ATBC 2010 News

Kompas newspaper: Ahli-ahli Biologi Tropika Kumpul di Bali

Sat, 17 July 2010 16:00:00 +0800

Indonesia menjadi tuan rumah konferensi internasional Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) 2010 yang akan digelar di Bali, 19-23 Juli 2010. ATBC merupakan organisasi profesi terbesar dan tertua di dunia di bidang biologi dan pelestarian alam tropika. "Hampir semua ahli bidang biologi tropika akan hadir," ujar Dr Adi Basukriadi, Dekan Fakultas MIPA Universitas Indonesia yang juga Ketua Panitia Pengarah ATBC 2010. Menurutnya, ini merupakan konferensi biologi tropika terbesar yang digelar setiap tahun. Konferensi terbesar bidang biologi tropika tersebut total akan dihadiri sekitar 900 peserta dari 60 negara di dunia.

Available for download: schedule of presentations

Sun, 11 July 2010 21:10:00 +0700

Schedule of plenaries, versbal sessions and poster sessions is available for download as a PDF.

Of interest: 5th Biennial Conference of The International Biogeography Society

Thur, 1 July 2010 21:10:00 +0800

The International Biogeography Society will hold its 5th Biennial Conference in Crete, from 7th to 11th January, 2011. Registration opens late-August 2010. The core of the meeting will be four successive symposia on broad foundational and cutting-edge topics and approaches in biogeography and macroecology, each with a suite of leading international scientists as well as openings for contributed papers: (1) Mediterranean Biogeography: Where History Meets Ecology Across Scales (2) New Perspectives on Comparative Phylogeography – Novel Integrative Approaches and Challenges (3) Biogeography and Ecology: Two Lenses in One Telescope (4) Analytical Advancements in Macroecology and Biogeography The meeting also has six sessions of contributed papers on key topics: (i) Island biogeography, (ii) Climate change biogeography, (iii) Conservation biogeography, (iv) Palaeoecology, (v) Marine biogeography, and (vii) Hot topics in Biogeography. Dr. Robert E. Ricklefs will give a keynote lecture after receiving the Alfred Russel Wallace Award, recognizing his lifetime of outstanding contributions to biogeography. On the day just before and after the conference (7 and 11 January), there will be arranged field excursions to a number Crete’s most exciting historic and biogeographic locations. In addition, on 7 January, three workshops will held: Spatial Analysis in Macroecology, Phylogenetic Analysis in Macroecology, and Communicating Biogeography.

Research opportunities in Indonesia

Thur, 1 July 2010 21:10:00 +0800

Are you, or your graduate students, interested in undertaking biodiversity research projects in Indonesia? The New England Tropical Conservatory (NETC) and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) have a pending proposal that can offer foreign scientists opportunity for research in Indonesia. Our partnership, the Indonesia Biodiversity Education and Training Project (IBETP), can facilitate your research in the following ways: i) identify an appropriate LIPI scientific collaborator, ii) facilitate your permitting, iii) coordinate logistics for field study, iv) develop expedition teams for greater efficiency. To find out more, contact Scott Hoover in the USA: scotthoover@netrop.org (or telephone 413-458-9464), or contact Harry Wiriadinata in Indonesia: harrylipi@yahoo.com.

ATBC 2010 plenary speakers

Wed, 30 June 2010 09:40:00 +0800

Umar Anggara Jenie, Michael Donoghue, Daniel Murdiyarso, Charlie Veron, Kathy MacKinnon, Frans Bongers

Organizing Commitee Chairman profiled in Jakarta Post

Sat, 26 June 2010 19:00:00 +0800

... The director of PROSEA, who has undauntedly been voicing the importance of safeguarding Indonesia’s biodiversity, has been named committee chairman of the Association of Tropical Biodiversity Conservation (ATBC) meeting slated for July 19-23, 2010, in Denpasar, Bali. Around 700 participants from 50 countries will attend the session. ATBC, set up in 1963, is the world’s largest professional organization of tropical biology and nature conservation...

Field Course: Biodiversity, Conserservation & Sustainable Development Field Course

Wed, 21 April 2010 12:25:00 +0700

During this six-week field course participants will study forest ecology, conservation biology and sustainable development through both resource staff led practicals and participant-led research projects. The course will be international in character with participants selected from across the Asia-Pacific region and a diverse pool of resource staff from both regional and local research institutions. In the current (tentative) schedule we propose to study biomes on either side of Wallace’s Line. The course will start at Alas Purwo National Park, East Java, which is predominantly comprised of dry seasonal forest over limestone. Here participants will receive an introduction to the study of different taxa and advanced phylogenetic and statistical methods. We will then move briefly to Bali Barat National Park, which harbours a diversity of forest types but predominantly seasonal evergreen forest, where participants will study conservation and sustainable development, before continuing to Rinjani, Lombok, a lower montane forest, to study plant-animal interactions. Participants will conduct short research projects (5 days) at both Alas Purwo and Rinjani. The course will finish at Bali Botanic Gardens where participants will analyse and write up their findings, which will be presented to an invited audience at a course symposium on 3rd Sep.

Course: Scientific Paper Writing

Wed, 21 April 2010 12:25:00 +0700

The ATBC Asia-Pacific chapter will run a one day workshop on Scientific Paper Writing in conjunction with the ATBC Bali 2010 meeting. The workshop will cover the process of preparing and submitting a scientific paper, how to prepare a good poster, ethical questions surrounding the publication “game”, and the review process. Professor Jaboury Ghazoul, Editor of Biotropica will give a guest lecture on “An editor’s perspective”. It is targeted at young scientists with limited previous experience of publishing scientific papers.

Course: Experimental Design and Data Analysis

Wed, 21 April 2010 12:25:00 +0700

The ATBC Asia-Pacific chapter is running two Experimental Design and Data Analysis courses, which is being held in conjunction with the ATBC Bali 2010 meeting. The Introductory course is targeted at post-graduate level participants who have received only very basic training in statistics. It will introduce basic concepts in experimental design and sampling and how to analyse data using traditional modeling methods, including ANOVA and regression. The Advanced course assumes participants are familiar with these basic methods and will introduce maximum likelihood approaches, more advance GLMs and multivariate methods. Please see the course outlines given below. Practicals for both courses will be conducted in R – a free opensource statistical computing program – and will provide an introduction to its use. Participants are required to bring their own laptop computers.

ATBC 2010 registration temporarily closed

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0700

Due to high early demand, we are approaching meeting capacity, and ATBC 2010 is now closed for new registrations. We may be able to reopen after all abstract decisions have been finalized and some extra places may available (ca. mid-April). Please check the website frequently, or subscribe to the news mailing list. Thanks to all who have made this such a popular meeting.

OTS Forest Restoration course

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0700

The Organization for Tropical Studies is offering a short specialty course in Indonesia, July 9-18, prior to the 2010 annual meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) in Bali. The course will offer an introduction to the theoretical approaches and practical applications of rainforest restoration. The course is being developed to offer graduate students and faculty an insight into research opportunities in Indonesia and the opportunity to explore the challenges of restoration in light of carbon offset proposals. We will also examine the challenges in meeting future forest monitoring requirements associated with efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD).

LIPI Kalimantan Trans-border Expedition

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0700

The Research Center for Biology of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences invites participants of ATBC 2010 to join the 2nd Kalimantan Trans-border Expedition, as researchers. This is an excellent opportunity to add some active research to your visit to Indonesia.

Abstract submission deadline extended to 1 March

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0700

The deadline for the submission of abstracts for talks and posters (and for registration payment for presenting participants) is now 1 March 2010.

Logo competition winner

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:00:00 +0700

Congratulations to Iqbal Adiyat of Pontianak, West Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia for winning the ATBC 2010 logo competition.

International Year of Biodiversity

Sat, 11 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +0700

"The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and of the value of biodiversity for our lives. The world is invited to take action in 2010 to safeguard the variety of life on earth: biodiversity."

Immigration advice

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:00:00 +0700

We have added a page on immigration into Indonesia.

Symposia proposals now closed

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:00:00 +0700

We have received 57 proposals for symposia! We are now no longer receiving new proposals, and are now deciding which proposals are accepted.

Symposia and registration

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:00:00 +0700

The symposia proposals for ATBC 2010 are flooding in: lots of great topics (both terrestrial and marine) and excellent speakers. This should be a big meeting! If you are still developing a symposium proposal, please send it very soon, as we are starting to review the submissions. Registration is open and we encourage you to register and pay soon, so that you will be assured of a place. Please book your accommodation early; July is peak season in Bali and hotels and guesthouses fill up quickly.

ATBC 2010 Logo competition

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0700

We invite contributions for a design for the ATBC 2010 logo. We will begin review of contributions on 1 Dec 2009. Please see http://atbc2010.org/html/logocomp.html

Indonesia announces new REDD program

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0700

ANTARA News: The Indonesian government has introduced an Berau Forest Carbon Program (BCFP) innovative initiative in Berau Regency to reduce emissions from logging and forest destruction (REDD) on the sidelines of the UN Climate Discussions in Bangkok.

Announcement and call for symposia

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:00:00 +0700

The 2010 international meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation will be held 19-23 July at the Sanur Beach Hotel in Bali, Indonesia. The ATBC, founded in 1963, is the world's largest professional society devoted to promoting biological research and conservation in the tropics, and fostering communication among biologists working in tropical countries. This year will be the first time the full Association has met in Southeast Asia.

The conference theme is "Tropical biodiversity: surviving the food, energy and climate crisis." We will tackle major environmental issues of relevance to professional biologists, managers and politicians, while also exploring the amazing biological diversity of the tropics, as exemplified by the forests and oceans of Indonesia. Many subdisciplines of biology will be represented, from ecosystem ecology to microbiology, from marine physiology to forest conservation, from biodiversity informatics to education. The conference will comprise plenary talks, parallel oral sessions and poster sessions, with banquets and cultural events. The conference location actually overlooks Wallace's line and provides an excellent base for field trips to the various islands of Indonesia. Student participation is welcomed, and we plan to offer numerous scholarship and mentorship opportunities.

We invite you to submit proposals for organized oral sessions (symposia) before 15 December 2009, and to prepare abstracts for papers before 15 February 2010. General registration will open in November and close 15 March 2010. Please see: http://atbc2010.org/ for further details.

Come join us for an exciting meeting on a beautiful, friendly tropical island in the World's most biologically and culturally diverse archipelago!

Meet ATBC 2010 organizers at ATBC 2009

2009-07-26

Many key organizers of ATBC 2010 will be at the ATBC meeting in Marburg. Please find us to discuss matters for next year's meeting.

Mailing list

2009-05-15

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ATBC 2009

2009-05-15

The 2009 ATBC meeting will be in Germany in July

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