Dear Colleague,
Greetings from Georgetown,
Guyana!
I wish to commend to you the IV
International Congress on Biodiversity of the Guiana Shield. This momentous event
will be held under the theme Leveraging our high endemicity, cultural
diversity, and intact ecosystems for inclusive growth and secure futures
at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, Georgetown, Guyana during August 8 - 12,
2016. (Kindly see summary attached).
Participants from Guiana Shield
countries (Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and Guyana), the
Caribbean, Canada, Germany, the USA and UK and other parts of the world will engage
in discussions on a wide range of topics including:
· Biodiversity Inventory and Decision making;
· Traditional Ecological Knowledge;
· Gender and Vulnerable Groups;
· Tenure and user rights;
· Non-timber Forest Products;
· Community Planning & Land Management;
· Green Development; and Green Finance;
· Effects of Logging, Hunting and Tourism;
· Impacts of Extractive Industries on Biodiversity;
· Livelihoods;
· Tourism;
· Food and Agriculture;
· Wetlands and rivers;
· Climate Change;
· Guiana Shield Flora and Fauna; and
· Biomimicry.
The full programme shall be circulated
and publicized soon. You may expect the following general schedule for the
days' events:
August 8: Opening
Ceremony and Cocktail Reception;
August 9 - 11: Panel
discussions led by keynote speakers; and four concurrent presentation sessions
daily by leading scientists, practitioners, policy-makers, community
representatives and students. August 11: IBG's General Assembly
and the official IV IBG Closing Reception.
August 12: Tours
and field trips to various places of interest, along with training workshops.
The language of the IV IBG Congress
is English, however, translation services will be provided for French, Spanish
and Portuguese speakers.
For more details kindly see the poster attached and web pages http://www.biodiversityguyana.org/ibg2016congress/ and https://www.facebook.com/Guyana-Society-for-Biodiversity-and-Ecosystems-1650797748469750/?fref=ts
Looking forward to your
participation in the IV International Congress on Biodiversity of the Guiana
Shield in 2 weeks' time!!!
Regards,
Vanessa Benn
Iwokrama
International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development
77 High Street,
Kingston, Georgetown, GUYANA.
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Websites: www.iwokrama.org; www.iwokramariverlodge.com
Telephone: 592
225 1504; Fax.: + 592 225 9199.
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