ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:

The congress is opened to all the scientists,  professionals,  all private companies,  for International Organisations, Government/Academic Institutions, Non-profit Organisations and Individuals interested by the topics above. 

           The scientific sessions will take place during three days in the     form of oral communications, presentations and discussion.

Abstracts should not exceed 500 words. They can be submitted in one of two ways hard copy or electronic submission.  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


 Guidelines for Full Papers

1.INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON MEDICINAL PLANTS, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT.

 Participants may present their papers on the following issues:

 1- Ethnobotany and  Traditional  Medicine,    

                                                        
  2-Phytotheroie, Aromathérapie,Phytodrugs and Phytofoods

  3-Technology, Quality, Economic  and Legal Aspects,

  4-Phytochemistry ,

  5- Pharmacology, Toxicology, Biology  and Biotechnology  

  6-Biodiversity, Conservation of Medicnal and Aromatic plants Ressources  

2.INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABLE TRADE AND CONSERVATION of medicinal  PLANTS

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;
-Bio-prospecting and benefit Sharing:  some practical experiences and prospects;
-Business strategies for bio-prospecting in developing countries;
-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;
-Other related issues believed important by the participants. 

For more information about the International workshop, please contact us at:  Ernest@conservreafrica.org   or cai @conserveafrica.org

Note:
Please avoid telling us what research, policy and legislation say on the both issues. We want to share our field experiences. Please tell us in a descriptive way
what has been done, what is being done and what needs to be done. Please tell us about successful stories in your country or about your own experience and work.

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.

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.

All draft texts should be followed by a transmission date.

-The title should be brief but specific enough to indicate the contents.
-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.
-Maximum length of a complete paper is 10 pages including illustrations (60 lines   per page, 75 characters per line).
-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.
-Each illustration (table, figure, picture) should be provided separately
with a title, numbered consecutively and referred to in the text.
-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.
-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).

 
 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.

 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.

 

IMPORTANT DATES:

01-05-2002
Go back to opening of congress PMA2002 Colloquium/Workshop                                   2-4 May 2000
26-02- 2002
Date limit from tender from the summaries from communication  and abstract  31  March 2002 Full Paper
15-03- 2002
Notification with the authors of the acceptance of their summary. Payment of Registration fees:                      31  March 2002

The  abstract of oral communications and  posters will be available on this site, starting  at the 30-03-2002
 

 

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