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Dr Warwick E Kerr was honoured by the President of Brazil, Mr Itamar Franco, (along with 46 other Brazilian Scientists) by being admitted to the National Order of Scientific Merit, in the degree of the Great Cross (the highest level).
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AGAINST SLASH AND BURN ICRAF is co-ordinating
a “Global Initiative for
Alternatives to Slash and Burn”. A specially published bulletin will detail activities worldwide in particular research in Brazil, Cameroon and Indonesia, and related
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WRITING RESEARCH
PAPERS Research Papers - an easy guide for non-native
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Available in English, Chinese and Czech. to:
ACIAR, GPO Box 1571, Canberra 2601, Australia
For more information write to: The New Forest Project, 731 Eighth Street
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APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT The Albert Schweitzer Ecology Centre (centres in Burkina Faso and Switzerland) researches into equipment which is appropriate for developing countries, especially solar equipment - dryers, cookers and water-heaters. to:
Meeting on pollination to be organised under the auspices of APIMONDIA 1996 Further details will be announced in Beekeeping
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Second National Beekeeping Conference March 1995, Upper East Region Further details from: Ralph Hoyte-Williams, GHABA, PO Box 9581, Airport - Accra, Ghana
October 1995, Palampur Further details from: Dr Atul, Department of Agroforestry and Environment, HP Agriculture University, Palampur 176062, Kangra (HP), India
26-30 May 1996, Tel Aviv Further details from: Dan Knassim Ltd, POB 57005, Tel Aviv 61570, Israel Fax: 972 3561 2303
XXth International Congress of Entomology 25-31 August 1996, Florence Further details from: The Organising Secretariat, Via A la Moarmora 24, 50121, Florence, Italy NORWAY
European Black Bee Symposium 8-9 September 1995, Flekkefjord Further details from: Nils Drivdal, Lovikgt 13 Flekkefjord 4400, Norway |
Fax: 38 32 4456
am hoping, given the odd hivesitter, to get myself among the Himalaya this year. am seeking advice and contacts, also encouragement and convivial company! |
Contact: Steve Balogh, Sinofile, Loweswater
THAILAND Recent Advances in Tropical Tree Seed Technology and Planting Stock Production 12-14 June 1995, Haad-Yai/Songkhla Further details from: Symposium Secretariat,
AFTSC Muak-Lek, Saraburi 18180, Thailand Fax: 66 36 341 859
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UNITED KINGDOM British Beekeepers’ Association Spring Convention and Exhibition 22 April 1995, Stoneleigh. 0930-1700 hours Location: Royal Agricultural Society’s Convention Centre, National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh, Kenilworth, CV8 2LG, United Kingdom Fax- 01203 690682 Under-utilised Crops 17-19 june 1996, Southampton University Further details from: Dy Nazmul Haq, International Centre for Under-utilised Crops, Department of Biology, University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Santhamntan GOO 2TH Pnitad Kinadam
The Royal Agricultural Show 3-6 july 1995, Stoneleigh Location: Royal Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh, Kenilworth, CV8 2L4, United Kingdom
VIETNAM Third Asian Apicultural Association Conference 6-10 October 1996, Hanoi Further details from: Asian Apicultural Association, c/o Honeybee Science Research Center, Tamagawa University, Machida Shi, Tokyo 194, Japan Fax: 81 427 39 8854
LEARN AHEAD BELGIUM Spécialisation en apiculture First two weeks of July 1995, Mons Further details from: Apiculture sans Frontiéres, Moulin d’En-Haut 206, B-701 2 Mons, Belgium
KENYA Agroforestry Research and Development May - 2 June and 23 October November 1995, Nairobi Course in English and French for researchers and development workers. Further details from: The Training Co-ordinator, ICRAF Training Programme, PO Box 30677, Nairobi, Kenya Fax. 254 2521 001. 15
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E-Mail: ICRAF@CGNET.COM
NETHERLANDS Forestry for Rural Development August 1995 - July 1996, Enschede Further details from: {TC Student Registration Office, Attn Ms A Scheggetman, PO Box 6, NL 7500 AA Enschede, Netherlands 1
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SWITZERLAND The XXXIV International Apicuitural Congress ~ APIMONDIA Further details from: APIMONDIA Secretary General, Corso Vittorio Emanuele 101, 1-00186 Rome, Italy Fax: 396 685 2286
HONEY HUNTERS
Hall, Cockermouth CA13 0SU, United Kingdom
Resource Inventory Techniques to Support Agroforestry Activities
15-19 August 1995, Lausanne
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CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland
A Bees for Development publication
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seeds, technical information and training materials free of charge to groups world-wide interested in starting reforestation projects with fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing trees.
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Bee Products: Properties, Applications and Apitherapy
The New Forests Project provides tree
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CANADA Seventh International Pollination Symposium 1996 Further details from: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Station, Lethbridge, Alberta, T!J 4B1, Canada
Fax: 91 1894 2259
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Scheduled for November 1994
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training programmes. To join the mailing list write to:
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BENIN Third West African Bee Research Seminar
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UNITED KINGDOM Making Forest Policy Work 3-7 July 1995, five one-day seminars at Oxford University
Developing and Implementing Forest Policy Solutions
16 July - 30 September 1995, Oxford University Further details from: Course Co-ordinator, Oxford Forestry Institute, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom
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