Dear all -

Forwarded from the ISE secretariat:

Please disseminate widely:

It is our pleasure to share the attached Call for Participation and
Contributions for the 11th International Congress of Ethnobiology, to
be held in Cusco, Peru 25-30 June 2008, from host organization ANDES
(www.andes.org.pe).

The organizers invite written, video, artistic and other contributions
on the Congress theme: Livelihoods and Collective Biocultural
Heritage. The Call for Participation and Contributions is available at
http://www.andes.org.pe/english/web/Welcome.html.
Congress subthemes include:
- Traditional Agricultural Landscapes and Community Conserved Areas;
- Climate Change and Adaptation;
- Ethnobiology and Traditional Resource Rights: Darrell Posey´s Legacy;
A Special Session on Food Sovereignty and Centers of Origin:
Celebrating the International Year of the Potato dedicated to potato
farming communities of the Andean region will be also part of the
Program

ANDES also invites contributions to the Pre-Congress Workshop in
Tarapoto, Peru: Malaria and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous
Peoples. For more information see the ICE 2008 website, coming soon,
and to the Congress' World Cultures Festival in Cusco featuring among
others a Video Festival, Music Festival and Art Exhibits.

Again, the call can be found at
http://www.andes.org.pe/english/web/Welcome.html. Please link your
site to the ICE 2008 page!

Warm regards,
Felice Wyndham, ISE secretary

--
Felice S. Wyndham, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of British Columbia
6303 NW Marine Dr.
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 Canada

Office phone: (604) 822-2548
Fax: (604) 822-6161
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