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The Inaugural Conference of the Asian Chapter of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
GRT Temple Bay Hotel
Mahabalipuram
Tamilnadu, India
Sponsored by
French Institute of Pondicherry, India
Contact details:
Dr. Priya Davidar
Email: atbcasia@gmail.com
Tel: 91-413-2654322/2353759
Fax: 91- 413-233-9534
Convenor-ATBC Asia Conference
Pondicherry University
Kalapet, Pondicherry-605014
India
In July 2006, an Asian Chapter was established for the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) at its annual conference, in Kunming, China. The Association for Tropical Biology (ATB) was founded in 1963 to promote research and to foster the exchange of ideas among biologists working in tropical environments. Today, most tropical biologists recognize that human interactions in the tropics are a critical element of biological research. This recognition now includes efforts to link together scientists concerned with issues of science, conservation, development, and public policy in the tropics, and to enhance our understanding of human-environment interactions. Thus, in 2002, the membership of ATB overwhelmingly voted to expand its mission and changed its name to the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.
The purpose of the ATBC and its regional chapters is to develop a much needed network of biologists working on biology and conservation in the tropics.
Tropical Asian forests are among the most fabulous treasure-houses of biodiversity in the world, but massive deforestation and other types of degradation are severely endangering these ecosystems. The protection of the priceless surviving forests will depend on effective conservation strategies developed through well-coordinated efforts by biologists, policy makers and forest managers.
Papers are Invited!
Scientific program overview can be downloaded in PDF format.
The first conference of the Asian chapter of the ATBC will to be held at Mahabalipuram, near Chennai (formerly known as Madras), India from 6-8 March 2007.
Mahabalipuram is a UNESCO World Heritage site which hosts nearly 400 monuments, and which features exquisite rock carvings and ancient temples dating back nearly two millennia to the dynasty of the southern-Indian Pallava King, Narasimha Varman.
The conference will be held at the Temple Bay Hotel, which oversees wave-sculpted temples built on the shores of the Indian Ocean. The venue is about 60 km from Chennai International Airport and 100 km from Pondicherry.
This Conference has a strong conservation focus with the central theme: "Averting biodiversity meltdown in the Asian tropics"
Specific themes and symposia organisers:
- Botanical gardens for Plant Conservation, Dr. Jin Chen
- The Western Ghats /Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot, Dr. Ranjit Daniels
- Conservation in Human-Dominated Landscapes, Dr. Richard Corlett
- Endangered Ecosystem Services, Dr. Renee Borges
- Modelling population and species dynamics, Dr. Pierre Couteron
- Findings from a network of Ecological Dynamics plots across Asia, Dr. Rhett Harrison
- Livelihoods and Biodiversity conservation, Dr. Gladwin Joseph and Dr. Nitin Rai
- Long-term studies in tropical rain forests, Dr. Rhett Harrison
Please send your abstract not exceeding 300 words, with Titles, Speaker names and institution/affiliations to above symposia organisers.
Please send the symposia proposals to atbc_asia@yahoo.com
Professor Madhav Gadgil, Indian institute of Science, will inaugurate the conference
Dr. Peter Ashton, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, will be the chief guest and will deliver the keynote address
Dr. William F. Laurance, President, ATBC, will give the valedictory address
A policy forum will be held during the conference.
Important dates!
1 October 2006: Registration opens
15 November 2006: Symposia proposals DUE
07 January 2007: Abstracts for Oral/poster presentations DUE
15 January 2007: Last day for early registration.
15 January 2007: Notification of acceptance
Completed registration form can be sent via email to atbcasia@gmail.com
Please write “ATBC Asia Registration” in the subject line of an email submission.
Registration fees
Details on the mode of payment and conference accommodation, field trips are given in the registration form, which can be downloaded on the ATBC website (www.atbio.org), and at the French Institute website (www.ifpindia.org)
| Participants | USD | INR | |
| Developed countries | ATBC member | 150 | 6 900 |
| Non member | 200 | 9 200 | |
| Students* | ATBC member | 50 | 2 300 |
| Non member | 80 | 3 680 | |
| Developing countries | ATBC member | 100 | 4 600 |
| Non member | 150 | 6 900 | |
| Students* | ATBC member | 40 | 1 840 |
| Non member | 60 | 2 760 |
Registration form can be downloaded in pdf or Word format.
*Students MUST provide proof of student status, e.g. copy of their student identification, with the registration form.
Ten best abstracts from students for oral/poster presentations will be given financial aid
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Co-sponsors
- Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), India
- Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC)
- Center for Tropical Forest Science (CTFS)
- Dabur
- Ford Foundation, India
- Indo-US Science & Technology Forum
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
- Wildlife Conservation Society, India
