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.
Keywords
Africa Conservation genetics Biodiversity
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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 SciencesUniversity of New OrleansNew OrleansUSA
2.Département de BiologieUniversité des Sciences et Techniques de MasukuFrancevilleGabon
3.School of Natural SciencesUniversity of StirlingScotlandUK
4.Herbier National du Gabon, Institut de Pharmacopée et de Médecine Traditionnelle, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et TechnologiqueLibrevilleGabon
5.Organisms and Environment Division, School of BiosciencesCardiff UniversityCardiffUK
6.Smithsonian Conservation Biology InstituteCenter for Conservation Education and SustainabilityWashington, DCUSA
7.Laboratoire ECODIV (EA 1293, SFR SCALE)Université de RouenMont St. AignanFrance
8.Département d’Ecologie et Gestion des Ressources AnimalesUniversité de KisanganiKisanganiDemocratic Republic of Congo
9.Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of California Los AngelesLos AngelesUSA
10.Department of Biological SciencesUniversity at Albany, State University of New YorkAlbanyUSA
11.Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, CP 160/12Université Libre de BruxellesBrusselsBelgium
12.Lukuru Foundation, Projet Tshuapa-Lomami-LualabaKinshasaDemocratic Republic of Congo
13.Agence Nationale des Parcs NationauxLibrevilleGabon
14.Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et TechnologiqueLibrevilleGabon
15.Gabon Biodiversity Program, Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation Biology InstituteGambaGabon
16.Ecology and Environment IncArlingtonUSA
17.Department of ZoologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
18.Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et TechnologiqueLibrevilleGabon
19.Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental BiologyColumbia UniversityNew YorkUSA
20.Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkUSA
21.Equipe Biodiversité et Gestion des TerritoiresUMR 7204 Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Université de Rennes 1RennesFrance
22.Institut de Recherches Agronomiques et ForestièresCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique et TechnologiqueLibrevilleGabon
23.Laboratoire M2C (UMR CNRS 6143, SFR SCALE)Université de RouenMont St. AignanFrance
24.Cornell University Museum of VertebratesIthacaUSA
25.Wild Chimpanzee FoundationMax Planck Institute of Evolutionary AnthropologyLeipzigGermany
26.Vertebrate DepartmentRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural SciencesBrusselsBelgium
27.Museum of Comparative ZoologyHarvard UniversityCambridgeUSA