International Congress / Provoking Change: Strategies to promote forest users in the Amazon

Centro Kolping, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 10th to 14th November 2008

We are pleased to announce the organization of the International Congress:

"Provoking Change: Strategies to promote forest users in the Amazon",

which will take place in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, from the 10th

to the 14th of November 2008. The purpose of the event is to create a

platform for dialogue between scientists, politicians, development

agencies and representatives from civil society to catalyse a process of

reflection on the options and requirements of a broader operational

framework for sustainable development based on the use, management and

conservation of the forests of the Amazon region.

At this stage we invite expressions of interest from the public at large

to participate in the Congress and from those who would like to submit

papers to present at the event. Please send you expressions of interest

to the Congress Secretary, Inka Montero, at

inka.montero@waldbau.uni-freiburg.de.

Full registration of participants for the Congress will be possible from

1st of May. Details of the procedure for the presentation of abstracts are

available on the Congress website at:

www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/forlive/05_Events/sc.html

We look forward to meeting you and to sharing experiences in Santa Cruz in

November. The Congress Organization Committee

Quelle Montero