[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -- INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE TO A BULLETIN BOARD NETWORK -- ------------------------------------------------------------ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND PROGRAMME FOR PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing the Fourth International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources to be held in Leipzig, Germany, 17-23 June 1996. The FAO Secretariat for the International Conference and Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ICPPGR) will produce the first FAO Report on the State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources and a Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. To promote the broadest participation in this preparatory process, the ICPPGR secretariat has established a Bulletin Board Network (BBN) to allow interested Organizations (International, National and Non Governmental), Institutes, Universities, Research centers and individuals, at a worldwide level, to contribute actively in this process. WHAT'S ICPPGR BULLETIN BOARD NETWORK ? -------------------------------------- This BBN supports the major known communication tools (EMail, Modem to TCP-IP) based on a strong link between a conventionnal Listserv, a Bulletin Board System (BBS) and a Web server. This BBN will provide discussion groups, access to news, documents, databases, maps and many other options. We are opening our system with discussion groups or Conferences on the following topics, but other conferences will be available in few weeks: - "In-Situ Conservation/Crop Improvement" - "Ex-Situ Collections" - "Genetic Diversity" - "Plant Breeding/Improvement" - "Regeneration" - "Training/Education" We will also provide regularly a NewsLetter, where you will find all the ICPPGR's informations and activities, and the new options of our Bulletin Board Network. You are invited to join this Bulletin Board Network, without charge with hundreds researchers to contribute in many conferences and to have access to information from several sources. HOW TO PARTICIPATE ? -------------------- 1) address your e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2) leave the subject line in your header blank 3) at the beginning of the first line in the body of your mail, type the following command: get [icppgr]icppgr-info.txt You will receive an information notice with all the details you need to be connected to our BBN. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ? ------------------------ International Conference and Programme for Plant Genetic Resources Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO Address: viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome ITALY Our Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (39-6)52255871 Fax: (39-6)52255533 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Feel free to distribute this information to other interested persons --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
