Bioversity International

05/08/2009-05/12/2009

Malaysian International Cocoa Fair 2009

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

05/19/2009-05/22/2009

1st African Organic Conference 2009 "Fast tracking sustainable development in Africa through harnessing Organic Agriculture and Biotechnology"
Download the programme here (PDF,46 KB)

Kampala, Uganda

05/22/2009

International Day for Biological Diversity

A tribute to the Guardians of Diversity in the Mediterranean

Multiple locations

Rome, Italy

05/26/2009-05/28/2009

Sustainable development: a challenge for European research

Brussels, Belgium

05/26/2009-05/29/2009

19th EUCARPIA Genetic Resources Section meeting

Ljubjlana, Slovenia

05/31/2009-06/04/2009

Society for Economic Botany (SEB) 2009 - 50th Annual Meeting

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

06/01/2009-06/05/2009

Third Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
for Food and Agriculture
Download here a provisional agenda (PDF, 69 KB)

Tunis, Tunisia

06/01/2009-06/05/2009

6th International Triticeae Symposium

Kyoto, Japan

06/01/2009-06/12/2009

30th sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
– Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and
SBSTA, 6th session of the AWG-LCA and 8th
session of AWG-KP

Bonn, Germany

06/01/2009-06/03/2009

E-Biosphere 09 Conference “International Conference on Biodiversity Informatics”

London, UK

06/08/2009-06/12/2009

Fifth European Botanic Gardens Congress – EuroGard V – Botanic Gardens in the age of climate change

Helsinki, Finland

06/12/2009-06/13/2009

International Symposium: Developing Countries facing Global Warming: a Post-Kyoto Assessment
Download here the Call for Posters (DOC, 49 KB)

Brussels, Belgium

06/16/2009- 06/19/2009

7th International Symposium on Artichoke,
Cardoon and their Wild Relatives – CYNARA 2009
Download here the second announcement (PDF,728 KB)

Saint-Pol de Léon, France

06/16/2009-06/17/2009

Science Forum 2009

Wageningen, The Netherlands

06/16/2009-06/19/2009

Access and Benefit-sharing: Expert Group on
traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources

To be determined

06/21/2009-06/24/2009

XXI MAIZE AND SORGHUM SECTION OF EUCARPIA Conference “Maize and Sorghum Breeding in the Genomics Era”
Download here the final announcement (PDF, 77 KB)

Bergamo, Italy

06/24/2009-06/26/2009

Expert Meeting (EM) in preparation of the High-Level Conference (HLC) on "How to Feed the World in 2050"

Rome, Italy

06/29/2009-07/3/2009

Fourteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic
Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore

Geneva, Switzerland

07/05/2009-07/08/2009

15th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference “Taking up the Global Challenge: Analysing the implementation of innovations and governance for Sustainable
Development”
Download here the Call for Papers (PDF, 88 KB)

Utrecht, The Netherlands

07/06/2009-07/09/2009

International expert workshop on the 2010 biodiversity indicators

Reading, UK

07/08/2009-07/10/2009

Future Agricultures Consortium International
Conference on Seasonality
Download here the Call for Papers (DOC, 1,5 MB)

Brighton, UK

07/11/2009-07/16/2009

Salzburg Global Seminar: “Preparing for Climate
Change: Creating Effective Strategies for Adaption and Resilience”
Download here the program (PDF, 482 KB)

Salzburg, Austria

07/11/2009-07/16/2009

2009 Annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology

Beijing, China

07/13/2009-07/14/2009

Conference on Intellectual Property and Global Challenges

Geneva, Switzerland

07/15/2009-07/17/2009

Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of the
Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture

Rome, Italy

07/18/2009-07/22/2009

Plant Biology 2009

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

08/16/2009-08/21/2009

10th International Congress of Ecology “Ecology in a Changing Climate - two hemispheres one globe”

Brisbane, Australia

08/23/2009-08/29/2009

2nd World Congress of Agroforestry

Nairobi, Kenya

08/25/2009-08/28/2009

1st International IFOAM Conference on Organic
Animal and Plant Breeding: BREEDING DIVERSITY

Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA

08/28/2009-08/31/2009

2nd International on Agricultural
Research Symposium

Athens, Greece

08/31/2009-09/03/2009

1st All Africa Horticulture Congress "Grown
Under the Sun"

Nairobi, Kenya

09/01/2009-09/04/2009

CIGR V Conference  - Technology and Management to Increase the Efficiency in Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Download here the brochure (PDF, 81 KB)

Rosario, Argentina

09/08/2009-09/10/2009

2nd World Seed Conference

Rome, Italy

09/14/2009-09/18/2009

International Banana Symposium: Global Perspectives on Asian Challenges

Guang Dong, China

09/21/2009-09/22/2009

11th Annual BioEcon Conference – Biodiversity
and Economics for Conservation
Download here the Call for papers (PDF, 33 KB)

Venice, Italy

10/04/2009-10/09/2009

19th International Congress of Nutrition 2009 “Nutrition Security for all”

Bangkok, Thailand

10/06/2009-10/08/2009

Tropentag 2009 - Biophysical and Socio-economic Frame Conditions for Sustainable Management of Land Resources and Water Bodies
Call for papers (PDF, 62 KB)

Hamburg, Germany

10/11/2009-10/16/2009

Interdrought III: The 3rd International Conference on Integrated Approaches to improve crop production under Drought-prone environment

Shanghai, China

10/12/2009-10/16/2009

Plant Conservation for the Next Decade

London, UK

10/12/2009-10/14/2009

High-Level Conference (HLC) on "How to Feed the World in 2050"
Download the Agenda (DOC, 92 KB) and the Concept Note (DOC, 146 KB)

Rome, Italy

10/13/2009-10/16/2009

DIVERSITAS: Second Open Science Conference: Biodiversity and society: understanding connections, adapting to change
Symposium Brochure (PDF, 529 KB)

Cape Town, South Africa

10/18/2009-10/25/2009

XIII World Forestry Congress

Buenos Aires, Argentina

10/19/2009-10/23/2009

Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture (12th Session)

Rome, Italy

11/01/2009-11/06/2009

7th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens

Durban Botanic Gardens, South Africa

11/02/2009-11/06/2009

Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 6) (Tentative)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

11/02/2009 11/06/2009

15th Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC)
Download here the first announcement (PDF, 102 KB)

Lima, Peru

11/04/2009-11/06/2009

Seventh Symposium on Plant Genetic Resources for Latin America and the Caribbean (SIRGEALC)

Pucon, Chile

11/09/2009-11/13/2009

2009 TDWG Annual Meeting: e-knowledge on biodiversity and agriculture
Announcement (PDF, 1.9 MB)

Montpellier, France

11/09/2009-11/12/2009

International Conference on Horticulture (ICH-2009): “Horticulture for Livelihood
Security and Economic Growth”

Bangalore, India

11/09/2009-11/15/2009

Eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 8)
(Tentative)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

11/10/2009-11/12/2009

The Third International Barcode of Life Conference

Mexico city, Mexico

11/16/2009-11/21/2009

16th COPAL Cocoa Research Conference

Bali, Indonesia

12/07/2009-12/18/2009

United Nations Climate Change Conference: UNFCCC
- COP15 and COP/MOP5 - Conference of the Parties
(COP), Fifteen session and Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP), Fifth session

Copenhagen, Denmark

01/09/2010-01/13/2010

Plant & Animal Genome XVIII Conference

San Diego, California, USA

03/18/2010-03/24/2010

Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9)

To be determined

05/09/2010-05/14/2010

ICE 2010: XII International Congress of Ethnobiology

Tofino, British Columbia, Canada

05/13/2010-05/21/2010

Fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 14)

To be determined

05/24/2010-05/28/2010

Third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI 3)

To be determined

06/06/2010-06/11/2010

12th International Association for Plant Biotechnology Congress

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

07/03/2010-07/07/2010

2010 Annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

07/30/2010 08/05/2010

Plant Biology 2010

Montreal, Canada

08/22/2010-08/27/2010

28th International Horticultural Congress

Lisbon, Portugal

08/23/2010-08/28/2010

XXIII IUFRO World Congress: Forests for the Future: Sustaining Society and Environnement

Seoul, Republic of Korea

10/11/2010-10/15/2010

Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties
serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

10/18/2010-10/29/2010

Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties
to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10)

Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

01/01/2011-12/31/2011

International Year of Forests, 2011

Worldwide

01/08/2011-01/12/2011

Plant & Animal Genome XIX Conference

San Diego, CA, USA

07/24/2011-07/30/2011

XVIII International Botanical Congress

Melbourne, Australia