[APWG] Fwd: Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds (fwd)

[Olivia Kwong]

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*It's coming soon - Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on
Biological Control of Weeds *

*Description: *

The XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds was held on
Sept 11-16, 2011, Waikoloa, Hawaii, United States. A total of 208
participants from 78 organizations in 19 countries gathered at the Waikoloa
Beach Marriott on the Big Island of Hawaii.

The Symposium's scientific program included a total of 85 oral and 135
poster presentations organized around nine themes: 1) Pre-Release Testing
of Weed Biological Control Agents; 2) Emerging Issues in Regulation of
Biological Control; 3) Non-Traditional Biological Control Agents; 4) Target
and Agent Selection; 5) Prospects for Weed Biological Control in Pacific
Islands;  6) Integrating Biocontrol and Restoration of Ecosystems; 7)
Ecological and Evolutionary Processes; 8) Social and Economic Assessments
of Biological Control; and 9) Post-Release Evaluation and Management. Five
workshops were also held during evening time:  1) Is Classical Biocontrol
an "Old Science" Paradigm Losing its Way? 2) The International Convention
on Protecting Endemic Biodiversity; 3) Wild Gingers (Hedychium spp.); 4)
Best Management Practices for Communication of Weed Biocontrol; and 5)
Biological Control of Fireweed: Past, Present and Future Directions.

There are total of 224 presentations including 36 papers, 183 abstracts,
and five workshop summaries included in the 530-page Proceedings. They are
grouped into ten chapters in accordance with the nine themes/sessions and
the five workshops at the Symposium.

*Citation: *

Wu, Yun; Johnson, Tracy; Sing, Sharlene; Raghu, S.; Wheeler, Greg; Pratt,
Paul; Warner, Keith; Center, Ted; Goolsby, John; and Reardon, Richard,
Editors. 2013. Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on
Biological Control of Weeds. USDA Forest Service, FHTET-2012-07. 530p.

*Request a copy: *

If you attended the symposium in 2011, you will receive a hard copy of the
Proceedings. Please contact Tracy Johnson at tracyjohnson at fs.fed.us
or Sharlene Sing at ssing at fs.fed.us if you have questions regarding your
hard copy.

There are 100 extra hard copies printed for those people who are either
working or interesting in the field of biological control of weeds/invasive
plants but were unable to attend the symposium.

If you are interested in getting a hard copy of the Proceeding, please
contact Richard Reardon at rreardon at fs.fed.us or Yun Wu at ywu at fs.fed.us.

In the near future, the Proceedings will be put online at
http://www.invasive.org/library/index.cfm.