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Theme: “Agroforestry – The Future of Global Land Useâ€
The Congress will assess opportunities to leverage scientific agroforestry in promoting sustainable land use worldwide. It will also serve as a forum for agroforestry researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers from around the world to:
- share new research findings, lessons, experiences, and ideas that will help influence decisions that impact on livelihoods and the global environment
- explore new opportunities and strengthen existing partnerships in agroforestry research, education, training, and development
- form new networks and communities of practice, and nurture old ones
Subject: Request for collaboration / participation/ sponsorship: 2nd World Biodiversity Congress (WBC -2), September 8-12, 2011, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Biological Diversity is the variety of life on Earth, from the simplest bacterial gene to the vast, complex rainforests of the Amazon. Human beings are an integral part of this diversity, as is the food, medicine, clothing and other biological resources that sustain us. Biodiversity is being threatened at an unprecedented rate due to habitat alternation, degradation and fragmentation and human misuses or over-exploitation. It is therefore not surprising that biodiversity conservation in recent years has gained considerable importance all over the globe. On the other hand, every country, particularly the developing countries, is facing the needs of developing its economy, improving peoples’ livelihood or providing food security and supply for a rapidly increasing population.
The driving forces of increased human population, consumption, habitat destruction and degradation, contaminants, and invasive species have been joined by dangerous global climate disruption, globalization, poverty, political instability and other rapid environmental and social changes. There is an urgent need for scientists, conservationists and policymakers to re-examine the biodiversity issue. We need to look broadly at the many scientific discoveries and the many issues involving the use, abuse and conservation of biodiversity including cultivated as well as wild species and ecosystems.
The Second World Congress on Biodiversity will provide a forum for reorienting policies and programs in more productive and sustainable biodiversity Utilization and conservation. After the United Nation Conference on Environment and Development was held in Rio in 1991, many countries have formulated or are implementing a series of action plans associated with their own environmental protection, biodiversity conservation and priority development. Judicious planning and meticulous implementation of different innovative programs of United Nations, Governments, and Research institutions, Private Organizations, Universities and NGOs have paved the way for the conservation of biological diversity on our earth.
Indeed it is my honour as the President of the 2nd WBC to request your esteemed organization to support the 2nd WBC to be held in Malaysia during March 2011. Collaborators of the 2nd World Biodiversity Congress can help us to spread the information, can contribute – by sending congress emails to your membership, including us in your newsletter, adding our conference to your calendar of events, participating in the conference program, providing an opportunity by allowing the organizers to include an advertisement in your publication and so forth. The collaborating organizations / institutions shall be recognized as such on the conference website and in conference materials. We greatly acknowledge the sponsorship of the organizations for the success of the biodiversity congress.
I am sure your esteemed organization would be one of the collaborators of the 2nd World biodiversity Congress, if consider our request kindly send logo and consent to use the same in the congress website and in congress materials. We welcome your suggestions for the successful organization of the congress and looking forward to your positive decision on this matter. For preliminary information on the scheduled congress please visit: http://www.worldbiodiversity2011.com
Please note: The Congress Secretariat is unable to provide waiver of registration fees, travel, or lodging for session Chairpersons or presenters.
I look forward to your positive communication at the earliest.
With warm regards,
Dr. V. Sivaram
President – 2nd World Biodiversity Congress 2011, Malaysia
Fulbright Senior Scholar
Division of Biological Sciences
The University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula 59801, USA
Web: http://www.worldbiodiversity2011.com
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