FSD 2010

5th International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal (1985-2010)

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02/05/2010 - The Frugivores of the Month are Bears

Bonne Nuit les Petits (Good night kids). In the early 60s, french kids who had TV knew that when Nounours was coming in their bedroom, it was time to brush teeths and to go to bed, before the sand merchant drop some magic 'sand' powder to asleep Nicolas and Pimprenelle. Since then, bears are highly threatened in all continents by human and by climate change, especially polar bear and sun bear, the later being dependent on fruit and disperse seeds in Borneo that is devastated. One more good reason to save our Nounours or Teddy bears. The frugivores of the month are Bears.

02/04/2010 - REMINDER : Deadline is 14 February for participation in proposed Symposium

Call for oral and poster contributions in proposed symposia. We are pleased to inform symposium organizers and participants that we are extending the deadline of the Call for Symposia to 14 February. Contact the organizers of each symposium if you want to contribute. Oral presentations will be held in plenary (Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday) and parallel (Thursday-Friday) sessions, and accommodations for daily presentation of 300 posters can be made. All participants in free symposium sessions are welcome to register before 14 March. So far, the different themes are :

Oaks and acorns (invited)
Measuring the dispersal kernel (invited)
Anthropogenic impacts on frugivory and seed dispersal: mechanisms, scales and consequences (invited)
Evolution of dispersal
Seed dispersal on islands
Ecological implications of the nutritional values of seeds and fruits
Seed dispersal services from the network theory perspective
Consequence of the loss of large frugivores (new)
Germination, microsites and frugivores (new)

02/03/2010 - NEW : On Line Accomodation Booking Form

On Line Accomodation Booking Form (secure payment by credit card) is available thank to the organization by Enjoy Montpellier. Montpellier offers a wide range of hotels close to Le Corum, where the Symposium will be held. We offer to book a hotel room for you, according to the type of room you want. Visit Hotels. On line Booking.

01/30/2010 - Reminder: Deadline for contribution in proposed symposia is 14 February

Reminder : to contribute in proposed symposia, participants are asked to register before 14 February. See Call for Symposia. Oral presentations will be held in plenary (Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday) and parallel (Thursday-Friday) sessions, and accommodations for daily presentation of 300 posters can be made. All other participants (orals and posters) are welcome to register before mid-March.

01/25/2010 - UNESCO celebrates the International Year of Biodiversity

At the start of 2010, International Year of Biodiversity, UNESCO is holding an inaugural event (21-22 January) and a scientific conference (25-29 January) at Headquarters. These activities aim to present what we know about biodiversity and raise awareness of the alarming rate of biodiversity loss. Website

01/21/2010 - French Nature Congress in Paris at Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

As part of the Celebrations of the International Year of Biodiversity, the French node of IUCN organized the Congrès Français de la Nature at the Grand Amphithéâtre du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Politicians and Major NGOs met in Paris to try to understand where they have failed in stopping diversity decline in 2010. See the program. We, scientists from abroad, will meet in June in Montpellier, and see what we achieved to better understand how plant biodiversity maintain itself via seed dispersal by animals and other means, and to protect and conserve it despite many threats on organisms and habitats around the planet (hunting, mining, deforestation, palm oil plantation, for instance). Press release of IUCN-FR.

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