Shenzhen, China, 23–29 July 2017

The Chinese botanical community invites you to Shenzhen, China in July 2017 to participate in the XIX International Botanical Congress. The community grows enormously in the past decades in number of members, capability of creativeness, and importance in international biological sciences. Developing international collaboration is a basic strategy of its members for mutual benefits and discovering integrated solutions for addressing global issues.

The Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate change, Yannis Maniatis signed on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 the Minister’s Decision for the approval of the National Biodiversity Strategy with a 15-year duration and the Action Plan for Biodiversity with a 5-year duration.

Here you can download the Government Gazette (in Greek), the National Biodiversity Strategy and the list of Contributors.

OPTIMA Iter Lichenologicum

Τhe first OPTIMA Iter Lichenologicum will be held from 15 to 25 June 2015 in Armenia by Arsen Gasparyan and the OPTIMA commission for Lichens.

Visit the webpage http://lichenology.am/international-lichenological-excursion-to-armenia/

University of Bayreuth, Germany, January 8th – 12th, 2015

The University of Bayreuth welcomes the International Biogeography Society for its 7th international conference. This modern research university has a major focus on ecological research housed in the Bayreuth Center for Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER). Novel concepts for research and teaching are established such as the Ecological-Botanical Gardens and the Global Change Ecology study program.

The 7th Greek Ecology Conference is being organized by the Hellenic Ecological Society, the Hellenic Botanical Society and the Hellenic Zoological society in Mytilene on October 9-12 2014.

Visit the conference's webpage: https://www.helecos.gr/el/activities/helecos-congresses/7th-congress

The single day conference "Genetic Resources: Greece and the challenge of applying the Nagoya Protocol in the E.U." is being organized by the Greek Society of Environmental Law on Monday 9.12.2013, 9.30-15.00, in the Conference Room of the Athens Bar Association.

Get the invitation in pdf format.

The two-volume work entitled "The Red Data Book of Rare and Threatened Plants of Greece", was published in 2009, as a result of a collective work, in which 89 botanical scientists or amateurs participated, of which 74 are Greeks and 15 foreigners.