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Future of Butterflies in Europe IIDear colleagues, We would like to call your attention to the International Symposium Future of Butterflies in Europe II (Wageningen 17-19th April 2008), which we are organising to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Dutch Butterfly Conservation (De Vlinderstichting). Future of Butterflies in Europe II is the second symposium on this theme. The first one was held in 1989, marking the start of a period of fruitful research, new insights on butterfly ecology and distribution, and the emergence of a broad awareness of butterflies as indicators and tools in nature conservation. Today, nearly twenty years later, butterflies are on the point of becoming one of the leading groups of species targeted in conservation as well as in EU policy - and the moths are joining in. We therefore felt it was time to take a fresh look at the future of butterflies (and moths) in Europe. The focus will still be on their ecology and conservation, but from a broader perspective. We invite you to participate in the symposium and offer a contribution as an oral presentation or as poster. Please visit the symposium website http://vlinderstichting.bureaupost.nl/ for registration and submission of your abstract. On the Symposium website you will also find the preliminary programme and other information. Please forward this announcement to your colleagues. We look forward to meeting you in 2008! The organising committee, Michiel WallisDeVries Chris Van Swaay Irma Wynhoff |
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