Madagascar Symposium at Field Museum

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A last-minute reminder on an upcoming symposium:

"NATURAL AND HUMAN-INDUCED CHANGE IN MADAGASCAR"
The Field Museum
2-4 June 1995

     The island of Madagascar supports countless species of
plants and animals found nowhere else.  Yet environmental
changes--over several time-scales and under both natural and
human controls--have caused the extinction of many species, and
even survivors are now at grave risk.  To mitigate the calamitous
extinction wave now underway in Madagascar and to better
understand tropical endangerment generally, we must carefully
examine the processes that have shaped the island's landscapes,
ecosystems, and cultures, as well as biotic responses to such
changes.
     The Field Museum will convene a three-day scientific meeting
in Chicago to address these issues.  The inter-disciplinary
program will consist of presentations to the general public,
invited technical presentations, scientific workshops, and
contributed poster presentations organized around geological,
anthropological, biological, and resource management/conservation
themes.
     Up-to-date information about the meeting and registration is
being maintained on The Field Museum's gopher (fmppr.fmnh.org
70).  Interested parties are urged to contact the meeting's
organizers, B. D. Patterson and  S.M. Goodman (Center for
Evolutionary & Environmental Biology, The Field Museum, Chicago
IL 60605-2496, Tel 312-922-9410 ext 468 & ext 412),  or the
meeting's Coordinator, Jodi Sedlock ( Tel 312-922-9410 ext 256,
FAX 312-663-5397, Internet: symposia at fmnh.org), for registration
materials and/or additional information.
     The symposium pre-registration fee of $75 ($25 students)
includes entrance to all symposium sessions, a Saturday evening
reception, light refreshments on both days, a copy of the
abstract volume, and public access to the Field Museum throughout
the meeting.  For those who wish to attend Saturday's
encapsulated program, the single-day registration fee is $40 ($20
students).

ADVANCED REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED AND MUST BE RECEIVED BY
 MAY 1, 1995.

 After May 1st, and during the symposium, the registration fee
will be $90 ($35 students) for the three day program and $55 ($30
students) for Saturday only.
     LET THIS BE A FINAL REMINDER THAT THE PRE-REGISTRATION AND
ABSTRACT DEADLINE IS MONDAY, MAY 1, 1995!


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REGISTRATION FORM

Name:

Institutional Affiliation:

Address to which confirmation should be sent:

Telephone:
I will attend all days:                I will attend Saturday
only:
I wish to present a poster (title enclosed):
Enclosed is a check for $
(Please make checks payable to The Field Museum)
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