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2nd World Congress of Agroforestry 3rd Announcement

This just in.

Theme: Agroforestry – The Future of Global Land Use

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
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Plant breeding resources brought together

The Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB) has just released a new version of its Knowledge Resource Center for plant breeders:

One of the main objectives of GIPB is the establishment of a Knowledge Resource Center, including a shared information portal covering key areas such as training needs and opportunities, access to conventional and molecular breeding technologies and genetic resources, general information on breeding programmes and useful links.

Check it out.

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Ecology, with an Ö

Carnival alert! Oekologie, a blog carnival about, er, ecology, is back after a short break, hosted by Jennifer at Infinite Sphere. Lots (and lots) about birds, but also some aggish posts that joined ours in the section on Conservation and Social Responsibility. To whit: