PES Lessons from Costa Rica

Here's an interesting article written by Ms Rohini Nilekani, Executive Board Member, ATREE published in today's Hindu.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/03/stories/2007080354281300.htm

Contributed by Nithin, ATREE Librarian

Workshop on Biodiversity databases, Eco-informatics and Niche Modelling tools at EIC

Dear Friends,

The Eco-Informatics Centre is organizing a one day workshop on 31 st August, 2007 at ATREE. Dr Townsend Peterson from the University of Kansas and Dr Shaily Menon from the Grant Valley University are the resource persons on this day.

Dr Peterson will give two talks on biodiversity databases and informatics to applications of ecological niche modeling in a wide range of areas from testing hypotheses related to species distribution and biogeography presentation. One of the talks will be tailored to a more general audience of ATREE and the second one will be more specialized for those interested in exploring how to apply it to their current research. Dr Shaily Menon will present her work on Asian nuthatch ecology and geography. The afternoon session will cover technical details of Niche Modelling tools, followed by a discussion session.

All of you are invited to attend the presentations and to be a part of the discussion session. I will update you with details (time and topics of their presentations) soon. Please mark the dates in your diary.

Best Regards,

Maya Rajasekharan
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Co-ordinator
Eco-informatics Centre
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
Hebbal, Bangalore, India

e-mail: maya.rajasekharan@atree.org
Website: http://www.ecoinfoindia.org/
Phone: +91 80 23638771 ext-35
Fax: +91 80 23530070