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International Symposium: Breeding Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and
II Latin American Symposium on Production of Medicinal, Aromatic and Condiment
Plants<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P></DIV>
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is a great pleasure to invite you to attend the “<I>III International Symposium:
Breeding Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants</I>” and the “<I>II Latin
American Symposium on Production of Medicinal, Aromatic and Condiment
Plants</I>” that will take place in Campinas, SP, Brazil, from 5 to
8<SUP>th</SUP> July 2004. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>The events are
intended to be a unique opportunity for the International scientific community
to interact with each other and with Brazilian research groups on breeding,
conservation, production systems and other themes related to medicinal and
aromatic plants and spices. </SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">The
events will address major international issues concerning medicinal and aromatic
plants through conferences and discussion panels on hot topics such as the
environmental (biodiversity and traditional knowledge conservation, sustainable
harvesting), agricultural (breeding, genetic resources, production systems,
quality aspects), health (pharmaceutical research, biotechnology), and policy
aspects (patents and legislation).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">We
expect the participation of scientific professionals and other interested
persons from many countries around the world to present their recent research
findings and exchange information during the conferences, discussion panels and
through oral or poster presentations. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
details and scientific program are provided at <A
href="http://www.ismap.com.br/">www.ismap.com.br</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The coordinators of the organization
committee are Dr. Pedro Melillo de Magalhães, from CPQBA-UNICAMP, Brazil
(</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><A
href="mailto:pedro@cpqba.unicamp.br">pedro@cpqba.unicamp.br</A></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">) and Prof. Lin Chau Ming, from
UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil (</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><A
href="mailto:linming@fca.unesp.br">linming@fca.unesp.br</A></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Communicated
by Dr. Maria Beatriz Perecin, Agronomic Institute (Instituto Agronomico), IAC,
Campinas, Brazil (<A
href="mailto:beatriz@iac.sp.gov.br">beatriz@iac.sp.gov.br</A>), of the
organization committee.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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