Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare
15 -18 th July, 2001, Bangalore, India.
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Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare 15 -18 th July, 2001, Bangalore, India. |
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This page contains all updates made to the web site since the morning of July 9, 2001 (IST). Please also note that the zipped file - ATB2001 [Ver 2.1 dated July 11, 2001 (185 KB)] contains the full site as on the open of July 11, 2001 and is intended for offline browsing. All changes made since July 9, 2001 are mentioned below and form part of the corresponding page and the zipped file.
Recent Updates to the ATB 2001 (since July, 9, 2001).
New
(July 9, 2001) Detailed Program. Click Here.
New
(July 9, 2001) Program at a Glance. Printable Version. Click Here.
Posted - July 11, 2001 : Important Telephone Nos. C. Seema (Conference Co-ordinator) 98452 74608 (cellphone); Ramesh 98452 75530 (cellphone). ATREE Office Nos. 353 0069, 353 3942, and 363 8771. Fax no. 353 0070. The country code for India is 91 and the city code for Bangalore is (0) 80.
Posted - July 11, 2001 : Speakers for Workshop on Advancing Frontiers in Tropical Biology (19th July) added. Click Here.
Posted - July 11, 2001 : Changes in the Poster Sessions. Click Here.
Posted - July 10, 2001 : Registration for spouses/companions will be available and will be $50, or equivalent, to cover all lunches, teas, and dinners during the conference.
Posted - July 10, 2001 : Travel reimbursement. For participants who have been promised travel reimbursements, these can be collected from the conference registration desk between 9 AM and 5 PM on Tuesday, July 17th, and Wednesday, July 18th.
Posted - July 9, 2001 : Panelists announced for Future Challenges in Conservation and Management of Tropical Forests: Perspectives from Government Agencies, NGO's and Donor Agencies: Rajiv Kher, Ministry of Environment and Forests; Doris Capistrano, Ford Foundation; S.N. Rai, Karnataka Forest Department; S. Appanah, FAO; Gladwin Joseph, ATREE. This is being held on Day IV : Wednesday, July 18, 2001 at 5:45 p.m.
Posted - July 9, 2001
: Dr. R.S. Tripathi. is organizing the Symposia on Eastern
Himalayan Biodiversity: Distribution, Human Impacts and Conservation Strategies
being held after lunch on Day IV : Wednesday, July 18, 2001.
Posted - July 9, 2001 : Minor change in order of talks on Day II : Monday, July 16, 2001. Post-Lunch Session. Symposia on Anthropogenic Pressures on Ecosystem Structure and Function. Talks at 2:40 and 3:20 p.m. switched with each other.
Posted - July 9, 2001 : Keynote Address on Day II : Monday, July 16, 2001 is titled Community Conservation: Recognition and Reward. Speaker : M. S. Swaminathan
Posted - July 9, 2001 : Gentry Award for Best Graduate Student Paper : Graduate students who want to be considered for the Gentry award must sign up on the sheet which will be at the Conference registration desk in the lobby of Hotel Ashok. The sign-up sheet will be available all day on July 14th and 15th.
LCD, Slide and OHT projectors will be available at all sessions. Please note that only Windows-based computers will be available. Macs will not be available. To save time and inconvenience we suggest that you bring your presentation material on 3.5 inch floppies or CDs. Kindly ensure your files are Windows compatible. All computers will have the Office suite of products and software for unzipping files.
New (July 3, 2001) Arrangement for Local Transport. Click Here.
2001 meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology : Introduction
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The
tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world, comprising extremely fragile
ecosystems, support more than 70 per cent of the world's biota in a complex
labyrinth of ecological interactions. These regions are also home to nearly
half of the world's human population and thus experience tremendous pressure
on their natural resources. In the recent past there has been a growing
concern over the accelerating rates of deforestation in tropical forests
and the consequent loss of biodiversity.
Reflecting these concerns and in seeking to review the threats and the possible solutions, an International Conference on Tropical Ecosystems : Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare is being organized at Bangalore, India from 15 to 18 th July 2001. The meeting will provide an opportunity for tropical biologists from Asian and neighboring countries to interact with biologists from the neo-tropics, and facilitate a first hand experience of the old-world tropical forests. It will be first time that an ATB meeting will be held in Asia. The meeting is being held under the auspices of the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, India and the Association for Tropical Biology (ATB). It is co-sponsored by the Organization for Tropical Studies and will be co-hosted by leading national scientific institutions and organizations including the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, IUSSI-Indian Chapter, Bangalore, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore and the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi.
The meeting will address three major theme areas : Each
of these theme areas will comprise several symposia, which would include
keynote and lead talks, invited speakers and posters. In addition, contributed
papers are welcome in the general area of the conference themes. Depending
upon the number of contributed papers it is planned to organize separate
parallel sessions of the contributed papers. Participants desirous of contributing
papers under this section may directly contact the conference secretariat.
Post- conference meetings and workshops on selected theme areas are also
being organized.
The extended abstracts of the invited and contributed papers will be published and made available during the registration. Venue: The conference is being held in Bangalore, India's garden and science city. A picturesque city at an elevation of 950 meters, Bangalore, has a salubrious climate. The weather during July is comfortable and the monsoon is settled by the second week of July. Bangalore is well connected by air, road and rail to all the major cities in India The meeting will be organized at Hotel Ashok, Bangalore. Address for Correspondence The Secretariat,
C/o
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE),
No. 659, 5 th A Main, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 024, Karnataka, India. Tel.
: (91) (80) 353 0069, (91) (80) 353 3942
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