The International Council for Science (ICSU) invites National, Union Members and other members to attend the 32nd ICSU General Assembly on 23-26 October 2017. As a member IUBS is taking part in it and looks forward to discuss the union with the International Social Science Council (ISSC) on 25-26 October 2017.
registration and details at ICSU
International Conference on Ecosystems under Current Social and Economic, 8-10 September 2015, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 200 international scientists attended.
Congress: Traits past, present, and future: Quantitative Approaches to paleontology, conservation and climate change biology in Africa
Nairobi, Natural History Museum of Kenya, Kenya, 6 - 8 March 2017
This event will bring together paleontologists, ecologists, and quantitative biologists to discuss how data from paleontology, modern ecology, and conservation biology can be integrated to provide a comprehensive framework for monitoring and measuring ecosystem structure and function through space and time (see first circular, pdf file).
Details at iccbio-website
IUBS is sponsoring the Symposium "Trends in plant-pollinator interactions in the tropics" which will take place in the Mexican Meridia on 10th July 2017 at the yearly meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC).
Details at the conference website
IUBS sponsors the Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), which takes place at Bielefeld University in the North of Germany from 12th to 15th September 2017.
Details at the conference website
The 4th International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (ICIM4) will take place in the Russian Capital Moscow from 18th to 23rd August 2017. IUBS sponsors the conference as well as the attendance of young scientists.
Details at the conference website
IUBS sponsors the attendance of young scientists to the 17th International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology (BIOMAT 2017) conference, which will be organized from 29th October to 4th November in Russia.
Details at the conference website
IUBS is one of the eight organizing organisations of the Science Forum, which is entitled "Mainstreaming biodiversity for well-being: Contributions from Science" and will take place 1st and 2nd December 2016.
The forum aimes to be a meeting place to share knowledge, approaches and solutions, among scientists, policy – makers, and the civil society for mainstreaming biodiversity especially focusing on agriculture, fisheries, forestry and tourism.
The 9th BCGC Symposium will be held during the The 9th International Symposium of Integrative Zoology, which is entitled "Response and adaptation of animals to extreme environments". The conference will be held in Xining, Qinghai Province, China, from 27th to 31st August 2017. It is organized by the International Society of Zoological Sciences (ISZS), a scientific member of IUBS, and supported by IUBS via its Biological Consequences of Global Change (BCGC) programme.
Details at conference website
The 5th International Symposium on Biological Invasions (Borok V) will take place in Uglich, Yaroslavl Area, Russia from 25th to 30th September 2017. Deadline for final registration and abstract submission is 1 May 2017. IUBS sponsors the conference and the attendance of young scientists.
Details at the conference website:
The workshop of the iCCB programme of IUBS will bring together paleontologists, ecologists, and quantitative biologists in Nairobi, Kenya, from 6th to 8th March 2017 to discuss how data from paleontology, modern ecology, and conservation biology can be integrated to provide a comprehensive framework for monitoring and measuring ecosystem structure and function through space and time.
Nairobi, Natural History Museum of Kenya, Kenya, 6 - 8 March 2017
Detailes at iCCB Website
(f.l.t.r.): L.S. Shashidhara (IUBS), Hiroyuki Takeda (IUBS), Erie Tamale (CBD Secretariat), Anne-Hélène Prieur-Richard (Future Earth), Paola Mosig Reidl (CONABIO), Rodolfo Dirzo (IAI), and Lily Rodriguez (IUBS)The side event entitled “Mainstreaming biodiversity for well-being: Contributions from Science” was organized at the conference of the parties COP13, the highest governing body of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Moderated by Lily Rodriguez (IUBS) the participants discussed a declaration on behalf of more than 300 scientists, practitioners and policymakers. The report summarizes why safeguarding biodiversity is essential to improve our ability to adapt to abrupt changes such as extreme climate events or sudden financial market crashes and to transform the deep roots of unsustainable practices and inequity. It was intended to share knowledge, approaches and solutions, among scientists, policy–makers, and the civil society for mainstreaming biodiversity especially focusing on agriculture, fisheries, forestry and tourism. The 3rd Science for Biodiversity Forum was held in Cancun, Mexico, on 1st and 2nd December 2016.
whole report (1.5 MB)
Several presentations to farmers and beekeepers in Chapada Diamantina in Bahia, Brazil by Camila Angel, Juliana Macedo and Blandina Viana. 2015 – 2016
Steering Committee meeting in in Berlin November 2016. We also held bi-weekly Skype meetings from August onwards for organizing the training workshop.
ICB Chair Ellinor Michel presented an invited seminar and extended discussion session on registration of scientific names of animals at GenBank, the global genetic sequence database at the NIH (National Institutes of Health) in Washington DC, Dec 2016. As an annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequence, GenBank is one of the largest, and most influential users of scientific names of organisms. This set the foundation for collaborative working between ICB an GenBank.
Impact of Landcover Change on Biodiversity: Pollinators & Pollination. 3rd Science for Biodiversity Forum of International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) and Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 13), Cancun, Mexico. December, 2016. Presented by P. Kevan
Café, abejas y otros bichos: polinización, diversidad y conservación. VIII Encuentro Colombiano sobre Abejas Sylvestres, Bogota, Colombia 28 – 29 November, 2016. Presented by Carlos Vergara
Pollination in Agriculture: Insects (Bees) and Ecological Intensification. at: VIII Encuentro Colombiano sobre Abejas Sylvestres, Bogota, Colombia 28 – 29 November, 2016. Presented by P. Kevan.
Managed Pollinators for Biological Crop Protection & Enhanced Production. Growers meeting in Fusagasugá,, Colombia. 19 November, 2016. Presented by P. Kevan
Implementación de la Tecnología Entomovector como Herramienta para el Fomento de la Competitividad en Sistemas Productivos Promisorios: Fase Piloto Fresa (Fragaria sp.). Growers meeting in Fusagasugá,, Colombia. 19 November 2016. Presented by Saira Espinoza.
Three international symposia on BCGC during the 22nd International Congress of Zoology (ICZ), 14-19 November 2016, Okinawa, Japan. Over 1,100 participants from 31 countries and regions attended. They were organized within the BCGC programme of IUBS.
The International training course on invasive species 26-28 October 2016 in Hainan, China. Over 50 people from Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Fuji, Samoa, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nigeria, Japan and China attended. The workshop was organized within the BCGC programme of IUBS.
Diversidad de polinizadores y producción de café en México II Congreso Nacional de Fauna Nativa en Ambientes Antropizados. Red Temática Biología, Manejo y Conservación de la Fauna Nativa en Ambientes Antropizados (REFAMA). Querétaro, Qro. October 12, 2016. Presented by Carlos Vergara.
The potential of dispersion of microbiological control agents by Apis mellifera in coffee plantations in the Chapada Diamantina. Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. 20 August, 2016 presented by Juliana Macedo
International training course at the “Research Station of Animal Ecology on Grassland” in Xilinhaote, Inner Mogolia, 29 July to 6 August 2016. Over 20 scientists and students from Germany, Russia, Democratic Republic of the Congo and China attended. The course included lectures, discussions, specimen collection in the fields, classification and analysis of the collected specimen. The workshop was organized within the BCGC programme of IUBS.
8th International Symposium of Integrative Zoology (ISIZ), 25-29 July 2016, Xilinhaote, Inner Mongolia, China. Over 100 scientists attended.
Monitoring Honeybee Health in Canada. Presentation to House of Commons Committee on Agriculture, 30 May 2016. Witness Presentation by P. Kevan.
The next, the 33rd, General Assembly of the IUBS will take place in Norway in 2019 and will celebrate the centenary of the Union.
We held a subgroup research meeting on paleo-occupancy models in College Station, TX, USA, in March 2016. We also held monthly skype calls with this subgroup.
Pollination in Agriculture: Insects & Ecological Intensification. Entomological Society of British Columbia, Penticton, BC. 16 – 18 March, 2016. Presented by P. Kevan
Using Managed Pollinators to Protect Crops: Yield, Quality and Shelf-life: Growers - New Technology - OMAFRA: Is there a mutualistic synergy? An Introduction to a novel technology. Workshop to personnel from Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Guelph, Ontario. 15 March, 2016. Presented by Peter G. Kevan & John C. Sutton
International training course on Forest Invasive species in Central Asia, 23-25 December 2015, Nainan, China
Symposium at IUBS General Assembly, “Biological Consequences of Global Change: current challenges”, 14-16 December 2015, Berlin, Germany
ICB meeting took place during the 32nd IUBS GA & Conference in Berlin, Germany, 14-16 December 2015. (see Programme and Abstracts; pdf 0.5 MB)
Report at IUBS General Assembly, 14-16 December 2015, Berlin, Germany
Symposium at IUBS General Assembly: Biodiversity, functional traits, and lessons from the past, 14-16 December 2015, Berlin, Germany
Symposium at the IUBS General Assembly BioNomenclature: Making nomenclatural codes, concepts and tools fit for modern research, 14-16 December 2015, Berlin, Germany
Workshop: Conservation on a Rapidly Changing Planet, Berkeley, California, US
Editorial meeting to publish a journal issue reporting the DAB results that had accumulated through the workshops and symposia held in 2013 and 2014.
The next meeting of the International Committee on Bionomenclature (ICB) will take place during the 32nd IUBS General Assembly and Conference in Berlin 14th to 16th December 2015. The ICB is one of the scientific programmes of IUBS.
Paleo-occupancy Modeling Working Group, Merced, 19 - 23 November 2015, California, US
Workshop on Wildlife Camera Monitoring, 12-15 November 2015, Jiangxi, China
The 7th ISIZ : International Workshop on BCGC, Wildlife monitoring under global change, 25-28 August 2015, Xi’an, China. Over 160 scientists and researchers from 16 countries attended.
Null Models and Trait Modeling Working Groups. 6 - 9 July 2015, Frankfurt, Germany
Cooperative Studies for PSHB (Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer), 13–19 April 2015, Kunming, China and Lao Cai, northern Viet Nam.
Invited workshop on Digital Nomenclature, The Natural History Museum, 14-17 January 2015, London, UK, Postponed from 2014 with 15 participants.
We organized a webinar focissing on "Bee-Vectored BioControl Technology: Pollination & crop protection together" in 2014. Watch webinar on YouTube
We organized a webinar focussing on "Coffee Pollination in the Americas" in 2014. Listen to webinar on YouTube
PCLIM, International research network about the adaptive response of processionary moths and their associated organisms to climate change, meeting, 16 December 2014, INRA, Paris, France.
The workshop Ecosystem Services and Traits, was organized and held in Helsinki, Finland in November, 2014.
4th International Training Course on Integrative Zoology: Frontiers in Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, 23 November – 1 December 2014, at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 120 trainees from 21 countries attended.
A training course on BCGC was also organized during 22-30 Nov 2014, Beijing, China
The 6th International Symposium of Integrative Zoology (ISIZ), 24–25 November 2014, Beijing, China:
Workshop on plague ecology and climate change was held on 25 November 2014.
The Symposium Ecometrics and Biotic Change, Berlin, on 8 November, 2014, was sponsored by iCCB at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Workshop: Desaster and Biodiversity, IUBS triennial DAB Programme in cooperation with Biodiversity Network Japan. 6 to 8 Sept 2014, Tohoku University, Katahira Campus. Followed by a field excursion to the coastline of northern Fukushima on 9 September.
The 5th International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management (ICRBM), 25-29 August 2014, Zhengzhou, China, also supported by an IUBS young scientists grant.
Workshop titled Traits in Texas: Ecometrics, phylogeny, fossils, and biotic change, at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, on 6-8 April 2014.
International Workshop on Disaster and Biodiversity (DAB), IUBS Triennial Program, Workshop 2. At Chuo University, Korakuen Campus, Tokyo, 28 January, 2014.
First Domestic Workshop, held in December 2013 at Chuo University, Tokyo.
iCCB database meeting, Helsinki, Finland, 1 - 5 December, 2013.
International Coffee Organization, Brazil, September 2013
4th International Symposium Borok-IV, 22–28 September 2013, Borok, Russia; approximately 100 attendees from 16 countries
Two workshops on Biovectoring at the International Coffee Organisation (ICO), Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 9-12 September 2013.
BCGC held a Workshop at the Grassland Ecosystem Research Base of IOZ, CAS, 29–30th June 2013, Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, China with 23 attendees from 6 countries.
In 2008, in order to study Biological Consequences of Global Change, IOZ of CAS set up a grassland ecosystem research base in Xilingol, Inner Mongolia. The major scientific research involves climate change and human activities. By using artificial precipitation, cattle grazing, the research has a focus on population and community dynamics. The aim of the research is provide theory foundation for ecological management in grasslands by solving controversial scientific questions: fluctuation of rodents populations, special mating system, community succession in plants and soil animals.
During the workshop, the attendees exchanged ideas and had a hand-on experience with on-site information.
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5th International Symposium of Integrative Zoology (ISIZ), 25–28 June 2013, Beijing, China; approximately 100 attendees from 13 countries
Workshop on trait modeling, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, February 18 – 24 2013.
IUBS Symposium: Nomenclature for the Future at the European Systematics Conference, in Vienna, Austria, 18 – 22 February 2013. six talks, attended by a 70-100 people at each talk.
Workshop: Biological Consequences of Global Change (BCGC), 21 September 2012, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China
The 21st International Congress of Zoology (ICZ), 2-7 September 2012, the University of Haifa, Israel.
The workshop took place at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland, 5-7 September 2012. Organized as joint conference from the Swiss National IUBS committee and the WSL. Attended by 21 scientists from Switzerland, USA, France, Finland, Norway, Germany, and UK.
Workshop: Biological Consequences of Global Change (BCGC), 3 September 2012, the University of Haifa, Israel
The 31st IUBS General Assembly and Conference on Biological Sciences and Bioindustry, 5-9 July 2012, Suzhou, China
Workshop: Biological Consequences of Global Change (BCGC) + Integrative Climate Change Biology (iCCB) 6 July 2012, Suzhou, China
“Biological Consequences of Global Climate Change (BCGC) and integrative Climate Change Biology (iCCB)” joint Symposium at the IUBS General Assembly, 6 July 2012, Suzhou, China.
Scientific session at IUBS' General Assembly, Suzhou, China, July 2012
BioCode & ICB Workshop, Berlin, Germany, 26-28 April 2012.
Workshop on Wildlife-borne Diseases Control and Management in Asia-Pacific Region in 2011. In cooperation with
International Training Course on New Trends and Methodology on Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, 2011.
Sino-Russian Symposium on Amur Tiger Conservation, 2011
Workshop on Climate Change and Biosphere Reserves in cooperation with the Chinese National Committee for MAB Programme, 2011
Workshop Natura1, in The History Museum, London, 10 and 16 December 2011
The two-day workshop on "Modelling Species, Traits and Climate", was held in Frankfurt, Germany, in September 2011.
The Symposium Modernizing the Nomenclatural Codes to meet future Needs of Scientific Communities (BioCode) was presented during Biosystematics 2011, Berlin, 23 February 2011.
International symposium Invasion of Alien Species in Holarctic, 2010
Workshop BCGC data sharing and research tools, 2010.
We organized one workshops for the working group.
The 4th International Symposium of Integrative Zoology; Kunming, China, 4 to 6 December 2010.
Workshops organised in Berlin, October 2010
