Primer Taller Internacional "Servicios para el Ecosistema en el Neotropico"

Estimados Colegas,

Hacemos de su conocimiento la primera Convocatoria para el Primer Taller Internacional "Servicios para el Ecosistema en el Neotrópico" (http://www.forecos.net/neotropics/) que se realizará en la ciudad de Valdivia - Chile en noviembre del 2006

Para mayor información, contactarse con el Sr. J. C. Pröschle, Communications-1st International Workshop - FORECOS, Universidad Austral de Chile. Valdivia-Chile, al email: neotropicsworkshop@forecos.net. Teléfono 56.63-293480.

Atentamente,

Musuq Briceño D.
I n f o A n d i n a
Regional Node of the Mountain Forum for Latin America
Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN) - CIP
PO Box 1558, Lima 12, Perú
Telf.: (511) 3496017 ext. 2056 / Fax: (511) 3175326
E-mail: infoandina@cgiar.org
Web: www.condesan.org/infoandina


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ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE NEOTROPICS:
State of the Art and Future Challenges
FIRST CALL
FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
Valdivia, Chile (Del 13 al 19 de noviembre, 2006)
http://www.forecos.net/neotropics/


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This is the first international workshop dedicated to the analyses of ecosystem services such as water production, carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, and recreation in the tropical and temperate areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, from Mexico to Patagonia( ). Special emphasis will be given to the exchange of knowledge and experiences, and to the promotion of learning, research, collaboration and networking. This workshop will include key invited lectures, presentations, posters, and field visits to the Valdivian Rainforest Eco-region.

Topics related to ecosystem services from forests and other terrestrial and aquatic systems that will be covered are:

• Assessment of services
• Transdisciplinary methods and approaches
• Impacts of climate change and disturbances
• Economic valuation
• Policy and planning
• Education and outreach
• Restoration
• Social and cultural issues.

One of the goals of this workshop will be the creation of a “Latin American Network on Ecosystem Services” to pursue collaboration on research, education, management and outreach on these topics. The network will be open to people from any nationality working in the neotropics.

LANGUAGE.
English or Spanish, to promote the participation of researchers and students from different cultural backgrounds.

VALDIVIA, HOST REGION.
This interdisciplinary workshop will take place in Valdivia, a city of 120.000 people in the at 40° Lat. S, in the middle of one of the most valuable regions worldwide in terms of its diversity and endemism, with large stretches of pristine old-growth forests, volcanoes, magnificent rivers, lakes, estuaries and fjords.

ORGANIZING INSTITUTION.
The event will be organized by FORECOS, a Scientific Nucleus from the “Universidad Austral de Chile” dedicated to research, education and outreach on Forest Ecosystem Services to Aquatic Systems. This Nucleus aims at the development of transdisciplinary research through the integration of various disciplines, including forest and aquatic ecology and biogeochemistry, hydrology, stratigraphy, dendroclimatology, silviculture and aquaculture.

FORECOS is part of the Millennium Scientific Initiative funded by the Chilean Ministry of Planning (MIDEPLAN).

INTEREST FORM:
To include you in our mailing list for further information concerning the conference, please fill out the following form: www.forecos.net/neotropics

For further information: neotropicsworkshop@forecos.net

A SECOND CALL WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION FEES, PROGRAM AND OTHER DETAILS
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS WILL BE APRIL 30TH 2006.


El Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecorregión Andina (CONDESAN) realiza y facilita acciones concertadas en investigación, capacitación, desarrollo e iniciativas de políticas para el avance socioeconómico sostenible, a fin de contribuir a la equidad y bienestar de la población de la ecorregión andina y a la conservación de los recursos naturales. www.condesan.org
Av. La Molina 1895. La Molina - Perú - tel. 511 3496017 / fax 511 3175326

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