Fundación Amurga International Conferences on Insular Biodioversity 2011
Celebrating the recent award of the UNESCO-Unitwin chair for Climate change and conservation of Biodiversity in Macaronesia and NW-Africa to the Jardín Botánico Canario “Viera y Clavijo”-Unidad Asociada CSIC (JBCVC-CSIC, Cabildo de Gran Canaria), the 2011 Fundación Amurga International conferences on island biodiversity will give an updated account of the existing and developing knowledge on the evolution, diversity and conservation of the Canarian flora in the comparative framework provided by the remaining four Macaronesian archipelagos, other oceanic islands, and continental Mediterranean islands.
Some of the internationally most renowned specialists will share throughout a week in the island of Gran Canaria their worldviews of the past, present and future of insular plant biodiversity under the light of multi-disciplinary scientific research. This year, our contributors will cover a wide range of topics in land plant botany, such as classical and molecular taxonomy, reproductive biology, (phylo)genetic diversity, phylogeny, biogeography, cytogenetics, and their applications to understand evolution on islands or to design informed conservation strategies.
Emphasis will be placed on presenting latest or unpublished scientific-technical results and debating ongoing projects, but also on interacting directly through extended informal discussion periods programmed after each day’s sessions.