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2010

 
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Call for Candidatures: 5th Promotion, DESS (Master II) "Integrated Management of Tropical Forests and Lands"
2010 - 2011. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Organizers: ERAFIT, University of Kinshasa
Contact: ÉRAIFT/ Université de Kinshasa - eraift@yahoo.fr and UNESCO (MAB) - s.mankoto@unesco.org
More info: http://portal.unesco.org/science/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8397&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

November ^

International Conference on Folk & Herbal Medicine
25 - 27 November 2010. Udaipar, (Rajasthan) India
Organizers: Departament of Botany, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur and Rajasthan State Medicinal Plant Board
Contact: icfhm2010@gmail.com
More info: http://www.icfhm2010.in/
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Iberoamerican Conference on “Biosphere Reserves: All Hands, All Voices”
9 - 13 November 2010. Rivera Maya, Mexico
Organizers: IBEROMaB Network
Contact: Antonia Agama Mota - aagama@oapn.es
More Info: http://portal.unesco.org/science/es/ev.php-URL_ID=6728&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
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1st Serbian Forestry International Congress on the "Future with Forests"
11 - 13 November 2010. Belgrade, Serbia
Organizers: the Forestry Faculty of Belgrade University
Contact: conference.office@sfb.rs
More info: http://europe.iflaonline.org/index.php?option=com_tevent&view=itm&layout=nws&id=51
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VIII Simposio Brasilero de Etnobiología y Etnoecología (VIII SBEE) - "Discutiendo ciencia para atender las demandas sociales"
8 - 12 November 2010. Recife. Pernambuco, Brazil
Organizers: Sociedad Brasilera de Etnobiología y Etnoecología (SBEE) con el apoyo de la Universidad Federal Rural de Pernambuco, la Universidad Católica de Pernambuco (UNICAP) y de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Etnobiología (SOLAE).
Contact: organizacao@viiisbee-iiclae.com.br
More info: http://www.viiisbee-iiclae.com.br/

October ^

65th Annual Conference of WAZA - Biodiversity is Life
17 - 21 October 2010. Cologne, Germany
Organizers: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA)
Contact: waza@welcome-gmbh.de
More info.: http://waza.popdata.de/
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Tourisme autrement : l'Année internationale de la Biodiversité et ses liens avec le tourisme
15 - 17 October 2010. Brussels, Belgium
Organizers: ASBL Association
Contact: info@tourisme-autrement.be
More info: http://www.tourisme-autrement.be/joomla/

September ^

Conference - Deltas in Times of Climate Change
29 September - 1 October 2010. Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Organizers: Dutch research programmes: Climate Changes Spatial Planning and Knowledge for Climate; C40 Group; the city of Rotterdam; the Co-operative Programme on Water and Climate
Contact: o.van.steenis@programmabureauklimaat.nl
More info: http://www.climatedeltaconference.org/
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International Conference: Une protection de la nature et de l'environnement à la française (XIXe-XXe siècles) ? - Université Paris-Sorbonne
23 - 27 September 2010. Paris, France
Organizers: L'Association pour l'histoire de la protection de la nature et de l'environnement, l'Université de Paris-Sud et l'École doctorale d'histoire moderne et contemporaine de Paris-Sorbonne
Contact: Charles-francois.mathis@paris-sorbonne.fr
More info: http://calenda.revues.org/nouvelle14916.html
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IUFRO - Landscape Ecology Working Group International Conference
21 - 27 September 2010. Bragança, Portugal
Organizers: IUFRO
Contact: iufrole2010@ipb.pt
More info.: http://www.ipb.pt/iufro2010/
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15e Colloque international en évaluation environnementale sur le thème : biodiversité et évaluation environnementale
20 - 23 September 2010. Paris, France
Organizers: Secrétariat international francophone pour l’évaluation environnementale (SIFÉE)
Contact: sifee@sifee.org
More info: http://www.sifee.org/Paris_2010/Paris_2010.htm
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Eight International Training Workshop on Integrated Coastal Management in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea - MEDCOAST Institute 2010
14 - 30 September 2010. Dalyan, the Southern Aegean Coast, Turkey
Organizers: MEDCOAST Foundation
Contact: medcoast@metu.edu.tr
The Deadline for Applications: 31 May 2010
More info: http://www.medcoast.org.tr/
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International Conference in Landscape Ecology
3 - 6 September 2010. Brno-Prague, Czech Republic
Organizers: CZ-IALE
Contact: icle2010@guarant.cz
More Info.: http://icle2010.dnh.cz/en/welcome

July ^

European Youth Perspective Conference on Biodiversity
1 - 6 July 2010. Antwerpen, Belgium
Organizers: JNM (JNM is the abbreviation for Jeugdbond voor Natuur en Milieu (Youth Organisation for Nature and Environment)
Contact: info@youpec2010.eu/
More info: http://www.youpec2010.eu/

June ^

GEOTRENDS 2010: International Conference on Geoheritage and Geotourism
24 - 26 June 2010. Novi Sad, Serbia
Organizers: Department for Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences
Contact: djordjijevasilejvic@yahoo.com
More info.: http://www.dgt.uns.ac.rs/geotrends/index.php
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2nd International Polar Tourism Research Network Conference "Tourism, People and Protected Areas in Polar Wilderness"
13 - 16 June 2010, Abisko, Sweden
Organizers: International Polar Tourism Research Network in Abisko
Contact: dieter.muller@geography.umu.se
More info:http://www8.umu.se/soc_econ_geography/IPTRN/call.html
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The UK's biggest celebration of the natural world
12 - 13 June 2010. Bristol, United Kingdom
Organizers: Bristol Natural History Consortium
Contact: info@bnhc.org.uk
More info: http://www.festivalofnature.org/festival.php
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The 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany
6 - 10 June 2010. Xalapa, Mexico
Organizers: Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales (Citro) at the Universidad Veracruzana and the Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Contact: sebmeeting.2010@gmail.com
More info: http://econbot.org/_organization_/index.php?sm=07|meetings_by_year/2010
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The 2nd International Geography Symposium: Mediterranean Environment
2 - 5 June 2010. Antaya, Turkey
Organizers: Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir - Turkey.
Contact: geomed2010@deu.edu.tr
More INFO.: http://web.deu.edu.tr/geomed2010/WebEN/index.html
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Welcome to the Green Week Conference 2010
1 - 4 June 2010. Brussels, Belgium
Organizers: European Commission
Contact: greenweek2010@jk-events.com
More Info.: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/greenweek/I

May ^

22nd Session of the International Co-coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
31 May - 4 June 2010. Paris, France
Organizers: UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme
Contact: mab@unesco.org
More info: http://portal.unesco.org/science/en/ev.php-URL_ID=6793&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
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Nature Festival 2010
19 - 23 May 2010. France
Organizers: Nature Festival Association
Contact: contact@fetedelanature.com
More info: http://www.fetedelanature.com/
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Regional Experts consultation meeting on the advisability of preparing a Declaration of ethical principles in relation to climate change
10 - 11 May 2010. Paris, France
Organizers: UNESCO Social and Human Sciences (SHS)
Contact: j.crowley@unesco.org
More info: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/all-events/showUid/1192/
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Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands
3 - 5 May 2010. UNESCO Headquarters. Paris, France
Organizers: Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands
Contact: Dr. Miriam C. Balgos, Program Coordinator - mbalgos@udel.edu
More info: http://www.globaloceans.org/

April ^

International Conference: “50 Years of Education and Awareness Raising for Shaping the Future of the Oceans and Coasts”
27 - 30 April 2010. RSHU. Saint Petersburg, Russia
Organizers: IOC-UNESCO/RSHU and WMO
Contact: Dr.Ehrlich Desa - e.desa@unesco.org
More info: http://www.ioc50.ru/
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Corso sui Laghi Alpini - Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi
14 - 21 April 2010. Edolo (Brescia) Italy
Organizers: Universitè della Montagna & Universitè degli Studi di Milano
Contact: corso.edolo@unimi.it
More info: http://www.valmont.unimi.it/
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Réserves Naturelles de France (RNF) Congress
13 - 17 April 2010. Strasbourg, France
Organizers: Association des Réserves Naturelles de France
Contact: rnf@espaces-naturels.fr
More info: http://www.congres2010-rnf.fr/
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ANZMapS Conference: Mapping Climate, An Environment for Change
7 - 9 April 2010. Adelaide, Australia
Organizers: Australian and New Zealand Map Society
Contact: Maggie Patton - mpatton@sl.nsw.gov.au
More info: http://www.anzmaps.org/
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Conference - "From Copenhagen to the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development: Global Governance for the Environment and Sustainable Development"
8 April 2010. New York, USA
Organizers: The Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations
Contact: Claire.Thuaudet@diplomatie.gouv.fr
More info: http://www.franceonu.org/

March ^

Monaco Blue Initiative (MBI)
31 March - 1 April 2010. Monaco
Organizers: Oceanographic Institute and the Prince Albert II Monaco Foundation
Contact: contact@biomarine.org
More info: http://convention.biomarine.org
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Bando della Regione sardegna per la selezione di progetti di recupero ambientale
Deadline: 31 March 2010. Sardinia, Italy
Organizers: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna. Assessorato dell’Industria
Contact: andemartini@regione.sardegna.it
More info: http://www.regione.sardegna.it/j/v/13?s=131418&v=2&c=3&t=1
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Forum des gestionnaires à Paris "Quelles contributions des espaces protégés à la trame verte et bleue ?"
30 - 31 March 2010. Paris, France
Organizers: l’ATEN, Réserves naturelles de France, la Fédération des Conservatoires d’espaces naturels, la Fédération des Parcs naturels régionaux de France, l’Office national des forêts, l’Office national de la chasse et de la faune Sauvage, Rivages de France et Parcs Nationaux de France
Contact: forumdesgestionnaires@espaces-naturels.fr
More info: http://forumdesgestionnaires.espaces-naturels.fr/accueil
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International Symposium: Harmonising Environmental Considerations with Sustainable Development Potential of River Basins
24 - 25 March 2010. Langat Basin, Malaysia
Organizers: Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) Initiative of UNESCO-IHP
Contact: Shahbaz Khan - s.khan@unesco.org
More info.: http://www.unesco.org/water/water_events/Detailed/2008.shtml
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Exhibition - Come follow the Tara Oceans expedition in real time at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris
23 March 2010. Paris, France
Organizers: Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
Contact: citeservice@cite-sciences.fr
More info: http://oceans.taraexpeditions.org/en/les-evenements-tara.php?id_page=196
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World Water Day 2010
22 March 2010. UNESCO Headquarters. Paris, France
Organizers: United Nations
Contact: info@worldwaterday2010.info
More info: http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/flashindex.html
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Oceans knowledge, lectures of oceanography in general
17 March 2010. Paris, France
Organizers: Institut océanographique. Fondation Albert Ier Prince de Monaco
Contact: enseignement@oceano.org
More info: http://www.oceano.org/io/spip.php?article394
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Conference - La mangrove : un écosystème vital à la biodiversité du littoral intertropical
17 March 2010. Paris, France
Organizers: Institut océanographique. Fondation Albert Ier Prince de Monaco
Contact: enseignement@oceano.org
More info: http://www.oceano.org/io/spip.php?article363
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Presentation to the Delegations of the Outcomes of UNESCO's work on Climate Change in the Arctic
15 - 25 March 2010. UNESCO Headquarters. Paris, France
Organizers: UNESCO - Social and Human Sciences
Contact: John Crowley - j.crowley@unesco.org
More info: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/calendar-of-events/detailview/showUid/862/
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Regional consultation meeting on climate change
15 - 16 March 2010. Rabat, Egypt
Organizers: UNESCO Cairo
Contact: Orio Ikebe - o.ikebe@unesco.org
More info: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/
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International Conference on the major forest basins
11 March 2010. Paris, France
Organizers: Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea,
responsible for Green Technologies and Climate Negotiations
Contact: fabienne.mansencal@diplomatie.gouv.fr
More info: http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/Conference-internationale-sur-les,14577.html
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Kruger National Park (KNP) to host Savanna Science Symposium
7 - 12 March 2010. Skukuza, South Africa
Organizers: The Kruger National Park (KNP)
Contact: davidm@sanparks.org
More info: http://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/news/2010/savanna-science-symposium.php
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International Conference on Coastal Zone Management of River Deltas and Low Land Coastlines
6 - 10 March 2010. Alexandria, Egypt
Organizers: Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Egypt (MWRI); Coastal Research Institute (CoRI) of the National Water Research Center (NWRC); Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT)
Contact: CZMRDLLC@nwrc-egypt.org
More info: http://www.nwrc-egypt.info/
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Regional Workshop: "Conflict management in the Natura 2000 network"
3 March 2010. Barcelona, Spain
Organizers: The project is led by ALTERRA (Wageningen UR, The Netherlands) in partnership with Eurosite (Den Bosch, The Netherlands) and ECNC-European Centre for Nature Conservation (Tilburg, the Netherlands)
Contact: info@alterra.es
More info: http://www.natreg.eu/uploads/podobe/
Programme%20N2K%20Regional%20Workshop%20Barcelona.pdf

February ^

11th Special session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum
24 - 26 February 2010. Bali, Indonesia
Organizers: Secretariat of the Governing Bodies
Contact: Jamil Ahmad - jamil.ahmad@unep.org
More info: http://www.unep.org/ecalendar/contents/details_view.asp?EventID=2079
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International Workshop "Social Dimension of Adaptation to Climate Change"
18 - 19 February 2010. Venice, Italy
Organizers: International Center for Climate Governance - a joint initiative of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and the Fondazione Giorgio Cini (FGC) - and the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (CMCC).
Contact: Angela Marigo - angela.marigo@feem.it
More info: http://www.iccgov.org/adaptation-climate-change.htm
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“Gateways to Conservation: Connecting People to Nature” - Photographic exhibition
17 - 26 February 2010. UNESCO Headquarters. Paris, France
Organizers: Wildlife Conservation Society and UNESCO
Contact: Natalie Cash, ncash@wcs.org
More info: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/note6176.doc.htm
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38th Session of the International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) Scientific Board
17 - 19 February 2010. UNESCO Headquarters. Paris, France
Organizers: The IGCP
Contact: Margarete Patzak, m.patzak@unesco.org
More info: http://www.unesco.org/science/earth/doc/igcp/Agenda2010.pdf
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Africa-IHP helps organize meeting "Climate Change and Water Resources and Coastal Zones Management in Africa" in Benin
15 - 17 February 2010. Cotonou, Benin
Organizers: Government of Benin, UNESCO and the Global Water Partnership-West Africa (GWP-AO).
Contact: ihp@unesco.org
More info: http://www.unesco.org/water/news/pdf/circular_sc_hyd_382_programme.pdf
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Presentation of the Outcomes of UNESCO's Work on Climate Change in the Arctic (dates to be precised)
13 - 18 February 2010. Paris, France
Organizers: UNESCO
Contact: John Crowley - j.crowley@unesco.org
More info: http://www.unesco.org/events
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Corso di perfezionamento "GIS per il territorio montano"
12 February - 26 March 2010. Edolo, Italy
Organizers: Università degli Studi di Milano
Contact: corso.edolo@unimi.it
More info: http://www.mastergis.it/
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Marine and Coastal Conference for Teachers and Educators
9 February 2010. Barnstaple, United Kingdom
Organizers: North Devon Biosphere Foundation
Contact: fionafs@ndbf.org.uk
More info: http://www.northdevonbiosphere.org.uk/assets/Resources/Documents/Marine-+-Coastal-Teachers-Conference2010.pdf
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IODE Workshop on Quality Control/Quality Assurance of Chemical Oceanographic Data
8 - 11 February 2010. Ostend, Belgium
Organizers: IOC
Contact: Peter Pissierssens - p.pissierssens@unesco.org
More info: http://www.sciencedirect.com/
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GEF Transboundary Water Assessment Programme: Large Marine Ecosystem and Open Ocean Working Groups
3 - 5 February 2010. Paris, France
Organizers: IOC
Contact: Albert Fischer - a.fischer@unesco.org
More info: http://www.unesco.org/events

January ^

Global Workshop on the Satoyama Initiative “Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being”
29 - 30 January 2010. UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
Organizers: Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MoE-J) and United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS)
Contact: satoyama@convention.co.jp.
More info: http://satoyama-initiative.org/en/meetings/global-workshop-on-the-satoyama-initiative/
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Symposium: "La restauration des végétations de falaise du littoral manche atlantique"
28 - 29 January 2010. Brest, France
Organizers: The Rever Network
Contact: institut@geoarchi.net
More info: http://geoarchi.univ-brest.fr//sited/lire.php?ndf=031203
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REVER et partager - journées 2010
28 - 29 January 2010. Brest, France
Organizers: The Rever Network
Contact: institut@geoarchi.net
More info: http://geoarchi.univ-brest.fr//sited/lire.php?ndf=031203
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16th Meeting of the Advisory Committee for Biosphere Reserves
27 - 29 January 2010. Paris, France
Organizers: UNESCO Natural Sciences Sector
Contact: Ana Persic - a.persic@unesco.org
More info: http://www.unesco.org/mab
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Philippe Lebaron Conference "sur le monde fascinant des micro-organismes"
27 January 2010. Paris, France
Organizers: Institut océanographique
More info: http://www.oceano.org/io/spip.php?article393
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UNESCO IYB Biodiversity Science-Policy Conference
25 - 29 January 2010. UNESCO Headquarters. Paris, France
Organizers: UNESCO
Contact: a.persic@unesco.org
More info: http://portal.unesco.org/science/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8090&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
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Launch of the exhibition “Biodiversity is life, Biodiversity is our life”
21 - 29 January 2010. Paris, France
Organizers: UNESCO Natural Sciences Sector
Contact: Anne Candau - A.Candau@unesco.org
More info: http://www.unesco.org/en/biodiversity
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2010 International Year of Biodiversty - High Level Inaugural Event (Conference)
21 - 22 January 2010. Paris, France
Organizers: UNESCO
Contact: Salvatore Arico - s.arico@unesco.org
More info: http://www.unesco.org/en/biodiversity
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Seminar: “La sacralità della montagna”
21 January 2010. Edolo, Bolsano. Italy
Organizers: Università degli Studi di Milano
Contact: corso.edolo@unimi.it
More info: http://www.valmont.unimi.it/
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OOPC-14: 14th Meeting of the GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate
19 - 22 January 2010. Miami, United States of America
Organizers: GCOS-GOOS-WCRP-JCOMM
Contact: Albert Fischer - a.fischer@unesco.org
More info: http://ioc3.unesco.org/oopc/
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AfA - Animals for Asia 2010
15 - 19 January 2010. Singapore, Republic of Singapore
Organizers: ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre (AWRC)
Contact: louis@acres.org.sg
More info: http://www.asiaforanimals.org/

 
 
 
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