2nd Symposium on Biodiversity of the Himalayas

 
 
The Natural History Museum of Erfurt (NME) is projecting the 2nd 
international scientific meeting about the subject 
 
"Biodiversity and Natural Heritage of the Himalaya " 
 
from April 08th to April 10th 2005 
 
Organizer: Naturkundemuseum Erfurt, Gro-e Arche 14, D-99084 Erfurt, Germany 
Conference venue: Historical town hall of  the Thuringian capital Erfurt 
 
Friday, 08.04.2005: 
from 15.00: arrival / announcement at the conference bureau (NME, 
Grosse Arche 14) 
19.00: public presentation to the subject "Natural and Cultural Spaces in the Himalayan Mountains" (Prof. Dr. G. Miehe, University of 
Marburg) 
from 21.00: discussions and reflections in a near restaurant 
 
Saturday, 09.04.05: 
9.30 - 17.30 presentations (including lunch and coffee break) 
from ca. 20.00 -  social gathering in a near restaurant 
 
Sunday, 10.04.05: 
9.30 - 12.00 presentations 
end of the meeting: 12.00 
 
Presentations to all fields of botany, zoology, ecology, geology, geography 
and anthropology are invited (e.g. systematics/taxonomy, phylogenetics, 
faunistics, biogeography, plant sociology, soil sciences). Poster 
presentations will be arranged. Conference language will be German and 
English. 
 
The length of the presentations may vary from 15 to 30 minutes. 
 
We kindly request all interested colleagues for their timely announcement. 
 
Remarks 
The NME and its furtherance society expect the edition of a second volume 
concerned with the subject on Himalayan Biodiversity. Original scientific 
papers can be submitted probably up to 15.11.2005. Text length is to be 
agreed with the editorial staff, papers concerning the collections of the 
NME will be preferred. We kindly request for early submission of manuscripts 
also written in any other than the conference language. 
 
Anyone willing to support quality and speed of publishing the special volume 
edition by a financial grant will get a donation receipt and a special 
mention in the forthcoming edition. 
 
Please send your ANNOUNCEMENTS of presentations 
until 15th  August 2004 
to Matthias Hartmann, 
Naturkundemuseum Erfurt, Grosse Arche 14, D-99084 Erfurt 
or 
per e-mail: matthias.hartmann@erfurt.de 
 
We will reserve moderate-prized accommodation on request. Please send the 
datas of reservations timely. 
 
The first volume of the subject is already published an can be order by the 
same adress given above. 
For contents information please contact M. Hartmann. 
 
Matthias Hartmann 
Curator Entomology 
Naturkundemuseum Erfurt 
Grosse Arche 14 
D-99084 Erfurt 
Germany 
T.: +49 361 655 5682 
F.: +49 361 655 5689 
 
http://naturkunde.museum.com/erfurt