OPTIMA Newsletter 38

O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R
A N N O U N C E M E N T S
22-29 June 2009
Biodiversity Hotspots in the Mediterranean
Area
45° International Congress of Società
Italiana di Scienza della Vegetazione &
International Federation of Phytosociology
Cagliari, Italy
The congress will cover the following subjects
in three different sessions: Flora and evolution
in the Mediterranean area, Phytosociology as
plant synecology, Towards an ecological characterisation
of mediterranean landscapes.
The first day will also be devoted to 2 parallel
side-events: Plants species and communities in
the Mediterranean mining areas: biodiversity,
landscape evolution and their use in phytoremediation;
Important plant areas in Italy and in the
Mediterranean context. The second day will be
dedicated to the following side-events: Origins of
endemic plants to the Corso-Sardinian microplate:
an integrative phylogenetic approach; Conservation
studies on threatened plants in the Mediterranean
area. The Congress will include social
events and the visit of the Botanical Gardens and
Museum of the University of Cagliari. Two postcongress
excursions (IGIS: Iter Geobotanicum
Insulae Sardiniae) to the Sulcis-Iglesiente biogeographic
sector and to the Gennargentu and
Supramonte areas, with a limited number of participants,
will be organised on 25th to 29th June.
For further information. see:
http://www.biodiversityhotspots.it/indexen.htm.
Specific enquiries can be made to: e-mail:
info@biodiversityhotspots.it.
5-10 July 2009
7 th International Congress of Systematic
and Evolutionary Biology, ICSEB 7
Veracruz, Mexico
"Extending the Darwinian Panorama"
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s
birth, 150 years since publication of Darwin’s
Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,
plus observing 150 years since the passing of
Alexander von Humboldt, the Father of ecological
biogeography.
The International Congress of Systematic
and Evolutionary Biology (ICSEB) is convened
approximately every six years, the last one having
being held in Patras, Greece, in 2002. The scope
of these congresses is to bring plant, animal, and
microbial systematists and evolutionary biologists
together to discuss and debate topics of general
interest. The focus of this congress, in context of
significant historical backdrop, is on modern and
forward-looking ideas, concepts, and methods in
systematic and evolutionary biology. Due to its
location, a strong emphasis will also be placed on
understanding biodiversity in Latin America.
For further information, see:
http://www.botanik.univie.ac.at/ICSEB7/index.htm.
Specific enquiries can be made to: e-mail:
icseb.evol @univie.ac.at.
30 OPTIMA Newsletter No. 38 May 2009