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Conferences and Symposia
ICPPR 10th International Symposium (link)
International Conference on Conservation and Management of Pollinators 2011 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia: Announcement
Registration is now open for the International Conference on Conservation and Management of Pollinators is being organized by the Century Foundation in association with Sarawak Convention Bureau, Government of Sarawak, Malaysia is organizing the International Conference on Conservation and Management of Pollinators from September 14-17, 2011 at Damai Beach Resort (surrounded by oldest tropical rainforest in the world), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia with the aim of providing a platform for the pollination specialists, ecologists, conservation biologists, agricultural scientists, nature lovers, policy makers etc. and also to exchange and disseminate information on the recent advances in conservation and management of pollinators in the ecosystem.
For details please visit: www.pollinator2011.com (link)
For further information contact:
Dr. V. Sivaram
Fulbright -Nehru Senior Research Fellow
# HS 110, Division of Biological Sciences
32 Campus Drive,
The University of Montana
Missoula MT 59812 USA
Phone: + (406) 243 - 5648
Mobile: +17082488877
*Note from Peter Kevan* Please note that Sivaram’s announcement for this meeting has been briefly considered through the ICPPR and can be considered as an ICPPR event. The event will make a fine follow up to the Pollination Symposium in Mexico in June, and embraces Asia and all its pollinator diversity. Cheers, Peter
International Pollination Initiatives
CANPOLIN - Candian Pollination Initiative (link)
NAAPC - North American Pollinator Protection Agency (link)
International Pollination Initiative: an International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators (also known as the International Pollinator Initiative - IPI) was established in 2000 (link)
STEP - Status and Trends of European Pollinators: an EU funded project. One of the main goals of STEP is to inform the society and the policy makers on the risks associated with pollinators' loss and to offer measures to mitigate them (link)
Other
Iowa State University Pollination Symposium 2007 (link)
Tool for assessing value of pollination services and national vulnerabilities to pollinator declines
FAO's Plant Production and Protection Division, in collaboration with INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, a national government agency) has developed a tool for assessing the value of pollination services and national vulnerabilities to pollinator declines. Guidelines explaining the use of the tool, and a downloadable spreadsheet for applying the assessment, are available on the "Documents" page of AGP's Global Action on Pollination Services for Sustainable Agriculture website (http://www.internationalpollinatorsinitiative.org/)
The spreadsheet also presents as examples the analysis of the vulnerability of the national economies of Ghana and Nepal, using 2005 FAOSTAT data. The economic value of pollinators in Ghana - with a high dependence of its economy on cocoa production which in turn is 90% dependent on insect pollinators for yields - was estimated at $788 million dollars; the economic value of pollinators to the Nepal economy in 2005 was $81 million.