June 1999, Volume 20 No. 2
- Editorial
- General News
- Training News
- Internet Round-Up
- Announcements
- Conference Reports
- Biorational
- New Books
Are you producing a newsletter, holding a meeting, running an organization or rearing a natural enemy that you want other biocontrol workers to know about? Send us the details and we will announce it in BNI.
The 5th International Conference on the Ecology of Invasive Alien Plants will be held on 13-16 October 1999, at La Maddelena, Sardinia, Italy. This is the continuation of a series of meetings, (the last held in Berlin in 1997 [see BNI 19(1), 8N]) and will concentrate on issues of invasions and their effects on ecosystems that have been identified as important during these preceding meetings. The Conference will be of interest to biological control practitioners since it emphasizes the scale of weed problems around the world. In addition, it will be attended by potential collaborators and would provide a good forum for pre and post-release studies.
Contact: Prof. I. Camarda/Dr Giuseppe Brundu,
Dipartimento di Botanica ed
Ecologia Vegetale,
Università di Sassari,
Italy
Email: gbrundu@box1.tin.it
Fax: +39 79 228611/+39 335 237315
Brighton Conference Focuses on Weeds
The control of temperate and tropical weeds will take centre stage at this year's Brighton Conference, to be held on 15-18 November 1999, organized by the British Crop Protection Council (BCPC). Herbicide use will be contrasted with biological and organic control systems, and there will discussion on advances in precision farming and in-field weed management techniques. Sessions will also be held to review new regulatory issues and environmental issues such as herbicide-tolerant crops. Communication will be the subject of the 26th Bawden Lecture in which Professor Christine Bruhn, Director of the Centre for Consumer Research at the University of California will open the Conference with a paper entitled `Public communication: the foundation of global progress'. The week in Brighton begins on Monday 15 November with a highly topical one-day symposium entitled `International crop protection: achievements and ambitions'.
Contact: Brighton Conference Secretariat, 8
Cotswold Mews,
Battersea Square, London
SW11 3RA,
UK
Email: conference@bcpc.org
Fax: +44 171 924 1790
The 19th Vertebrate Pest Conference will be held in San Diego, California on 6-9 March 2000. This is the latest in a biennial conference series held to bring together vertebrate pest management specialists from around the world, and aims to make significant contributions toward the understanding and resolution of vertebrate pest problems. Papers are expected to include aspects of vertebrate pests related to: their management; urban wildlife; reforestation problems; new conventional and alternative management methods and materials; human, domestic animal and wildlife health; endangered species programmes; and economic, social and political issues.
Contact: Vertebrate Pest Conference,
c/o Terrell P. Salmon,
DANR - North Region,
University of California,
One Shields Avenue,
Davis,
CA 95616-8575,
USA.
Email: tpsalmon@ucdavis edu
Internet: http://www.davis.com/~vpc
The proceedings of the 18th Vertebrate Pest Conference have been published and are available from Sydni Gillette at the above address [e-mail: skgillette@ucdavis.edu ]. Price: US$25.00 +$4.00 postage and handling (USA); overseas postage rates available on application.
