[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Announcing the 1996 Canadian Botanical Conservation Network Workshop: PARTNERSHIPS FOR PLANTS: CONSERVATION, BIODIVERSITY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS IN CANADA September 5-9, 1996 Royal Botanical Gardens Centre 680 Plains Road West Burlington, Ontario, Canada The Canadian Botanical Conservation Network (CBCN) is a new organization being developed to provide the botanical gardens, arboreta and others maintaining collections of living plants in Canada with a common forum for exchanging biodiversity and conservation ideas and information and for developing cooperative conservation projects. CBCN is being developed by the Botanical Conservation Office of Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, with additional support from Environment Canada and its Environmental Conservation Branch, Ontario Region, McMaster University, and commercial sponsors Merck Frosst Canada Inc. and Glaxo Wellcome Canada Inc. PARTNERSHIPS FOR PLANTS is open to all interested persons or potential members of CBCN. It will feature a facilitated workshop atmosphere to discuss plant conservation programs and priorities and the operation of the new network. This weekend event will be of special interest to directors and/or curators of botanical gardens, arboreta, and related facilities, researchers, federal, provincial and municipal government representatives involved in plant conservation, NGOs and industrial and commercial organizations making use of plants or plant products, or looking for assistance in habitat rehabilitation and reclamation. Maximum registration is 75. The proceedings of the workshop will be published. VENUE AND DATES: Royal Botanical Gardens Centre, Burlington, Ontario, Canada Evening Public Lecture: Thursday, 5 September, 1996 CBCN Organizing Workshop: Friday, 6 September, 1996 Plant Conservation Workshop: Saturday, 7 September, 1996 Partnerships Workshop: Sunday, 8 September, 1996 Day-Trips: Monday, 9 September, 1996 COMPLETE REGISTRATION PACKAGE: Includes admission to all workshop days, public lecture, and guided tour of RBG on Monday, and proceedings book: $150. Student/Senior rate: $120. Day registration is also available (Regular: $50, Student/Senior: $35). Accomodations are available at several local hotels. Spaces are limited. For more information or a registration package, please contact us at your earliest convenience. Dr. David A. Galbraith, Coordinator Canadian Botanical Conservation Network Royal Botanical Gardens P.O. Box 399, Hamilton, Ontario Canada L8N 3H8 tel: (905) 527-1158, ext. 309 fax: (905) 577-0375 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit us on the Web at www.science.mcmaster.ca/Biology/CBCN (please repost as appropriate) ************************************ Stefanie S. Rixecker Centre for Resource Management/ Department of Resource Management Lincoln University Canterbury Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (64) (03) 325-2811 x8377 Fax: (64) (03) 325-3841 ************************************
