshop: Global Environmental Change and Biodiversity
More information: http://www.diversitas-international.org/home_article3.html
Contact: Paul Leadley
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6-8 May 2005 - Stony Brook University, New York, USA
The Stony Brook World Environmental Forum: Climate Change and the World's protected areas
More information: http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/lifematters/contact.shtml
Contact: Eugenia M. Reiersen, Conference Coordinator
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17-21 May 2005 - Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Scientists gather to assess the role of biodiversity in ecosystem function: How many species in Noah's Arc?
More information: http://www.esf.org/esf_pressarea_page.php
Contact: Anna Travesset and Carlos M.Duarte
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21 May 2005 - Washington, USA
Executive Committee Meeting of the ESSP Joint Project ‘Global Environmental Change and Food Systems’ (GECAFS) – upon invitation only
More information: http://www.gecafs.org
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30 May–1 June 2005 – Tel Aviv, Israel
International conference "Living with Global Change: Challenges in Environmental Sciences"
More information: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/iseeqs
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31 May - 3 June, 2005, Wrightsville Beach, NC, USA
Meta-Data Model Advisory Working Group
Organised by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), in partnership with DIVERSITAS and GBIF
Contact: Prof Cliff Cunningham or Prof Michael Donoghue
This meeting will bring together a group of experts on (1) georeferencing and predictive range mapping, (2) phylogeny and phyloinformatics, and (3) systematists with a special interest in merging these various approaches.
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April 2005
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7 April 2005 - Bern, Switzerland
6th Swiss Global Change Day
More information:
http://www.proclim.ch
Contact: proclim@scnat.ch
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7-8 April 2005 - New York,
USA
New Currents in Conserving Freshwater Systems
The Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation’s 10th
Annual Spring Symposium
More information:
http://cbc.amnh.org/symposia/freshwater/index.php
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20-22 April 2005 -
Tokyo, Japan
Annual DIVERSITAS Scientific Committee meeting - upon invitation
only
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26-29 April 2005 - Bordeaux, France
International Conference "Biodiversity and Conservation Biology in Plantation Forests"
The Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation’s 10th Annual Spring Symposium
More information: http://www.gis-ifb.org/content/download/1078/5292/file/BPF.v2.pdf
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March 2005
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1-4 March 2005 - Chico Hot Springs, USA
2005 MTNCLIM Conference
"Anticipating Challenges to Western Mountain Ecosystems and Resources"
More information: http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/mtnclim
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13-16 March 2005 - Atlanta, USA
"Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society"
More information: http://www.sfws.auburn.edu/urbanruralinterfaces/
Contact: Dr. David Laband
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14-18 March 2005 - Paris, France
Meeting organised by SCOPE and DIVERSITAS for the Rapid Assessment Project on Human Health and Biodiversity - upon invitation only
Contact: Anne-Hélène Prieur Richard
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16-18 March 2005 - Johannesburg, South Africa
Global Conference on Indigenous Knowledge and Traditional Medicine
More information: http://www.africa-first.com/iktm2005/index.htm
Contact: info@africa-first.com
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18-19 March 2005 - Paris, France
DIVERSITAS Marine Biodiversity Task Force Meeting - upon invitation only
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February 2005
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23-25 February 2005 - Bonn, Germany
International Conference on Integrated Assessment of Water Resources and Global Change: A North-South Analysis
More information: http://www.zef.de/watershed2005
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January
2005
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24-28 January 2005 -
Paris, France
"Biodiversity: science and governance"
Organised by the French Ministry for Research, co-sponsored
by DIVERSITAS
More information: http://www.recherche.gouv.fr/biodiv2005paris/en/index.htm
Contact: biodiv2005paris@recherche.gouv.fr
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December
2004
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3-4 December 2004 -
Berlin, Germany
"Greening of Policies - Interlinkages and Policy Integration"
2004 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental
Change
More information: http://www.fu-berlin.de/ffu/akumwelt/bc2004/index.htm
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7-10 December 2004 -
Singapore
International Conference: "Biology in Asia"
More information: http://www.dbs.nus.edu.sg/sibiolconference
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14-17 December 2004 -
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Biotechnology towards Rainforest Conservation
More information: http://www.frim.gov.my/pdf/seminar2004/BioTech2004.pdf
Contact: noyee@frim.gov.my
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November
2004
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3-6 November 2004 -
Paris, France
DIVERSITAS Workshop: Integrated Modeling of Economies and
Ecosystems - upon invitation only
Contact: Prof. John Tschirrhart
or Erwin Bulte
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4-6 November 2004 -
Luberon and Verdon Regional Nature Parks, France
Colloquium 'Protected areas and quality label procedures'
More information: http://www.alparc.org
Contact: info@alparc.org
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12-14 November 2004 -
Paris, France
Global Forum on Sustainable Development
Contact: contact@equitable-forum.org
More information: http://www.equitable-forum.org
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17-25 November 2004 -
Bangkok, Thailand
3rd IUCN World Congress "People and Nature -
only one world"
More information: http://www.iucn.org/about/wcc/wcc.pdf
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29 November - 1 December
2004 - Hamburg, Germany
Ocean Biodiversity Informatics
More information: http://www.vliz.be/obi
Contact:Flancders Marine Institute (VLIZ) obi@vliz.be
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October
2004
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9-10 October 2004 -
Wellington, New Zealand
2nd Global Taxonomie Initiative Regional Workshop
Contact: Dennis Gordon |
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24 October - 6 November 6,
2004 - Nicoya, Costa Rica
IHDP- IAI 2004 Global Environmental Change Institute on Globalisation
and Food Systems: Scientific Workshop and Science-Policy Forum
More information: http://www.institutes.iai.int/2004GECI.htm
Contact: i2004-geci@dir.iai.int
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28-30 October 2004 -
Geneva, Switzerland
Conservation and monitoring of pond biodiversity: 1st European
Pond Workshop
More information: http://www.hesge.ch/eil/actualites/pond_workshop.html
Contact: Dr. Beat
Oertli
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September
2004
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2-3 September 2004 -
Kings College Cambridge, United Kingdom
Sixth Annual BIOECON Conference on "Economics and the
Analysis of Biology and Biodiversity"
Hosted by the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge;
Department of Economics, University College London; in association
with UK-DEFRA, DIVERSITAS and FEEM
More information: http://www.bioecon.ucl.ac.uk
Contact: Andreas Kontoleon
or Tim Swanson
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6-11 September 2004 -
Chiang Mai, Thailand
EASIANET Workshop: The importance of taxonomy in plant quarantine,
including work in plant fungal taxonomy
More information: http://www.easianet.nies.go.jp/hk
and http://www.mushroomresearchcentre.net
Contact: Kevin D. Hyde
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13-17 September 2004 -
Thessaloniki, Greece
"Mountain biodiversity and slope stability", Symposium
at the International conference on eco-engeneering
More information: http://www.unibas.ch/gmba/Second_Call.pdf
and http://www.ecoslopes.com
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14-17 September 2004 -
Sant Julià de Lorea, Andorra
5è Congrés Internacional de Medi Ambient d'Andorra
More information: http://www.iea.ad/cima2004
Contact: cbdiea@andorra.ad
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16 September - 17 September
2004 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Focus Meeting: Measuring biodiversity in biomes of Indochina
- upon invitation only
Contact: Alison Holt
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27 September - 1 October
2004 - Nairobi, Kenya
International Ecoagriculture Conference and Practitioners'
Fair
Contact: Sara Scherr |
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27 September - 8 October
2004 - Mexico City, Mexico
Institute on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change
in Latin America
Jointly organised by The Inter-American Institute for Global
Change Research (IAI) and the National Institute of Ecology
of Mexico (INE), an additional collaborator is the International
Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP)
More information: http://www.institutes.iai.int
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30 September - 1 October
2004 - Bern, Switzerland
3rd International Conference on Biological Invasions NEOBIOTA
- From Ecology to Control
More information: http://www.neobiota.unibe.ch
Contact: neobiota@zos.unibe.ch
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August
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1-5 November 2004 - Portland,
USA
Ecological Society of America 89th Annual Meeting
More information: http://www.esa.org
Contact: esahq@esa.org
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1-5 November 2004 - Portland,
USA
"Functional significance of mountain biodiversity"
Symposium at the Annual Conference of the Ecological Society
of America (ESA)
More information: http://www.colorado.edu/mrs/FSMB.html
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15-21 August 2004 -
Brisbane, Australia
The 22nd International Congress of Entomology (ICE)
More information: http://www.ice2004.org
Contact: ice2004@ccm.com.au
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25-28 August 2004 -
Stockholm, Sweden
Joint Initiative of the Standing Committees for Life, Environmental
and Earth Sciences (LESC) and the Social Sciences (SCSS):
Workshop on Carbon and Energy
More information: http://www.esf.org/carbon
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July
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11-14 July 2004 - Montreal,
Canada
Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics
(ISEE):
Challenging Boundaries: Economics, Ecology and Gouvernance
More information: http://www.iseemontreal2004.com
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19-20 July 2004 - London,
United Kingdom
Beyond extinction rates: monitoring wild nature for the 2010
target
Organised by the Royal Society
More information: http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/events/discussion_meetings/level_2/jul04.html
Contact: Hannah
Jemmett
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19-25 July 2004 - Corte,
Corsica, France
4th Congress: Environnement Identité Méditerranée
- EIM 2004
Contact: Nathalie Giorgi
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21-23 July 2004 - University
of York, United Kingdom
Entomology 2004 - Royal Entomological Society Annual National
Meeting
More information: http://www.royensoc.co.uk
Contact: Dr. David Chesmore
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25-30 July 2004 - Utrecht,
the Netherlands
INTECOL International Wetlands Conference: Wetland Science
and Water Resources Management
More information: http://www.bio.uu.nl/intecol
Contact: FBU Congress Bureau
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29 July - 2 August 2004 -
New York, USA
18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology
(SCB): Conservation in an Urbanising World
More information: http://cerc.columbia.edu/scb2004
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June
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3 June 2004 — Amsterdam,
the Netherlands
DIVERSITAS workshop: Biodiversity on a changing globe
More information: http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/agenda/agenda_detail.cfm?agenda__id=423
Contact: Alice de Gier: alice.de.gier@bureau.knaw.nl
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8-11 June 2004 — Beijing,
China
Beijing International Symposium on Biological Invasions:
Species Exchanges between Eastern Asia and North America:
Threats to Environment and Economy"High alpine grazing
and biodiversity"-Symposium, European Grassland Federation
meeting
More information: http://bisobi.sino-eco.org
Contact in China: Dr. Jianghui Huang: jhhuang@ns.ibcas.ac.cn
Contact outside China: Dr. Shili Miao: smiao@sino-eco.org
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10-11 June 2004 — Georgia,
United States
Energy and Agricultural Carbon Utilisation Symposium: A Sustainable
Alternative to Sequestration
More information: http://www.georgiaitp.org/carbon
Contact: Ryan Adolphson: ryan@engr.uga.edu
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14-16 June 2004 — Paris,
France
DIVERSITAS Freshwater biodiversity cross-cutting network
scientific committee meeting - by invitation only |
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20-23 June 2004 — Manila,
Philippines
Fourth Asian Regional Session of the Global Biodiversity
Forum
More information: http://www.gbf.ch
Contact: Mr. Bhujang Dharmaji: bhujang@sltnet.lk
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20-24 June 2004 — Island
of Vilm, Germany
Second European Workshop for the Global Taxonomy Initiative
(GTI): Building Capacity for the Global Taxonomy Initiative
in a larger Europe
More information: http://www.biodiversity.ch/ibs/detail.php?id=102
Contact: Fabian Haas: haas.SMNS@naturkundemuseum-bw.de
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21-24 June 2004 — Luzern,
Switzerland
20th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation:
Land Use Systems in Grassland Dominated Regions
More information: http://www.egf2004.ch/
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