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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(146,208,80)" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:rgb(0,32,96)" lang="EN-IN">International Symposium on Conservation and Utilization of
Forest Resources for Sustainable Livelihoods </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(0,32,96)" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:yellow" lang="EN-IN">October 26-29, 2015, 2012<span style>
</span>Royal Mulu Resort, Mulu, Miri, Malaysia</span></b></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black" lang="EN-US">FAO and
Forest Departments of various countries have since long been involved in
providing livelihood opportunities to forest dwellers and rural households
through some direct intervention and also through research and development
initiatives. But it is strongly felt that there are many grey areas where still
a lot is needed to be done. Further, many good things are happening around the
globe in the field of Forests resources particularly NWFP management related
issues. There are plenty of success stories regarding sustainable livelihood
through Forest resource utilization.<span style> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">V Sivaram Research Foundation</span></strong><b style><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black" lang="EN-US">and </span><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">Universiti Teknologi MARA
(UiTM) will be </span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black" lang="EN-US"><span style> </span>organizing </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span style> </span>the Symposium <span style="color:black">which
provides platform and<span style> </span>opportunity for
researchers, policy makers, managers, professionals from different private
sectors in Asia and other regions of the world to exchange and share
methodologies, approaches, information on products, market and lessons learnt
from Forest resource conservation and development initiatives.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">Forests
are essential for human survival and well being. They harbour two thirds of all
terrestrial animal and plant species. They provide us with food, oxygen,
shelter, recreation, and spiritual sustenance, and they are the source for over
5,000 commercially traded products, ranging from pharmaceuticals to timber and
clothing. The biodiversity of forests the variety of genes, species, and forest
ecosystems underpins these goods and services, and is the basis for long term
forest health and stability. Promoting strategies and ways to use forest
biodiversity in a sustainable way, and with clear social and economic benefits
for the poor, is the purpose of scheduled meeting. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(192,80,77)" align="center"><b style><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black" lang="EN-US">The objectives of the symposium:</span></b><b style><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"></span></b></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 37.5pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-IN"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">the conservation of Forest
biodiversity;</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 37.5pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-IN"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">the sustainable use of its
components; and</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">fair and equitable sharing of
benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources by the indigenous
population</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">Promotion of ecotourism and
environmental awareness </span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN"></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 37.5pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-IN"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">To provide platform for scientists,
Foresters and other stake holders to share the recent information on Research
and Development on Forest Management </span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN"></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(192,80,77)" align="center"><b style><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Technical Sessions:</span></b></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN"><span style>1.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">Forests for Sustainable Livelihoods and
human wellbeing</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN"><span style>2.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">Wildlife Management, Environmental Education and Ecotourism</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN"><span style>3.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">Forest Biomass and<span style>
</span>Bioenergy<span style> </span></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN"><span style>4.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">Forest Products as Food and Medicine</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN"><span style>5.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">Forest Conservation strategies and Afforestation<span style> </span>programmes </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN"><span style>6.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">Causes and consequences of Deforestation </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN"><span style>7.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">Climate Change on Biodiversity and Ecosystem</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-IN"><span style>8.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">Research and Development in Forest
Management </span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-IN"></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:5pt;color:black" lang="EN-IN"> </span></p>
<p class="" style="text-align:center;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(253,233,217)" align="center"><b style><span style="color:yellow;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(192,80,77)" lang="EN-IN">For details Contact:</span><span style="color:yellow" lang="EN-IN"> </span></b><span style="color:black" lang="EN-IN"><span style> </span><span style> </span>Forest Symposium Secretariat,<span style> </span>No. 132, 2<sup>nd</sup> Main Road,
Rajarajewari Nagar, Jnanabharathi, Bangalore – 560056, India</span></p>
<p class="" style="text-align:center;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(253,233,217)" align="center"><b style><span lang="EN-IN">e.mail:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN"> <a href="mailto:sivaram900@gmail.com">sivaram900@gmail.com</a> <span style> </span><span style> </span><span style> </span><span style> </span></span></p>
<p class="" style="text-align:center;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(253,233,217)" align="center"><b style><span lang="EN-IN">Website:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN"> <a href="http://forestsymposium.com">http://forestsymposium.com</a></span></p>
<p class="" style="text-align:center;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(253,233,217)" align="center"><b style><span lang="EN-IN">Telefax</span></b><span lang="EN-IN">: 91-80-23181443</span></p>
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<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Dr. V. Sivaram</font></span></span></font></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><b>Professor of Botany</b><br><b><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Secretary: International Commission for Plant-Pollinator Relationships (ICPPR), Canada</font></b></span><br></div><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">
</span><div><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Fulbright -Nehru Senior Research Scholar<br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Former FAO of UN consultant - Apiculture Project in Iraq<br></font></span></div><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">
</span><div><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">Department of Botany</span></div><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">
</span><div><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">Bangalore University, Bangalore - 560056, India<br></span>
</div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">Phone: + 91-80-22961315, Fax: 91-80-23181443<br>E.mail: <a href="mailto:sivaram900@gmail.com" target="_blank">sivaram900@gmail.com</a></span><br></div></div></div>
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