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2005 ANNUAL MEETING SETS RECORDS FOR ATTENDANCE, INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION

The 19th annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Conservation Biology Capacity Building and Practice in a Globalized World, was held in Brasília, Brazil from 15-19 July. The meeting was hosted by the Institute of Biology of the University of Brasília, represented by the Departments of Zoology and Ecology. Miguel Ângelo Marini (Chair), Jader Soares Marinho Filho, Regina Helena Ferraz Macedo, and John Du Vall Hay served as the Executive Committee, with support from colleagues in Brazil and many other countries around the world.

The 2005 meeting was SCB's largest to date, with more than 1600 registered participants. A record number of 68 countries were represented, and more than half of the participants came from lower-income countries. Countries with the highest number of participants were Brazil (~600), United States (~350), United Kingdom (~60), South Africa (~45), and Mexico (~40). Students from institutions worldwide were extraordinarily well-represented, comprising almost 40% of the attendees. John Hay and Lorena Calvo administered a travel award program that subsidized expenses for a substantial number of students.

Both the scientific program and social events were a tremendous success. The 966 presentations included 270 symposium presentations, 369 contributed oral presentations, and 327 posters.

Major sponsors of the meeting were Conservation International, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and The Christensen Fund. SCB and the Local Organizing Committees also acknowledge gratefully the sponsorship of the following.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Wildlife Trust Alliance
World Wildlife Fund - Brasil
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Distrito Federal
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Fundação O Boticário
The Nature Conservancy
Wildlife Conservation Society
Blackwell Publishing
Secretaria de Cultura do Governo do Distrito Federal

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