INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON MDICINAL PLANTS, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
AND
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABLE TRADE AND
CONSERVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS,
RABAT, MOROCCO: 2-4 MAY 2002
Under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and Research, the
Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture and the University of Rabat
CONVENORS AND ORGANISERS:
·
Centre
for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo (UiO), Norway;
·
Conserve
Africa International, London, UK;
·
Denzil
Phillips International, London, UK
·
The
Government of Morocco
·
The
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rabat, Morocco;
·
The
Moroccan Network of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Rabat, Morocco;
·
The
University of Rabat, Morocco
In collaboration with partners in
Belgium, France, Madagascar, The Netherlands, Senegal, UK and USA
Scientific Committee:
Pr. N. Abatzoglou (Cherbrooke, Canada) ; Pr. U.
Baltayev (Uzbekistan)
Pr. H. Becker (Germany); Dr. G. Bodeker (Oxford, UK); Dr. I.
Butare ( IDRC, Dakar); Pr. A. Chemli (Tunisie); Pr. G. Collin ( Montréal,
Canada); Pr. I. Conzalez (Cadiz,Spain) , Pr. D. Cortez (Valence, Espagne); Dr.
F. Gasengayire (IDRCI, Nairobi); Pr. L. Kintea ( Moldavia) ; Dr. J. Lambert (
The WB, Washington, DC.USA; Pr. J. Leclerc (Bruxels, Belgique); Pr. N.
Manniouini ( Italie); Pr. N. Morelli (Pise, Italie); Pr. A. T. Oster (Metz, France); Pr. J.
Pellecuer (Montpellier, France); Dr. T. A. Pergola, ( USA, Tanzania); Pr. L. Rashan, (Amman , Joyrdani); Dr. S. Roussos (IRD, France); Pr. Pan Shengeh (China); Dr. H. Svarstad ( SUM, Norway); Pr. Pan
Shengeh (China); Prof. Dr. L. Jan Slikkerveer , The Netherlands); Pr. A.
R. Soulimani (Metz, France);
Dr. F. Sy ( ENDA,
Senegal); Pr. C. Younos (Metz, France);
Pr. H. Verpoorte (Netherlands)
INTRODUCTION:
It is our pleasure to announce that the International Colloquium on Medicinal Plants/Health/Environment and the International Workshop on Sustainable Trade and Conservation of Medicinal Plants Resources will be held in Morocco on 2-4 May, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and Research, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture and the University of Rabat. The meetings are convened and organised by the Moroccan Network of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, The University of Rabat/The Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy; the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM)/University of Oslo (UiO), Norway; Conserve Africa International, London, UK and Denzil Phillips International, London, UK . The Moroccan government and other International Organisations support the Symposium.
The Symposium will focus on issues relating to medicinal plants for traditional human and veterinary medicine, aromatic and cosmetic plants, phytomedicines and other plants-derived natural products. It is expected that the meeting will attended by government and donor representatives, scientists, researchers, policy-makers, conservationists, NGOs, private companies, health professionals, herbalists and traditional practitioners, etc.
Rabat is the capital of the Kingdom of Morocco, cradle of civilisations, whose history pre-dates antiquity. Combining both traditional and modernity, the city offers its visitors the opportunity to discover different historical monuments in the tiny winding alleys of its medina, where stalling is particularly enchanting in this mild flowery spring season.
Both meetings will take place in Rabat, Morocco,
2-4 May 2002.
For more information about Morocco and its tourism attractions, please visit:
http://www.tourisme-marocain.com/ and
http://www.tourism-in-morocco.com/welcome.htm
I. The Objectives of the International Colloquium on Medicinal Plants/ Health/ Environment and Development are:
I.1.Assess the status of R&D in the area of medicinal plants and phytomedicines and provide a forum for exchange information on research activities, results and initiatives;
I.2.Stimulate action & support of R&D, growth and sustainable development of medicinal plant use, conservation and production;
I.3.Provide the state of the arts on recent contributions at the scientific and technological levels in the sector of the Medicinal Plants and Aromatic Plants;
I.4.Address the sector with value- added potentialities by highlighting the socio-economic and medical importance of the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants at regional and international levels;
I.5.Evaluate and develop the contribution of the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in the systems of public health;
Topics:
Among the issues that will be addressed by the Colloquium sessions are:
- Ethno-botany, Traditional Medicine, Pharmacopoeia;
- Physiotherapy, Phytodrugs and Phytofoods, Medicinal Plants and Phytotherapy;
- Technology, Quality and Legal aspects;
-Extraction of raw material, Phytochemistry, Analytical methods, Quality and Standardisation;
-Pharmacology, Biology, Research methodology in Medicinal Plants, Toxicology of Natural Products, Toxicological evaluation of plants used in food as flavourings and Biotechnology.
- Ethnobotanical investigations, production of drugs from medicinal plants, chemical,
biological and pharmacological studies, ethnomedicine and drug discovery);
- Validation, standardization and value addition in phytomedicines;
- Biodiversity, Conservation of Medicinal and, Aromatic plants Resources;
The Colloquium will be characterised by scientific presentations and lectures highlighting research advances in the areas of Medicinal/ Aromatic Plants and phytomedicines.
II. International workshop on Sustainable Trade and Conservation of Medicinal Plants resources:
The broad objectives of the International Workshop on Sustainable Trade and Conservation of Medicinal Plants are:
II.1.Identify key challenges, experiences and opportunities in promoting indigenous knowledge, bioprospecting and benefit sharing for sustainable conservation of medicinal plants;
II.2· Review current action and share experiences from different regions on sustainable use and conservation of medicinal plants, Indigenous knowledge, IPR, benefit sharing, bioprospecting and access to Medicinal Plants Genetic Resources;
II.3. Share experiences and Information on
sustainable conservation, domestication, propagation and production of Aromatic
and Medicinal Plants;
II.4· Identify feasible approaches for sharing benefits with local communities and for enhancing the sustainable and conservation of medicinal plants.
Main Topics:
The International Workshop on Sustainable Trade
and Conservation of Medicinal Plants Resources will deal with the following 3
main themes:
a)
Action
and proposals for sustainable use and conservation of medicinal plants;
b)
Trade
and bioprospecting in medicinal plants;
c)
Bioprospecting,
indigenous knowledge and benefit sharing
This a participatory workshop that will be dominated by discussion and exchange on practical field experiences regarding sustainable use and conservation of medicinal plants, Indigenous Knowledge, Benefit Sharing and Bioprospecting.
Contributions (views, ideas, papers, posters) from
all participants will be treated as equal.
All participants are resource persons for the workshop and all selected
paper presenters are key speakers.
If you wish to attend the International Workshop, please send an
e-mail to: The Workshop Coordinator, Conserve Africa International, London at: info@conserveafrica.org;
Tel: +442084434852; Fax: +442089482673
Detailed information on the content and practical organisation of the Workshop can also be found at: http://www.conserveafrica.org
For general inquiries about the Colloquium, local organisation and administrative procedures of both meetings, please contact Professor Mohammed HMAMOUCHI, President of the Symposium
E-mail: hmamouchim@hotmail.com or hmamouchim@wanadoo.net.ma.
More information can also be found at: http://www.multimania.com/congres2002pma
Secretariat of the Symposium
RPMA. B.P. 6203.
RABAT-Instituts. Maroc.
Tel : 212 61 30 37 78
Fax : 212 37 60 25 91
E-mail: hmamouchim@hotmail.com
Participants may choose to attend only ONE
meeting. Please fill in the registration form and send your paper to the
appropriate Organiser of the meeting that you have selected.
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
SUSTAINABLE TRADE AND CONSERVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS RESOURCES:
I. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: SCOPE, PURPOSE AND
OBJECTIVES
I.1. INTRODUCTION
Over the years, the
importance of specific plant species for primary health care has received some
recognition from official authorities, research and policy institutions. This acknowledgement has been extremely vital
in efforts to conserve medicinal bio-diversity. But the preservation of such
plants has depended mainly on how indigenous and local communities have treated
ecosystems in general.
In fact, traditional
healers have not only directed much of their attention to plants of direct
medicinal relevance, but also to the conservation of adjoining areas where
non-medicinal species grow. The health
and diversity of plants in surrounding areas is crucial in providing cover for
medicinal plants. As such, bio-diversity
conservation has largely been an integral part of healing activities. The
collective wisdom on bio-diversity conservation has been embodied in the
cultures of indigenous peoples and passed on from generation to generation.
While international efforts
have concentrated on issues of bio-conservation in developing countries, no
formula has been devised to compensate local communities for the genetic
resources, which they helped to conserve, and which have had significant
pharmaceutical spin offs for industrialised countries.
Most developing countries are situated
in the inter-tropical zone, with especially rich and diversified flora, which
constitutes an important reservoir of the World's bio-diversity. It is thought
that the tropical forests contain approximately half of the world's species. As
estimated by the World Health Organisation about 80% of the population of
developing countries rely on traditional medicine, mostly plant drugs, for
their primary health care. One important common element of complementary or
traditional medicine is that they encourage and elicit self-healing. This
workshop will broadly discuss conservation and management issues of the
resource base; draw attention to several challenges and problems in the areas
of trade, bioprospecting, Indigenous knowledge and benefit sharing related to
medicinal plants and formulate concrete proposals to address them.
Many medicinal plants from
the South are also valued in selected markets around the World. The growing
demand for natural cosmetics, and herbal and prescription medicine, has
resulted in significant imports of wild plants to developed countries. At the same time, very little information
exists on the local knowledge pertaining to bio-diversity conservation and
management and on the identity of many species in trade, the volumes traded and
the impact of harvest. For the most
part, the plants and animals used in traditional medicine are collected from
the wild, and in many cases, demand far exceeds supply. As the population
grows, demand for traditional medicines will increase, and pressure on natural
resources will become greater than ever.
The
possible uses of the medicinal plants in the South plants to treat various
conditions have been widely documented.
However, knowledge regarding the stage at which plants provide the best
material, the locations where they are available, how they may be harvested
with minimal destruction, etc., are not clearly found in the manuscripts. If this knowledge dies with elderly
practitioners, it may in fact be lost forever. Among the questions that will be
addressed by participants are as follows:
Are there strategies mechanisms for conserving medicinal plants and
incentives to encourage local participation. Is there any strategy for
restoring plants harvested in the wild? Are there incentives and mechanisms for
collectors and farmers to keep the production of medicinal plants sustainable?
What are the policies regarding the export of medicinal plants? Are only raw
materials exported?
Promoting increased trade in medicinal plants is
all well and good so long as this trade is sustainable. There is a growing
awareness amongst the conservation movement that uncontrolled wild harvesting
of medicinal plants is not only ecologically damaging but is often “killing the goose that laid the golden egg”.
Both the exporters and importers have often been more concerned about
short-term gains than the long-term importance of conservation of the medicinal
resource base. The CITES Secretariat (The Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species) is placing increasing emphasis on medicinal plants. It has listed products, which should not be
traded, and other products that are only traded with proper permits. The
regional Intergovernmental organisations can play an important role in
supporting efforts to ensure that our medicinal plant heritage will not be lost
for future generations as trade in medicinal herbs expands.
Bio-prospecting has been practised for
many years in different forms but in more recent times, in particular with the
development of the CBD, the issue of sharing of benefits arising from
bio-prospecting, has attained significance. The CBD, in the context of its
objectives of conservation, sustainable use and equitable sharing of benefits
arising from use of such resources, places special emphasis on the fact that
there has to be fair and equitable sharing of benefits with local and
indigenous communities. However, certain critical issues remain unresolved,
particularly in relation to how to go about legalising and formalising.
Today, tribal and rural women and men conserve and improve
biodiversity for public and commercial good at personal cost. No further time
should be lost in ending the present unethical situation where such primary
conservers live in poverty, while those who utilise their knowledge and the
products of their in-situ on –farm conservation culture become
prosperous.
Despite the ratification of the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) by most countries, many organisations and private
companies are not aware of implications of the exploitation of national
bio-resources by multinational pharmaceutical companies on intellectual
property rights .Few organisations and even fewer companies understand the
implications of this Convention on trade in medicinal plants. The Secretariat
of the CBD and other Intergovernmental Organisations can play a vital role in
ensuring that the objectives of the CBD are better understood and implemented
with regard to medicinal plants, Indigenous knowledge, bio prospecting, trade
and benefit sharing.
The organisers of the workshop hope to
have participants’ views on the right issues in the intellectual property,
benefit sharing and bio-prospecting field relevant to poor people and developing
countries. Among issues that need consideration by workshop participants
include:
How bio-prospecting and
intellectual property rights could work better to promote development in
developing countries and reduce poverty.
What is the relationship between Indigenous knowledge, benefit sharing
and IPRs. How can they best use intellectual property rights to promote health
and biodiversity conservation? How important are IP, benefit sharing and
bio-prospecting practices for better health, particularly of poor people? In
what ways are they important (or not) and why? In the light of the above, what
sort of proposals for modifications of current practices? What changes might
one consider in the governance and operations of important institutions like
WTO and WIPO to reflect better the interests of developing countries. How does one build IP capacity in developing
countries? How should we view the
evolution of international rules and practices to take account of the interests
of developing countries?
There are still gaps in
knowledge of how traditional knowledge systems of health work, their
limitations and prospects. There is lack of understanding of cosmovisions of
traditional healers and of the links between spiritual and traditional healing.
Successful experiences and approaches on conservation and sustainable use of
medicinal plants are still rare.
With regard to research
aspects pertaining to medicinal plants, traditional medicine and local
communities; a number of questions are still unanswered: Which traditional
remedies work, which have been tested and how? How should traditional medicine
knowledge, practices and preparations be validated at the community level,
using what methods and facilities? How
should traditional medicines be standardized at local and traditional healer
levels, using what methods and facilities? Under which conditions does
traditional medicine work best? Who uses
it and under which conditions? To what
extent do local communities accept traditional medicine practices? What has been done to promote mutual
understanding and professional respect between western doctors and traditional
doctors? Which aspects of traditional
medicine can be combined with western style medicine and how? Have all major
medicinal plants been identified and documented? What has been lost? What is remaining? Are traditional knowledge systems relating to
sustainable use and conservation of medicinal plants clearly understood? Are gender issues properly taken into
consideration? How can traditional methods
be incorporated in research agenda? How
should local and traditional knowledge contribute to the propagation and sustainable use and conservation of medicinal
plants? What are the limitations and
potentials of spiritual beliefs relating to traditional healing systems? What are
cultural practices and beliefs that are supportive of the conservation
and sustainable utilization of medicinal plants? What effective agro-ecological methods that
enhance propagation and cultivation of specific medicinal plants?
I 2. WORKSHOP CONCEPTS AND
METHODOLOGY
In many
developing countries, creative people are experimenting with local initiatives
to improve the conservation and management of natural resources and the
livelihood of those who benefit from them. Unfortunately, the lessons from one
effort are rarely shared with others. Why? The costs of capturing lessons
learned from different parts of the World and sharing them has always been very
high. Research reports that are commissioned to synthesize lessons learned are
typically years out of date before they are published. And when these documents are published,
photocopying constraints make them difficult to obtain. In the end, the
thousands of experiences of hard working individuals are lost.
Furthermore even
when they are published in time, they do not report on community experiences
and actions. The reason behind this is that the hard work carried by local
communities themselves without supervision of professionals or scientists is ignored
and considered not to be reliable because it has not been undertaken using
standard scientific methodologies or guidelines. Many organisations have been
claiming of successes in conservation of medicinal plants. However many people
are not aware of these achievements at the community level. On the other hand
most publications have been reporting on the status of conservation of
medicinal plants. There is little knowledge on what is going on at the field
level.
The
International workshop on sustainable use and Conservation of Medicinal Plants
Resources is expected to be practical and down-to-earth forum that allows
interactive discussion. Participants
are invited to look for background documentation on the work that has been
already carried out on the issues to be addressed by the Workshop.
It is expected that the workshop
will bring together a multi-disciplinary group representatives from
environmental NGOs, grassroots organisations, research institutions, private
companies, universities and governments. The workshop is seen as a networking
opportunity for participants. The basic format for workshop sessions will be a
short presentation by key speakers. This will be followed by an open discussion
with workshop participants. It will be a
forum for discussions among importers, exporters, processors, potential
investors, and controllers and promoters of trade in medicinal plants and
herbal extracts
The workshop will be held over a
3-day period and divided into a number of distinct sessions, which provided
room for discussion, and sharing of the lessons from the papers presented at
the workshop and from field experiences.
The
participants will be divided into thematic working groups to review specific
topics in detail and come up with proposals to solve identified problems. Examples of actions and success-stories will be
highlighted to show national and local efforts in promoting sustainable use and
conservation of medicinal plants. The workshop will examine each topic by
considering the link between medicinal biodiversity conservation, trade,
benefit sharing, indigenous knowledge and bio-prospecting. The plenary
sessions will be mainly devoted to keynote speeches, paper presentations,
discussion and feedback from working groups. Working group findings for the
thematic issues (round table discussions) will be presented in the plenary
sessions.
Representation will be from the local or
international pharmaceutical industry, trade associations, producers and
processors, exporting and importing firms, national and international bodies
controlling or promoting trade in medicinal herbs, relevant NGOs etc. In short,
EIDD will go for practitioners. The resource persons will be required to
prepare case studies as far as possible to avoid generalisation at the
workshop. The papers will mainly focus on production and trade related issues.
Presentations will last 15 minutes each, with a
further 30 minutes for discussion.
Discussion will be preceded by two theme presentations by selected
participants, followed by two to three support presentations from those
participants who had prepared papers on subject areas falling within these
thematic areas. These presentations will
be used to derive discussion points that provided a basis for the
identification of issues for consideration during group work sessions. Group work sessions will be then followed by
plenary sessions where the findings from the groups will be presented. Plenary sessions will also used to identify
common interests among participants on each thematic area. Views and ideas from all participants will
be treated as equal. All participants
are resource persons for the workshop and all selected paper presenters are key
speakers.
I.3. WORKHOP OBJECTIVES
a)
To
discuss the present status, successful experiences and perspectives of
sustainable use and conservation of medicinal plants in the process of
Indigenous knowledge, benefit sharing and bioprospecting;
b)
To
discuss the prerequisites for achieving sustainable use and conservation
of medicinal plants and formulate
relating proposals;
c)
To
assess the impact of trade in medicinal plants on the conservation of the
resource base;
d)
To
support the dissemination of successful experiences in the areas of benefit
sharing, bio-prospecting and Indigenous knowledge pertaining to conservation
and management of medicinal plants;
e)
To
identify key challenges experiences and opportunities in promoting medicinal
plants and natural products business and bio-prospecting;
f)
To
identify proposals for advancing indigenous knowledge, bio-prospecting
and benefit sharing relating to medicinal plants and natural
products;
g) To give
participants a hands-on practical experience and working examples of
community action on sustainable use and conservation of medicinal
plants.
h)
To
provide an opportunity for networking with colleagues, for new contacts and
initiation of proposals in the sector
I.4.WORKSHOP AGENDA
WEDNESDAY 01 May 2002
(International Holiday)
14H00—22H00 Registration
THURSDAY 02 APRIL
09h00 – 9h30h Opening Session
09h30 - 10h00 Refreshments
ACTION AND PROPOSALS FOR
SUSTAINABLE USE AND CONSERVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS:
10h00 -11h00 Key
Speakers presentations and questions
Participants’
questions
11h00 -12h00 Participants’
Presentations
12h00-13h00 Discussions
13h00 -14-00 Lunch
14h00 - 15h30 Working Groups Session
15h30 - 16h00 Refreshments
16h00 - 18h00 Working Groups
presentations and Discussions
18h00-19h00 Networking,
posters and Exhibition
19h00 - 20h00 Reception or Diner (Own
arrangement)
FRIDAY 03 MAY
2002
TRADE AND BIPROSPECTING IN
MEDICINAL PLANTS
09h00 - 10h15 Key
Speakers’ Presentations
Participants’
questions
10h15 - 10h30 Refreshments
10h30 - 12h00 Participants
presentations
12h00 - 13h00 Discussions
13h00-14h3 Launch
14h30 - 16h00 Working Groups Session
16h00 - 16h15 Refreshments
16h15 - 18h00 Working Group
Presentations and Discussion
18h00-19h00 Networking,
Posters and exhibition
19h00 –20h00 Reception or Diner (Own
arrangement)
SATURDAY 04 MAY 2002
BIOPROSPECTING, INDIGENOUS
KNOWLEDGE AND BENEFIT SHARING
09h00 - 10h15 Key Speakers’
Presentations
Participants’
questions
10h15 - 10h30 Refreshments
10h30 - 12h00 Participants
presentations
12h00 - 13h00 Discussions
13h00-14h30 Launch
14h30 - 16h00 Working Groups Session
16h00 - 16h15 Refreshments
16h15 - 18h00 Working Group
Presentations and Discussion
18h00-19h00 Closing Session
19h00 –22h00 Cocktail or Diner (Own
arrangement)
Networking, social and Cultural event
SUNDAY 05
MAY 2002:
10H00-16h00 GUIDED EXCURSION
MONDAY 6 MAY 2002
DEPARTURE or HOLIDAY in Morocco.
II. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:
To submit abstracts, to register or for
inquiries, please contact:
Abstracts should not exceed 500 words. They
should be submitted in electronic way only.
They should be in English. We encourage submission of papers and posters
addressing local experiences and dimensions of the theme listed below.
Electronic submission only:
Electronic submission should be in plain ASCII
text email message giving the following details:
NAME: Name of first author
TITLE: Title of the paper
EMAIL: E-mail address of the first author
ADDR:
Postal address of the first author
TEL:
Telephone number of the first author, if any
FAX: Fax
number of the first author
III. Guidelines for Full Papers
a) Participants may present their papers
on the following issues:
·
Actions, experiences and success-stories on sustainable
use and conservation of medicinal plants at the community level;
·
Impact of informal and formal trade on conservation of
medicinal plants;
·
Experiences and opportunities for sustainable harvest
and management of medicinal plants;
·
Promoting the conservation and management of medicinal
wildlife resources;
·
Medicinal wildlife resource inventories and information
management, business development and technology access.
·
Capacity Building for conservation and management;
·
Bio-prospecting and benefit Sharing: some practical
experiences and prospects;
·
Business strategies for bio-prospecting in developing
countries and Income generation through bio-prospecting;
·
Options for national policies and legislation to access
genetic resources
·
Options for legislation, policies and incentives to add
value to genetic resources and increase capacity in bio-prospecting
·
Constraints and strategies for encouraging
biotechnology-based business in developing countries;
·
Feasible proposals for enhancing equitable benefits of
conservation;
- Current
trends in the protection of medicinal plants intellectual property rights;
- Contribution
of traditional knowledge to bio-prospecting and drug discovery;
·
How
intellectual property rights and bio-prospecting could work better for the
benefit of developing countries and poor people;
- What
improvements might be considered in the way international institutions
governing IP work (rules and practices) in the interests of developing
countries?
- Contribution of traditional knowledge practices to
conservation, cultivation and management of medicinal plants
- Methods for Identification and
conservation of medicinal plants in trade and endangered species.
- The contribution of forests in community health
care (e.g. linkages between forestry and health, destruction of forest and
its impacts and consequences to the health of people, various ways in
which the health of people is affected through the destruction of forests,
etc.);
- Propagation and domestication of medicinal plants
(e.g. successful experiences at the village level), over harvesting and
controlled harvesting, resource management;
- Overview of the traded medicinal plants sector and
its potential for community development;
- Strategies to enhance income generation and benefit
sharing from medicinal plants and traditional medicine bio-prospecting;
- Intellectual
Property Rights – the Convention on Biodiversity – its impact on trade
- Conservation,
wild harvesting and the protection of endangered medicinal plants
b) Composition of text:
Language:
English should be used. Papers in French may be produced for
distribution to participants or as posters but NOT for presentation since the
working language of the workshop is only English. No simultaneous interpreting is envisaged.
Statements such as “ the date will be discussed “ or the “extracts were found to be active for…” as
the end of the story are not acceptable.
Structure and Composition of text:
The paper shall include the following parts:
title, name(s), company/organisation address(es), telecommunication numbers,
possible e-mail address(es) and website(s) of author(s), abstract, keywords,
introduction, material and methods, results, discussion, conclusions, and
literature cited. Please underline the name of the author presenting the paper. Type the names of the authors in bold. Leave
free blank lines before starting the text.
All draft texts should be followed by a
transmission date.
1.The title should be brief
but specific enough to indicate the contents or describing the nature of the
investigation.
2.The abstract should be no longer than 15 lines
(75 characters per line), and should
concisely and non-technically summarise the
contents of the paper. A maximum of 5 keywords should be added.
3.Maximum length of a complete paper is 10 pages
including illustrations (60 lines per page, 75 characters per line).
4 Use standard symbols for measurements and the
International System (S.I.) for units.
Abbreviations should be spelled out at the first
occurrence with the abbreviation, in parentheses, immediately following.
5 Each illustration (table, figure, picture)
should be provided separately with a title, numbered consecutively and referred
to in the text.
6.All literature used during the preparation of
the paper should be acknowledged in the literature cited, alphabetically by
author, and, for more publications by the same author, according to the year of
publication.
7.Sequence: name of author, initials, year of
publication, title, periodical or publisher, number of pages as shown below.
The titles of periodicals should be in italics,
and should not be abbreviated. In the text reference, the date should follow
the author's last name without a comma.
c) Layout of papers:
Computers, Word Processing
Programs, Transmission File, Typewriter Use a standard PC word processing
program, preferably WORD and transmit the text in
the .rtf format. Please bring a diskette
containing the full paper.
d) Format and Characters:
These guidelines are presented exactly as your
paper should appear:
A4 paper size, all margins set to 2.5 cm, Times
New Roman font, no syllabication, no indentation except for literature cited,
italics for Latin names in text and periodicals in literature cited,
single-spaced lines with one free line between paragraphs, centred title (font
16), Main headings (14), Intermediate headings (12), Subheadings (11), text
(10).
If you choose to participate in the international Workshop,
please send your abstract and full paper to: Ernest@conserveafrica.org
or cai@conserveafrica.org;
Fax:+442089482673;
htpp://www.conserveafrica.org
If you would like to
participate in the International Colloquium, please send your abstract and full
paper to : E-mail: hmamouchim@hotmail.com
or hmamouchim@wanadoo.net.ma
IV. TIMING OF ORAL
PRESENTATIONS
Keynote lectures are 30 minutes long, plus 10
minutes for discussion. Free communications are 15 minutes including discussion
V. AUDIOVISUAL FACILITIES:
Slide, overhead and data (with Power Point
programme) projectors will be available.
Slide frames must be 5x5 cm in size, and no thinner than 2 mm.
VI. CALL FOR POSTERS
Posters on projects, experiences and case-
studies pertaining to workshops objectives are welcome. Posters will be on
display during the entire workshop. If you wish to present a poster, please
indicate as such on the registration form or in a separate letter or e-mail.
Please provide abstract (100 words or less) for each poster. Please also specify the material required for
your exhibition. The Workshop and the Colloquium will provide an excellent
opportunity to display your new products, technologies, activities and
accomplishments. If you wish to exhibit, please note this the registration
form. Please be prepared to give handouts of your poster.
VII. PROCEEDINGS
A booklet of the programme and abstracts booklet
will be available to each delegate with registration. If you wish to make a
poster presentation or exhibit please forward a short description or abstract
by 26 February 2002 for inclusion in the booklet.
A proceedings book will be compiled after the
meeting and will include the presentations and highlights of the discussions, a
list of posters/exhibits and contact lists of delegates.
VIII. IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstract submission
deadline: 25
March 2002
Full Paper
8 April 2002
Payment of Registration
fees: 10
April 2002
Colloquium/Workshop 2-4
May 2000
IX. REGISTRATION FORM
Delegate Information:
I wish to participate in:
1.International colloquium on Medicinal Plants,
1.Health and Environment ---- YES /NO
(Please delete as appropriate)
2.International workshop on sustainable trade and
Conservation of medicinal plants---YES/NO
(Please
delete as appropriate).
First name
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Family
name-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title (Mr,
Mrs, Ms, Dr, Prof, Rev
)--------------------------------------------------------------------
Nationality:
----------------------------------------------Passport No:
--------------------------------
Name as badge
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Organisation/Institution/Company----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Position/Title:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Address
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country:
-------------------------------- Postal Code: -------------------------------------------------
Tel:
----------------------------------------- Fax:
----------------------------------------------------------
E-mail:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Accompanying person
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I am
interested in presenting:
A Paper: ------------- A paper---------- An
Exhibit-------------------------------------------------
Title of the paper------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Topic or nature of poster/exhibit
--------------------------------------------------------------------
No of
Posterboads---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dietary
requirements:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disabilities (wheelchair,
etc.)--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Flight Details:
Arrival Date-------------------Flight No: ------------------
Arrival time ----------------------------
Departure Date--------------- Flight No:
-----------------Departure Time: ----------------------
PLEASE RETURN before 31 March 2002 BY FAX or
EMAIL to addresses above
If you choose to participate
in the international Workshop, please send your registration form to: The
Workshop Coordinator at cai@conserveafrica.org;
Fax:+442089482673;
htpp://www.conserveafrica.org
================================
If you would like to participate in the
International Colloquium, please send your registration form to: E-mail: hmamouchim@hotmail.com
or hmamouchim@wanadoo.net.ma
X. REGISTRATION FEES:
US $295 for all private
companies based in the North;
US $265 for all private
companies based in the South;
US $245 for International
Organisations, Government/Academic Institutions,
Non-profit Organisations and
Individuals based in the North (Western Countries),
US $195 for International
Organisations, Government/Academic Institutions and
Non-profit organisations
based in the South
US $ 165 for NGOs and
individuals based in the South Deadline for registration
and payment of registration
fees: 31 March 2002.
US$ 150 for Students
Deadline for registration
and payment of registration fees: 31 March 2002.
After 31 March 2002,
registration fees will increase at the rate of US $100 per participant.
XI. PAYMENT:
If you choose to participate
in the international Workshop, please contact us at:
Workshop Coordinator at info@conserveafrica.org; for more information about mode of payment.
Tel: +442084434852;Fax: +442089482673
If you would like to participate in the
International Colloquium, please contact:: E-mail: hmamouchim@hotmail.com
or hmamouchim@wanadoo.net.ma
for more information about mode of payment.
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