[BioNews] Fwd: BioPlatform E-Conference

[Valerio Sbordoni]

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>From: "Juliette Young" <jyo@ceh.ac.uk>
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>Subject: BioPlatform E-Conference
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>Electronic Conference on:
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>Genetic biodiversity in agricultural and natural systems: measurement,
>understanding and management
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>Dear colleagues,
>
>The BioPlatform Thematic Network (www.bioplatform.info) and the
>organisers of the Italian meeting of the European Platform for
>Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS) invite you to participate in the
>electronic conference 'Genetic biodiversity in agricultural and natural
>systems: measurement, understanding and management' which will run from
>6th- 31st October 2003. The results of the Electronic Conference will be
>presented at the EPBRS delegates meeting in Florence, Italy on 20th-24th
>November 2003.
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>The questions that we will consider in this electronic conference are:
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>1. Measuring, managing and conserving the genetic diversity of
>populations and species in natural systems- chaired by Valerio Sbordoni
>(Universita degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata").
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>2. Measuring, managing and conserving local genetic diversity in
>agro-ecosystems- chaired by Concetta Vazzana (University of Florence)
>and Valeria Negri (University of Perugia).
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>3. Understanding and measuring the impact of economic and social
>factors on biodiversity- chaired by Marcello Broggio (Istituto
>Agronomico per l'Oltremare) and Riccardo Bocci (Istituto Agronomico per
>l'Oltremare).
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>You are kindly invited to subscribe to the electronic conference by
>filling the subscription form available at:
>http://www.nbu.ac.uk/biota/e-conference.htm. In case of any
>difficulty subscribing, please e-mail Juliette Young j.young@ceh.ac.uk.
>Note that there is no need to subscribe if you subscribed to the last
>BioPlatform e-conference; you will automatically have access to this
>e-conference.
>
>The MARBENA thematic network will be running a parallel e-conference
>focusing on marine aspects of the issues identified above.  This
>e-conference will be announced shortly.
>
>We would appreciate your kind help in forwarding this announcement to
>anyone who might be interested.
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>Kind regards,
>
>Marcello Buiatti, University of Florence (mbuiatti@DBAG.UNIFI.IT) and
>Frederica Pannacciulli, ENEA (pannacciulli@estosf.santateresa.enea.it),
>E-conference chairpersons
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>Isabel Sousa Pinto BioPlatform Thematic Network (www.bioplatform.info)
>
>Martin Sharman, European Commission
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>Juliette Young (j.young@ceh.ac.uk), Malcolm Collie (mamc@ceh.ac.uk) and
>Allan Watt (a.watt@ceh.ac.uk) E-conference management, Centre for
>Ecology and Hydrology, Banchory, UK

Valerio Sbordoni
Professor of Zoology and Evolution
Department of Biology
Tor Vergata University
00133 Roma, Italy
telephone:  ++39 6 7259 5951/ 8; ++39 6 20 42 76 53
Fax: ++39 6 20 26 189; ++39 6 7259 5965
http://www.zeb.uniroma2.it/index.htm