Event Conférence : "Botanical diversity : exploration, understanding and use"

This symposium covers a wide range of topics and shows the multidisciplinary nature of research in the field of biodiversity. The first theme (History of exploration) is about history and humanities. The second (Study of richness, evolution and conservation) refers to the biological sciences and more specifically to phylogeny and systematics of plants in the wide sense. The third component (Traditional and modern uses) concerns the more practical aspects and economic botany.

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Period [16/09/2010 - 18/09/2010]
Event location Nationale Plantentuin van België Domein van Bouchout - Nieuwelaan, 38 - 1860 Meise
Host Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences and the National Botanic Garden of Belgium
See the agenda http://www.kaowarsom.be/nl/conferences.html
Event URL http://www.kaowarsom.be/documents/Programma%20Biodiversiteit_finalversion.pdf
Contact person
Email address: congress@br.fgov.be
Phone: 02/260 09 26
Fax: 02/260 09 45
Contributor Vinciane Dutordoir
Geographical coverage Brabant flamand
Keywords conférence, botanique

THEME 1 – HISTORY OF EXPLORATION

  • Overseas plant hunters
  • Exploration of the tropics

THEME 2 – STUDY OF RICHNESS, EVOLUTION AND CONSERVATION

  • Measurement of biodiversity richness
  • Phylogenetic and phylogeographic studies of botanical diversity
  • Conservation biology of tropical plants
  • Ex situ and in situ conservation

THEME 3 – TRADITIONAL AND MODERN USES

  • Tropical ethnobotany
  • Sustainable use
  • Non timber forest products
  • Biofuels
  • Plants as architectural and technological models