[MPWG] Botanical Partners Lecture Series with Dr. Brent Berlin!

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

Please join the United States Botanic Garden and the Smithsonian
Institution's Department of Botany for a new talk in the Botanical Partners
Lecture Series:

"Bioprospecting research, local stakeholders, and the Convention on
Biological Diversity"
Dr. Brent Berlin, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Georgia

Date: Thursday, January 15, 2004
Time: 4:00 p.m. with reception to follow

Location: USBG Conservatory, 100 Maryland Avenue SW

RSVP to Katie at (202) 226-8038 or kpalm at aoc.gov; space is limited.

The Botanical Partners Lecture Series is designed to bring together the
Washington scientific community interested in botanical studies.  Invited
speakers have been chosen to attract participants from a broad spectrum of
the local community who are interested in the botanical sciences.  An
informal reception after the talk will be hosted to promote discussion and
exchange of ideas.  Please share this announcement with colleagues in your
department or office.