FIRST CIRCULAR

Members:
Prof. R.F.E. Crang (U.S.A.)
Prof. J.N.B. Bell (U.K.)
Prof. Dr. Krystyna Grodzinska (Poland)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Seiler (Germany)
Prof. Dr. J. Fuhrer (Switzerland)
Prof. T.W. Ashenden (U.K.)
Prof. S.V. Krupa (U.S.A.)
Prof. Satu Huttunen (Finland)
Dr. Frank Murray (Australia)
Prof. Michael O. Angelidis (Greece)
Dr. Henrik Saxe (Denmark)
Prof. Dr. M. de Lourdes de Bauer (Mexico)
Prof. J.S. Singh (India)
Prof. Kamal S. Bawa (U.S.A.)
Dr. Jean Pierre Garrec (France)
Prof. Edward H. Lee (Taiwan)
Prof. C.K. Varshney (India)
Dr. Purushottam Shrestha (Nepal)
Prof. Charles Mulchi (U.S.A.)
Dr. Andreas Klumpp (Germany)
Prof. Darakhshan Ahmad (Canada)
Prof. G. Blake (France)
Dr. J.D. Barnes (U.K.)
Dr. J.H.B. Garner (U.S.A.)

Convener:
Dr. P. Pushpangadan (India)

An International Conference on Plants and Environmental Pollution (ICPEP-2) was jointly organised by International Society of Environmental Botanists and National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India during 26-30 November, 1996. The Conference was co-sponsored by Commonwealth Science Council, London; IUBS, Paris; Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India; Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi; U.P. Council of Science & Technology, Lucknow and the University of Lucknow.

This highly successful Conference, organised for the first time in this field in India, was attended by nearly 200 delegates from India, U.K., U.S.A., Canada, Germany, France, Japan, Sweden, Greece, Slovakia, Russia, Philippines, The Netherlands, Malaysia, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

On the conclusion of the five-day meet, a set of recommendations were drafted by a panel of experts which were discussed at a plenary session and forwarded to relevant national and international agencies for implementation. Full Proceedings of the Conference have been published and released by Kluwer Academic, The Netherlands in September 2000.

During the course of the deliberations of ICPEP-96 it was decided to organise such international conferences on a regular basis after every 3-5 years. This suggestion was accepted by the authorities of NBRI and ISEB.

Accordingly, it was decided to organise the Second International Conference on Plants and Environmental Pollution (ICPEP-2) during 15-19 November, 2001, at the National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow. The Conference will be jointly organised by ISEB and NBRI broadly following the pattern and frame work of the first conference (ICPEP-96).

The venue of the Conference will be the National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow, which is one of the most prestigious and internationally reputed multidisciplinary plant science research institutes of India, under the aegis of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India. ISEB is also permanently based at NBRI.

Lucknow, a city of over 2.5 million people, is the capital of north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located 500 km South-East of Delhi and is connected directly by air with New Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Patna, Varanasi and Sharjah (U.A.E.); and by rail/road with all major Indian cities. Besides being a historical city, it is a major research and educational centre with a big concentration of biological, biomedical, agricultural, horticultural, palaeobotanical, engineering, technological and management institutes which are existing in harmony with equally prestigious centres of art, culture, music, literature and education.

Scientific/Technical Programme

Detailed scientific/technical programme will be drawn up by a committee of experts and communicated to interested individuals through the Second Circular. The Conference is expected to cover the following broad themes/areas of R&D. The participants, while filling the enclosed Pre/registration form are required to indicate the serial number of one or more themes/areas in which they are interested. They may also, indicate their own choice (if not covered presently) under suggestions column:

1. Climate change and Agricultural Production
a. CO₂enrichment
b. O₃ depletion
c. Methane efflux
d. Increased UV-B radiation
e. Paleo-environment/Paleo-climate

2. Environmental Pollution and Bio-diversity

3. Environmental Biotechnology

4. Plant Response to Environmental Pollution
a. Morphological, anatomical, ultra-structural
b. Physiological, biochemical, molecular
c. Genotoxic/Cytotoxic

5. Bioindication & Bio-remediation

6. Environmental Impact Assessment
a. Bio-aesthetic planning and green belt designing
b. Fly-ash, land-fills and mining areas reclamation
c. Conservation of cultural heritage
d. Wetland restoration

7. Environmental education, Mass awareness, Legislation and Economic Impact

In addition to above mentioned scientific themes, invited lectures/lead lectures/special lectures will be delivered by experts on some of the following topics:

a. Bio-pesticides, Bio-fuels, Bio-energy
b. Recycling, waste management and eco-friendly technologies
c. Radio-activity
d. Disaster Management
e. Indoor pollution
f. Eco-tourism
g. Trans-boundary pollution and global tensions
h. Environmental laws and judicial activism
i. Noise pollution
j. Environmental migrants/refugees
k. Environmental modeling
l. Bio-piracy
m. Eco-education
n. Organic farming
o. Eco-friendly technology development
p. Bio-informatics

Registration

All delegates will be registered by filling up the Registration form and paying the registration fee by due date which will be announced in the second circular. While tentative schedule of registration fee is given below, date of opening and closing of registration and mode of payment and other relevant information will be given in the Second Circular, which will be released on 15 December, 2000.

Registration fee Indian (Rs.) Foreign/NRIs (US $)

Ordinary 2000 (+500 AT) 350 (+150 AT)

Students 1000 (+500AT) 150 (+150 AT)

Industry/Institutional 25000 5000

Accompanying person 1000 (+500 AT) 150 (+150 AT)

(‘AT’ – Charges for accommodation and transport for the full duration of the Conference)

A 20% discount in basic registration fee (excluding accommodation and transport) will be allowed to all bonafide members of the International Society of Environmental Botanists and staff members of NBRI.

Accommodation and Transport

Delegates are required to arrange their own accommodation and transport during their stay in Lucknow.

The organisers will, however, try to arrange accommodation, on request, for a limited number of delegates, in guest houses/hostels of local R&D institutes for which the delegates will have to intimate in advance. The charges for guest house/hostel accommodation for a period of five days are indicated under parenthesis above as ‘AT’. This includes transportation from place of stay to the venue of the conference and back.

Intending participants should send the information mentioned in the enclosed pre-registration form by mail/e-mail/fax to Dr. K.J. Ahmad, Organising Secretary, ICPEP-2, National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001, India latest by 30 November, 2000.

Phones: Office +91-(0)-522-205831-35 Ext. 223

Res.: +91-(0)-522-269269/308822/211914/354905

Fax: +91-(0)-522-205836/205839

E-mail: nbri@lw1.vsnl.net.in

directornbri@satyam.net.in

afarooqui_ 2000@yahoo.com

behl@greenmail.net

Website: http://www.icpep.org

Second Circular will be mailed only to those, who have filled the Pre-registration form before 30 November, 2000. There is no fee for Pre-registration.

Second International Conference

Plants and Environmental Pollution

(ICPEP-2)

November 15-19, 2001

PRE-REGISTRATION FORM

(Photocopy may also be used)

Name ………………………………………………………………………………………………

Sex: M/F…………………………………..…………………..…………………………………...

Position/Designation: ……………………………………………………………………………..

Address: …………………………………………………………………………………………..

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Phone:…………………………………………………………………………………………….

Fax:……………………………………………………………………………………………….

E-mail:……………………………………………………………………………………………

Themes/areas of interest (S.No.)…………………………………………………………………

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Suggestions, if any:………………………………………………………………………………

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Accompanying person:……………………………………………….………………………….

I am interested in participating in ICPEP-2. Please mail future circulars, registration form and other relevant information to me.

Date: Signature

No Registration fee payable with this form

Note: Any future change in address should be intimated

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Mail to:Dr. K.J. Ahmad, Organising Secretary, ICPEP-2, National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001 (India).