From afp@u.washington.edu Mon Mar 3 13:31:30 1997 Received: from jason02.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.08/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA48716; Mon, 3 Mar 97 13:31:29 -0800 Received: from dante03.u.washington.edu (dante03.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.5]) by jason02.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW97.02) with ESMTP id NAA14576 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 13:29:19 -0800 Received: from localhost (afp@localhost) by dante03.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW97.02) with SMTP id NAA43398 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 13:31:28 -0800 Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 13:31:28 -0800 (PST) From: Audrey Pearson To: "Society for Conservation Bio. Puget Sound Chapter" Subject: FW: Call for Papers (fwd) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII See below. Audrey >>---------- >>From: Barbara@biostrat.demon.co.uk[SMTP:Barbara@biostrat.demon.co.uk] >>Sent: 28 February 1997 21:31 >>To: biodiv-conv@igc.apc.org >>Subject: Call for Papers >> >> BIOPOLICY JOURNAL >> >> ONLINE >> >> CALL FOR PAPERS >> >> >>With the coming into force of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the >>growing policy needs and public interest in many areas of the biological and >>environmental sciences, there is a need for a globally available, low cost >>mechanism to distribute authoritative papers on biopolicy. >> >>This online Biopolicy Journal is a vehicle for contributions on all aspects >>of policy regarding national programmes and their international impact, as >>well as on institutional procedures, national and international law, >>discussions on access, technology transfer, benefit sharing, economic, social >>and community impact, on relationships with the industrial sector, funding >>requirements, educational needs and scientific research priorities. >> >>Biopolicy accepts text, images and videos. Papers are distributed through >>the World Wide Web. The journal is associated with a number of additional >>services, such as a Discussion Forum, e-mail, links to other biopolicy sites, >>software, news. Electronic publishing provides fast global distribution at >>low cost. Authors should note the following: >> >>* all papers are peer-reviewed >>* papers are published as soon as they have been accepted following review >>* all papers are archived with the British Library >>* copyright remains with the authors >>* there are no page charges >>* all abstracts are free to all >>* hypertext links to other Internet resources are made direct from papers, >> as appropriate >>* Bioline is accessed by some 40,000 biological sites each year, providing >> high visibility world-wide >>* instructions for authors are available online, or on request from >> biopol@biostrat.demon.co.uk >> >>Since its launch at the end of 1996, the following papers have been >>published: >> >>- The Convention on Biological Diversity and Microbial Biodiversity: Issues >> of interest to the microbial scientist and microbial culture collections. >> Lyle Glowka, IUCN >>- A Contextual Classification of 'intrinsically wild' food species. >> Margaret Evans, St Hugh's College, Oxford >>- Saving 'wild' food: note on issues needing policy development. >> Margaret Evans, St Hugh's College, Oxford >>- Bioprospecting and the Convention on Biological Diversity: an Ecuadorian >> experience. Raul Camacho and Frances Giaquinto, ISPOCH, Ecuador and >> BioDiversity Ltd., UK >>- Guest Editorial: Access to genetic resources and the Andean Pact. >> Vanderlei Canhos, BDT, Brazil. >> >>Titles under review and due to be published shortly: >> >>- Biodiversity, Intellectual Property Rights and the GATT agreement: >> how to address the conflicts >>- Introduction to the common regime on access to the Andean Pact >>- Tradeoff analysis in planning networks of protected areas for >> biodiversity conservation. >> >>The aims and scope of the journal and the instructions for authors are >>available online. Papers may be submitted by e-mail or on disk in Word >>Perfect, Word or plain ascii format (DOS format only). Text, images (line >>drawings, black and white or colour photographs) and video clips (mpeg or >>QuickTime formats only) may be submitted. >> >>The core Editorial Board: >> >>Peter Bridgewater, Australia >>Vanderlei Canhos, Brazil >>Madhav Gadgi, India >>Rodrigo Gamez, Costa Rica >>Lyle Glowka, IUCN >>Langton James Goree, ENB >>Kerry ten Kate, UK >>Ashish Kothari, India >>Barbara Kirsop, UK >>Tony O'Donnell, UK >>David Pearce, CSERGE >>Phillipe Sands, FIELD >>Mirando Santos, USA >>Bruno Sobral, USA >> >>The URL of the journal is http://www.bdt.org.br/bioline/py >>The E-mail address is biopol@biostrat.demon.co.uk >>The mailing address is Biopolicy Journal, Stainfield House, Stainfield, >>Bourne, Lincs, UK, PE10 0RS >> >> * >> >>Bioline Publications is a science-driven collaborative initiative between >>the Editorial Office in the UK and the computer and software developments >>at the Tropical Database in Brazil. It operates on a cost-recovery basis. >> .