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KATHMANDU, NEPAL
7 FEBRUARY 1996
The meeting was held in the context of the FAO technical assistance project for the Government of Nepal
For more information please contact:
Mr Gustavo Best, Environment and Natural Resources Service (SDRN), Research, Extension
and Training Division, Sustainable Development Department, FAO, Rome
E-mail: [email protected]
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FRANKFURT, GERMANY
7-10 MARCH 1996
BIOFACH, the largest trade fair in the world for organic food and natural products, now under the patronage of IFOAM, was held in Frankfurt, with more than 1 000 exhibitors from over 40 countries. Exhibitions included:
Organic foods, eco-wines, natural cosmetics, natural textiles.
For more information, please contact:
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
Ökozentrum Imsbach, D-66636 Tholey-Theley, Germany
Fax: +49-6853-30110
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PARAIBA, BRAZIL
27-30 MARCH 1996
International Seminar on Ecological Tourism
For more information please contact:
Dra. Tania Maria Queiroga Nobrega, SEMMA,
Parque Arruda Camara, Tambia, João Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil CEP 58.020.320
Fax:+54-83-244-4308
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BANGKOK, THAILAND
18 MARCH - 5 APRIL 1996
Regional Community Forestry Center (RECOFTC)
For more information, please contact:
Sosak Sukwong, Director
Regional Community Forestry Training Center, Kasetsart University
P.O. Box 1111. Bangkok 10903, Thailand.
Fax: +662-561-4880
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ABIDJAN, CÔTE D'IVOIRE
23-26 APRIL 1996
Organized by: Environment Liaison Centre International (ELCI)
With support from: The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada and the Government of the Netherlands.
The regional workshop brought together experts from African countries to review and build a concensus on a project proposal on medicinal plants and local communities in Africa, prepared by ELCI.
For further information and/or a copy of the workshop report, please contact:
ELCI
P.O. Box 72461, Nairobi, Kenya
Fax: +254-2-56215
E-mail: [email protected]
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POKHARA, NEPAL
15-17 MAY 1996
The workshop, organized under the auspices of ICIMOD and co-sponsored by a number of international agencies, was held at the Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, in Pokhara, Nepal.
A group from six Himalayan countries, all experts on forest and agricultural resource management and economics, indigenous peoples and cultural traditions, and mountain development, met to discuss ways and means to develop specific non-timber forest resources in a more sustainable manner. The group formulated the "Pokhara Declaration".
For more information, please contact:
Dr Pitamber Sharma
Regional Planner, Mountain Enterprises and Infrastructure
ICIMOD
G.P.O. Box 3226, Kathmandu, Nepal
Fax: +977-1-524509/524317
E-mail: [email protected]
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SINGAPORE
27-28 MAY 1996
The Asia Spice Markets 1996 Conference was organized by IBC Asia Ltd and attended by 45 participants representing spice producing firms in Asia, international agencies (FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Trade Organization, International Pepper Community), and consultancy services, national institutes/associations (India's Spices Board, Indonesia's Central Research Institute for Industrial Crops, Association of Indonesian Pepper Exporters, and Malaysia's Pepper Marketing Board). Presentations included: reviews of recorded global trade in spices and of trends in the export markets of the industrialized countries and of the Middle East; an overview of spice production in Asia; reports by some major spice-producing countries in the region on the status and trend in their production, domestic demand and exports; updates of the supply and demand of certain major spices, including some potentially important new developments in the region; discussion on major opportunities and constraints for the development of the spice industry in the region. (Source: NANMAP August 1996.)
For more information, please contact:
V. Subramaanian, Conference Manager, IBC Techncial Services Ltd. Singapore
Fax: +65-733 5087
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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
26-31 MAY 1996
For more information please contact:
Mr J. Bourke, Senior Forestry Officer (Trade Analysis)
Forest Products Division, Forestry Department, FAO
E-mail: [email protected]
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HYATT REGENCY, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, USA
2-5 JUNE 1996
For more information, please contact:
Office of Continuing Professional Education, Cook College, Rutgers University, P.O. Box 231, New Brunswick, NL 08903, USA
Fax: +1-908-932 1187
E-mail: [email protected]
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KOTKA, FINLAND
10-14 JUNE 1996
For more information, please contact:
Klaus Janz, Senior Forestry Officer, Forest Resources Division, FAO Forestry Department
via delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy
Fax: +39-6-52255137
E-mail: [email protected]
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EDINBURGH, UK
24-28 JUNE 1996
The workshop, organized by the Forestry Commission, explored the latest developments in measuring and valuing the non-market outputs of forestry, and examined how best to use information about non-market outputs in making decisions about forest management and in the development and implementation of forestry policy.
For more information, please contact:
Forestry Commission
231 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh EH12 7AT, Scotland, UK
Fax: +44-131-3342819
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LONDON, UK
1-6 JULY 1996
Joint Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany and International Society of Ethnopharmacology, Imperial College/The Natural History Museum, London and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
The programme included three symposia: Food, medicines and health (examining the developments in the use of food and medicine in traditional and modern societies); Cross cultural plant exchange (examining the social and cultural impacts of such exchanges in various parts of the world); Botany: what's in it for dryland development?
For more information, please contact:
The Linnean Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V 0LQ, UK
Fax: +44-171-287 9364
E-mail: [email protected]
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4-9 November 1996, Nauni, Himachal Pradesh, India.
In Nauni (Himachal Pradesh State, HP), an international workshop on "Prospects of Medicinal Plants" was jointly organized by IUFRO and the Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF) and held at the university campus at Nauni-Solan. The workshop was attended by close to 100 participants, including university professors, students, government officials and representatives from private companies. Several delegates also came from neighbouring countries, such as Nepal and Bhutan. FAO, IUFRO, and a number of Indian governmental and private agencies provided financial support for this meeting.
For more information on this meeting please contact:
Dr L.R. Verma, Vice-Chancellor, Dr Y.S. Parmar University, Nauni-Solan (H.P.) 173230 India
Fax: +91-1792-52242
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BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL
13-16 AUGUST 1996
Fourth International Symposium on Forest Ecosystems
For more information please contact:
Biosfera
Caixa Postal 2432, Rio de Janeiro, RJ CEP 20001-970
Fax: +021-221-0155/262-5946
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MONTREAL, CANADA
31 AUGUST - 1 SEPTEMBER 1996
For more information, please contact:
Sheldon Cohen, Biodiversity Action Network
1400 16th St., NW Suite 502, Washington, DC 20036 USA
Fax: +1-202-2650222
E-mail: [email protected]
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CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA
2-6 SEPTEMBER 1996
For more information, please contact:
Conference Secretariat
P.O. Box 1280, Milton, Queensland 4064, Australia
Fax: +61-7-33691512
E-mail: [email protected]
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NAIROBI, KENYA
2-6 SEPTEMBER 1996
The broad theme of the congress was "Ethnobiology and Conservation of Cultural and Biological Diversity". Topics covered: ethnobiology inventories, research methods, recognition and use of indigenous knowledge in development, application of ethnomedicine, policy measures that relate to community resources rights touching on researchers, industry and policy makers.
For more information, please contact:
Christine Kabuye, National Museums of Kenya
P.O. Box 45166, Nairobi, Kenya
Fax: +254-2-741 424
E-mail: [email protected]
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VIENNA, AUSTRIA
8-11 SEPTEMBER 1996
The workshop covered all aspects concerning essential oils and related natural products, with focus on biological activity of essential oils and on the use of essential oils as phytogenic feed additives.
For more information, please contact:
Prof. Dr Ch. Franz, Symposium Secretariat, University of Veterinary Medicine, Institute for Botany and Food Science
Josef Baumanngasse 1
A-1201, Vienna, Austria
Fax: +43-1-250 77 3190
E-mail: [email protected]
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ORLANDO, FLORIDA, USA
9-11 SEPTEMBER 1996
For more information, please contact:
Pulp Chemicals Association
Technology Park/Atlanta
P.O. Box 102062
Atlanta, GA 30368-0062
Fax: +1-770-446 1487
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VICTORIA, CANADA
8-13 SEPTEMBER 1996
For more information, please contact:
Connections Victoria Ltd
P.O. Box 40046 Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3N3
Fax: +1-604-382 2076
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BRISTOL, UK
16-18 SEPTEMBER 1996
For more information please contact:
H.M. Anderson or Christine Cooke, Scientific Liaison
Dept. of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bristol, Ashton Research Station
Long Ashton, Bristol, BS 189AF, UK
Fax: +44-1275-394007
E-mail: [email protected]
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BINGEN, GERMANY
23-26 SEPTEMBER 1996
For more information, please contact:
IMO, Institute for Marketecology
Poststrasse 8, CH-8583 Sulgen, Switzerland
Fax: +41-72-423663
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CHINA
5-10 OCTOBER 1996
The training course, held every two years in China, is sponsored by the State Science and Technology Commission of China (SSTC) and organized by CAF Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, focusing on applied techniques for bamboo cultivation and utilization and providing chances of international exchange of knowledge on bamboo industry in the world.
For more information, please contact:
Prof. Fu Maoyi.
CAF Research Institute of Sub-tropical Forestry
Fuyang, Zhejiang 311400, P.R. China
Fax: +86-571-3341304
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MONTE VERITÀ, SWITZERLAND
7-11 OCTOBER 1996
For more information, please contact:
Dr Michael Köhl, Swiss Federal Institue of Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Ch-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Fax: +41-1-7392215
E-mail: [email protected]
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UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
1-28 OCTOBER 1996
For more information, please contact:
The Director, College of Forestry
P.O. Box 434, 4031 College
Laguna 20560, Philippines
Fax: +63 (94) 3340
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MONTREAL, CANADA.
13-23 OCTOBER 1996
For more information, please contact:
IUCN, Rue de Mauverney 28
CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland
Fax: +41-22-9990002
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PALAMPUR, INDIA
26-28 OCTOBER 1996
IUFRO S4.02-00.
For more information, please contact:
Dr Atul, Dept. of Agroforestry and environment, Hp Agricultural University, India
Fax: +91-1894-30530
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CALOUNDRA, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
27 OCTOBER-1 NOVEMBER 1996
IUFRO GROUP S2.02.08.
For more information, please contact:
QFRI-IUFRO Conference Secretariat, Queensland Forestry Research Institute, MS 483,
Gympie, Queensland, Australia
Fax: +61-74 828755
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BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
1-5 NOVEMBER 1996
Convenors:
IUCN The World Conservation Union
WRI World Resources Institute
FARN Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
IPBN Indigenous People Biodiversity Network
ACTS African Centre for Technological Studies
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
The forum was convened immediately prior to the 3rd meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Global Biodiversity Forum concentrated on four themes: Agricultural biodiversity; Investing in biodiversity; Integrating biodiversity into land use planning and management; and Biodiversity and indigenous people.
For more information, please contact:
Jeffrey McNeely, Chief Scientist
Global Diversity Forum
5 - Buenos Aires
... or
IUCN
28, Rue de Mauverney, CH -1196 Gland, Switzerland.
Fax: +41-22 9990025
E-mail: [email protected]
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BANGKOK, THAILAND
4-9 NOVEMBER 1996
Organized by: FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO/RAP); United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS); Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP); Asian and Pacific Centre for Technology Transfer (APCTT).
For further information please contact:
Dr Narong Chomchalow, Regional Plant Production Officer (Industrial Crops)
FAO/RAP, Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra Atit Road, Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Tel. +66-2- 2817844
Fax. +66-2- 2800445
E-mail: [email protected]
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ABUJA, NIGERIA
18-20 NOVEMBER 1996
For more information, please contact:
National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Federal Ministry of
Science and Technology
Idu Industrial Area
P.M.B. 21, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria
Fax: +0234-9-5231043
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WASHINGTON D.C., USA
21-22 NOVEMBER 1996
Results from case studies and strategies from savvy firms that are utilizing and profiting from the biodiversity of medicinal plants were presented.
For more information, please contact:
Claudia da Costa
International Business Communications
Fax: +1-508-481 4473
E-mail: [email protected]
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FUZHOU, CHINA
25-29 NOVEMBER 1996
The symposium was held at the Asia and Pacific Region Edible Mushroom Training Centre (Fujian), under the guidance of the Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Commission of CICETE (China International Centre for Economic and Technical Exchanges), in conjunction with the activities of the FAO project "Technical cooperation between China and other developing countries in selected priority sectors", which provides assistance to the Mushroom Training Centre for capacity-building.
For more information, please contact:
Zhao Yongli
Deputy Director, TCDC Division
CICETE
18 Bei San Huan Zhonghu, Beijing, 100011 China
FAX: +86-10-2011328
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LETICIA, COLOMBIA
9-13 DECEMBER 1996
This seminar was an initiative supported by the Governments of Colombia and Denmark. The initiative is lead by the International Alliance of the Indigenous-Tribal People of the Tropical Forests in collaboration with COICA (Consejo Indígena de la Cuenca Amazónica). The objectives of the seminar were to contribute to the Intergovernmental Panel on Forest Process with particular emphasis on Programme Element I.3 "...traditional forest-related knowledge...", I.1 ... "national forest and land use plans..", I.2 "...underlying causes of deforestation...", and V.1 "...international instruments related to forest issues...". The outcome of the meeting will be brought to the attention of the 4th session of the IPF (New York, February 1997).
For more information, please contact:
Ms Joji Cariño, Executive Secretary, The International Alliance of the Indigenous-Tribal People of the Tropical Forests
14, Rudolf Place Business Estate, Miles Street, London SW8 1RP
Fax: +44-171-793 8686
E-mail: [email protected]
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