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From: Klaus Wiegand (WIEGAND@lufa-sp.vdlufa.de)
Date: Tue May 09 2000 - 06:49:29 EDT

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN THE
NEXT MILLENNIUM - THE IMPACT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY ON DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES: This conference will be held from 29-31 May 2000
in Brussels, Belgium. It is being organized by Friends of
the Earth, Oxfam Solidarity Belgium and the Dag
Hammerskj÷ld Foundation, with support from the European
Commission. The meeting aims to bring together policy
makers, scientists and other experts involved in the rural
development and environment field. Participants will
examine the potential contribution modern biotechnology may
offer developing countries and will compare it with other
technologies and development approaches. For more
information contact: Olivier Christ, Friends of the Earth
Europe, 29, rue Blanche, B-1060 Brussels, Belgium; fax:
+32-2-537-55-96; e-mail: Olivier.Christ@foeeurope.org

IFOAM 2000: This meeting of the International Federation of
Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) will be held in
Basel, Switzerland from 25 August - 2 September 2000. IFOAM
2000 will include the: 13th International IFOAM Scientific
Conference; Third IFOAM Organic World Exhibition/Bio
MarchTheta; Second International Seminar on "Organics in the
Supermarket"; and the Sixth International Congress on
Organic Viticulture; and First International Seminar on
"Organic Food Processing." For more information contact:
IFOAM 2000, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture,
Ackerstrasse, CH-5070 Frick, Switzerland; tel: +41-62-865-
7297; e-mail: ifoam2000@fibl.ch; Internet:
http://www.ifoam2000.ch/

BIOTECHNOLOGY 2000 - 11TH INTERNATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
SYMPOSIUM: This meeting will be held from 3-8 September
2000 in Berlin, Germany. For more information contact:
DECHEMA eV, German Society of Chemical Apparatus, Chemical
Engineering and Biotechnology, Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25, D-
60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; tel: +49-69-7564-235; e-
mail: biotechnology2000@dechema.de; Internet:
http://www.dechema.de/englisch/veransta/ibs11/pags/ibs11_1.
htm

Sustainable Energy - New Challenges for Agriculture and
Implications for Land Use: This conference will be held
from 18-20 May 2000, at Wageningen University, The
Netherlands. Its main objective is to bring together
economists and scientists working in the area of
sustainable energy and land use modeling, to discuss the
implications for agriculture of a transition toward a
society that relies on sustainable energy. For more
information contact: Will Bodde, Congress Office,
Wageningen University, Costerweg 50, 6701 BH Wageningen,
The Netherlands, fax: +31-317-485309, e-mail:
will.bodde@alg.vl.wau.nl; Internet:
http://www.sls.wau.nl/congresme/default.htm

FIRst World Conference and Exhibition on Biomass for Energy
and Industry: This conference will be held in Sevilla,
Spain, from 5-9 June 2000. It is being jointly organized by
the European Conference on Biomass for Energy and Industry,
and the Biomass Conference of the Americas. For more
information contact: Angela Grassi, tel: +39-055-500-2174;
fax: +39-055-57-3425; e-mail: eta.fi@etaflorence.it;
Internet: http://www.etaflorence.it/sevilla.htm

Ethnobiology, Biocultural Diversity, and Benefits Sharing:
The International Society of Ethnobiology's (ISE) 7th
Congress will be held from 23-27 October 2000, in Athens,
Georgia, USA. The theme of the Congress is ethnobiology's
role in maintaining biocultural diversity and ensuring
equitable benefits sharing and open dialogue with
traditional and indigenous research collaborators. For more
information contact: 7th International Congress of
Ethnobiology, c/o LaBau Bryan, Department of Anthropology,
The University of Georgia, 250 Baldwin Hall, Athens, GA
30602-1619; tel: +1-706-542-3922; fax: +1-706-542-3998; e-
mail: lbryan@arches.uga.edu; Internet:
http://guallart.dac.uga.edu/ConReg.html

CONFERENCE ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED PRODUCTS - THE NEXT
TRADE WAR? This conference will take place on 5 April 2000
in London, England, and will be hosted by the Royal
Institute of International Affairs and Flora and Fauna
International. For more information contact: Georgina
Wright, RIIA, London, England; tel: +44-171-957-574; fax:
+44-171-321-2045; e-mail: gwright@riia.org 

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klaus

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