Summer school is starting soon at the department

We are pleased toannounce that theInternational Summer School(workshop)on "The flora and vegetationdynamics of theIli-Balkhash region. Biodiversity Conservation inCentralAsia"will be held 20-28May 2013in Almatyat the Departmentof Biodiversityand Bioresources. SummerSchool organized bythe Al-FarabiKazakh NationalUniversity, in cooperationwith theCentral Asian Biodiversity Network (CABNET),with the support of the University ofthe ErnstMoritzArndt(Greifswald, Germany), the Foundation for the Conservation of NatureMichael Succow(Germany).

Summer schooltraditionally consideredas an importanttool for the exchangeof best practices inthe interactionsbetween universitiesfor research andconservationin aridareas of CentralAsia.
The objective of the summer school-provide researchers, who working inthe field of ecology, biodiversity conservation, withthe opportunityto share their ownresults (including preliminary) and get to knowwith colleague’s research.
Withinof the summer schoolis plannedpreparationof joint educationalprograms andtwo diplomaprogramsof education,to discussa wide rangeof issueson biodiversity conservation,creation of a virtual platform, transfer of knowledge and methods through shared teaching and research. Will be discussedfollowing questions:

The Formatof reports 15 min + 5minutesfor discussion.
Workshop`s languageis English.
Ifyou plan to participateinworkshop, please contact the Organizing Committee bye-mail: Alina.Zhaglovskaya@kaznu.kz, workshop.almaty@gmail.comwith your name, place of study/researchandformyour participation- a possiblespeaker/listener.

Organizers:
Department ofBiodiversityand Bioresources, Chair ProfessorS.S.Aidosova

Al-Farabi str. 71, 050040 Almaty,

Kasakhstan

Tel.: +7 (7273) 773335 (work, Fakultät)

E-mail: Saule.Aidosova@kaznu.kz