Special Announcement, 04/23/2011

The National Tropical Botanical Garden joins the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History; the University of California, Berkeley, and Jepson Herbaria; the University of Hawai`i-Mānoa, Department of Botany; and The University of the South Pacific as a partnering institution in:

Evolution of Life on Pacific Islands and Reefs: Past, present, and future
an international conference on these at-risk ecosystems.

May 26-30, 2011
East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai`i

The conference will cover the contribution of Pacific biogeographic research to the fields of ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. There will be five symposia, contributed papers and posters over three days (May 27-29), with optional pre-meeting workshops on May 26 and fieldtrips beginning on May 30.

For more information and to register, see the Conference on SI’s NMNH website at: http://www.botany.si.edu/events/2011_pacific/index.htm