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Biodiversity and conservation genetics research in Central Africa: new approaches and avenues for international collaboration

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A five-day international workshop was recently convened at the Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku in Gabon to enhance international collaboration among Central African, US and European scientists, conservation professionals and policy makers. The overall aims of the workshop were to: (1) discuss emerging priorities in biodiversity and conservation genetics research across Central Africa, and (2) create new networking opportunities among workshop participants. Here we provide a brief overview of the meeting, outline the major recommendations that emerged from it, and provide information on new networking opportunities through the meeting web site.

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Acknowledgments

This workshop was funded by NSF OISE 0968587. Meeting participants would like to thank the Université of Sciences and Techniques de Masuku for hosting the workshop and its Chancellor (Dr. Isaac Mouaragadja) for his support.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 70148, USA

    Nicola M. Anthony & Stephan Ntie

  2. Département de Biologie, Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, B.P. 901, Franceville, Gabon

    Patrick Mickala, Christiane Atteke & Jean-François Mboumba

  3. School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Scotland, FK9 4LA, UK

    Katharine A. Abernethy

  4. Herbier National du Gabon, Institut de Pharmacopée et de Médecine Traditionnelle, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, BP 1156, Libreville, Gabon

    Pulchérie Bissiengou

  5. Organisms and Environment Division, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 3AX, UK

    Michael W. Bruford & Mireille Johnson

  6. Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability, MRC 705, Box 37012, Washington, DC, VA, 20013-7012, USA

    Francisco Dallmeier, Michelle Lee & Hadrien Vanthomme

  7. Laboratoire ECODIV (EA 1293, SFR SCALE), Université de Rouen, 76130, Mont St. Aignan, France

    Thibaud Decaëns

  8. Département d’Ecologie et Gestion des Ressources Animales, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

    Akaibe Dudu

  9. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90092, USA

    Adam Freedman

  10. Department of Biological Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, 12222, USA

    Mary Katherine Gonder

  11. Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, CP 160/12, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Olivier Hardy & Alexandra Ley

  12. Lukuru Foundation, Projet Tshuapa-Lomami-Lualaba, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

    John Hart

  13. Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, BP 30 379, Libreville, Gabon

    Kathryn Jeffery

  14. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, BP 1935, Libreville, Gabon

    Flore Koumba Pambo

  15. Gabon Biodiversity Program, Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, B.P. 48, Gamba, Gabon

    Lisa Korte

  16. Ecology and Environment Inc, Arlington, VA, 22209, USA

    Sally A. Lahm

  17. Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK

    Michelle Lee

  18. Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, BP 1935, Libreville, Gabon

    Michelle Lee & Alfred Ngomanda

  19. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA

    Jake H. Lowenstein

  20. Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 10024, USA

    Jake H. Lowenstein

  21. Equipe Biodiversité et Gestion des Territoires, UMR 7204 Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France

    Jean-François Mboumba

  22. Institut de Recherches Agronomiques et Forestières, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, BP 842, Libreville, Gabon

    Dyana Ndiade Bourobou

  23. Laboratoire M2C (UMR CNRS 6143, SFR SCALE), Université de Rouen, 76130, Mont St. Aignan, France

    David Sebag

  24. Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA

    John Sullivan

  25. Wild Chimpanzee Foundation, Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Virginie Vergnes

  26. Vertebrate Department, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 1000, Brussels, Belgium

    Erik Verheyen

  27. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA

    Breda Zimkus

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Anthony, N.M., Mickala, P., Abernethy, K.A. et al. Biodiversity and conservation genetics research in Central Africa: new approaches and avenues for international collaboration. Conservation Genet Resour 4, 523–525 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-011-9554-9

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