The Tropical Biology Association is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation for scientists from Europe and tropical countries, working together to train graduate biologists and build links for research and conservation in the tropics.
It was established through funding from the Darwin Initiative of the UK Government in 1993. Since its inception it has run more than eight courses in tropical biology and has trained more than 100 African and Asian students, and more than 80 European students. Courses are run in Kibale Forest, Uganda, and in the Danum Valley in Sabah, Malaysia.
The TBA European Office is in the School of Biological Sciences at Bristol University. Contact Dr Rosie Trevelyan, TBA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 TUG.
Tel/Fax: 0117 9293338.
Email: Bristol-TBA@Bris.ac.uk
The Centre for Economic Botany at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has established a database on useful plants of the semi-arid regions. For further information contact Dr Hew Prendergast, CEB, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB.
The World Forestry Congress will be hosted by Turkey in Antalya from 13 to 22 October 1997. The general theme is "Forestry for Sustainable Development: Towards the 21st Century". FAO (the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations) cooperates in the organisation of the Congress. The first call for papers has been circulated.
Contact Mesut Y. Kamiloglu, Secretary General, XI World Forestry Congress, department of Foreign Relations, Ministry of Forestry, Ataturk Bulvari 153, Ankara, Turkey.
Fax: 90 312 4179160.
Email: obdi-f@servis.net.tr