[PCA] CALL: Call for Papers for CNPS Native Plant Conservation Conference

[Olivia Kwong]

From: Emily B. Roberson [mailto:eroberson at biologicaldiversity.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 2:31 PM
Subject: Center for Biological Diversity NPCC News: California Native 
Plant Society Conservation Conference Announcement and Call for Papers

                    Center for Biological Diversity
             **NATIVE PLANT CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN NEWS **

   The California Native Plant Society invites your participation in

          The CNPS 2009 NATIVE PLANT CONSERVATION CONFERENCE:
                       STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS
                          January 17-19, 2009
   Sacramento Convention Center and Sheraton Grand Hotel Sacramento,
                              California
                            Call for Papers
                         March 1-June 30, 2008
                          Early Registration
                        July 1-October 31, 2008

                           Keynote Speakers
    Jerome Ringo, Past Chairman of the National Wildlife Federation
      Stephen Hopper, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
     John Muir Laws, Sierra Nevada Naturalist, Artist, Author, and
                               Educator

The "CNPS 2009 Conservation Conference: Strategies and Solutions" aims to 
bring together over 1,000 scientists, conservationists, university 
students, public policymakers, professional and amateur botanists, and 
local and regional land-use planners from all regions of the state and 
beyond to share and learn about the latest developments in conservation 
science and public policy. This conference will be the largest of its kind 
devoted to California botany and landscape conservation. Its purpose is to 
identify and promote strategies and solutions to California.s conservation 
challenges and to celebrate its diversity.

The topics to be addressed are online at 
http://www.cnps.org/cnps/conservation/conference/2009/papers_topics.php

****Abstracts for oral and poster presentations will be accepted through 
JUNE 30****

The Call for Papers and Abstract Submittal Guidelines are at 
http://www.cnps.org/cnps/conservation/conference/2009/papers.php

The session schedule for the conference is also attached.

To register and to find out more about conference topics, keynote 
speakers, and sponsorship and volunteering opportunities, see 
www.cnps.org.

Please share this e mail with organizations, friends and colleagues
that may be interested

___________________________
Emily B. Roberson, Ph.D.
Director
Native Plant Conservation Campaign
A Program of the Center for Biological Diversity

1459 18th St. # 151
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: 415 970 0394

Email: eroberson at biologicaldiversity.org
Web:   www.plantsocieties.org
           www.biologicaldiversity.org

The mission of the NPCC is to promote appreciation and conservation of 
native plant species and communities through collaboration, education, 
law, policy, land use and management.

Support the Native Plant Conservation Campaign!
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