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Subject: Fw: Modelling the forest margin, Nairobi, 13-15 February 2002
From: francois_bousquet (francois_bousquet@hotmail.com)
Date: jeu nov 08 2001 - 02:39:20 CET
> Symposium announcement and first call for papers
> New insights from participatory modelling of interactions at the forest
margin
> Nairobi, Kenya, 13-15 February 2002
>
> An understanding of the interactions among diverse social and ecological
factors
> is an essential prerequisite for those who wish to influence land use at
forest
> margin, and the welfare of people who live there. The rich complexity of
these
> interactions is a challenge for those who study communities at the forest
> margin. Participatory modelling offers one way to deal with the many
disciplines
> and interactions involved, and has been greatly facilitated by modelling
> environments like Simile (http://www.ierm.ed.ac.uk/simile) and Cormas
> (http://cormas.cirad.fr/indexeng.htm). However, innovative ideas and
small-scale
> case studies are more conspicuous than success stories in which
participatory
> modelling has lead to improvements in the well-being of rural communities.
This
> symposium brings together practitioners to share experiences, document
> achievements and insights, and identify opportunities and obstacles for
> influential modelling processes. Specific emphasis will be given to the
> practical applications of these tools.
>
> Researchers and practitioners are invited to participate in the Symposium,
and
> are encouraged to register their interest (see below). All participants
are
> encouraged to submit a paper for inclusion in the preceedings, and may be
> invited to give an oral or poster presentation. Selected papers will be
refereed
> for journal publication. Abstracts should be submitted by 14 December
2001. Full
> papers are required by 18 January 2002 for inclusion in the preceedings.
>
> For further information, check our web site at http://www.cifor.org/acm/
> or contact Hilton Madevu (h.madevu@cgiar.org or Fax +263 4 369657).
> Please circulate this announcement to others who may be interested.
>
> Jerry Vanclay, Southern Cross University, Australia
> Ravi Prabhu, Center for International Forestry Research, Zimbabwe
> Fergus Sinclair, University of Wales, United Kingdom
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>
> To register your interest, please provide the following details:
> Name:
> Institution:
> Address:
> Phone:
> Fax:
> Email:
> Do you wish to present a paper?
> Title of proposed paper:
> Your co-authors:
>