[image: Emacs!]* 3rd Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium 25 – 29 October 2010 Coimbatore, India
* Dear All Greetings from India! We are pleased to announce that The Third Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium and Training programme is jointly organized by IUCN SSC South Asian Invertebrate Specialist Group (SAsISG), Bharathiar University (BU), Zoo Outreach Organisation (ZOO) and Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) in collaboration with Invertebrate conservation groups, research organisations, universities and institutes as well as non-government organisations that work on conservation biology across Asia. The 3rd ALCS will be held from 25 to 29 October 2010 at Bharathiar University campus, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, southern India. The *theme* of the 3rd ALCS is "*Local community conservation meeting Asian Lepidoptera conservation needs*" The *key areas* of the 3rd ALCS are to: · investigate the use of iconic / endemic flagship Lepidoptera species to promote habitat conservation through community involvement; · assess priority areas / communities for Lepidoptera conservation initiatives at the local level that has global conservation impact; · provide tools for species status assessment; · train participants in moth and butterfly identification skills and · explore aspects of moth and butterfly conservation ecology and management and needs Guest speakers will be Dr. T.R. New, Australia, Dr. Roger Kendrick, KFBG, HK, Prof. Li, China Dr Paul Waring, UK, Prof. Samways (yet to confirm) and others from India who are yet to confirm. We will inform you other details of the symposium in next few days. On behalf of the 3rd ALCS 2010 and its partners, we look forward to your participation at the symposium. Yours sincerely, B.A. Daniel & Sanjay Molur Organisers Email: [email protected] (Daniel) [email protected] (Sanjay) -- Enjoy Subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/butterflyindia/subscribe?hl=en
