University of Zambia Registration for AETFAT 2020 Congress
AETFAT 2020 LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA (23RD TO 27TH MARCH 2020)
Theme: Diversity and Conservation of African Plants: Challenges and Oopportunities
AETFAT
The Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical Africa (French acronym: AETFAT) is the premium association of botanists and plant conservationists with interest in African plants. Its members and collaborators are interested in the taxonomy, systematics, ecology, sustainable utilization, and conservation of plants. The association is a perfect example of commitment by individual scientists and institutions to use science to generate and communicate knowledge on the sustainable utilization and conservation of the diversity of African plants.
AETFAT 2020 CONGRESS – LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA
AETFAT 2020 Congress is the 22nd edition in a series of AETFAT congresses that have been held every three years in various parts of the world since the year 1951. This edition will be held in Livingstone, Zambia from 23rd – 27th March 2020. The theme:Diversity and conservation of African plants: challenges and opportunities is expected to inspire ideas that will be instrumental for promoting resilience of Africa’s botanical resources in face of human population growth and climate change The outcomes of AETFAT 2020 will include comprehensive and cutting-edge information on African botanical research. The venue of the congress, Livingstone is the tourist capital of Zambia and home of the mighty Victoria Falls and therefore delegates will be able a have an experience of their lifetime.
OBJECTIVES OF AETFAT 2020
The objectives of AETFAT 2020 are to mobilize worldwide scientific expertise to:
- Support scientific identification, naming and classification of African plants
- Explain the relationships between African plants and the biotic and abiotic environments
- Promote sustainable utilization and conservation of African plants
- To document flora of the different ecoregions of Africa
- Stimulating interest in botany and plant taxonomy among young people
- Contribution towards efforts to mitigate climate change
- Contribute towards development of a green economy
- Contribution towards efforts to mitigate deforestation
- Contribution to the vision 2030
- Motivate the private sector institution to invest in plant products innovations and smart green growth
- Mobilize development actors as partners in the sustainable use and conservation of plant biodiversity for the wellbeing of the citizens of Africa
- Motivate financial institutions to invest in the green economy
- Address the urgent need for plant conservation in Africa
- To explain the role of Botanic Gardens/Plant Science supporting sustainable development
- To explain the Biogeography of African Plants
- To document advance in African Lichenology/Mycorrhiza/Mycology
- To explain adaptations of African arid land plants
- To showcase the status of Biodiversity informatics/Databases/DNA Bar-coding in Africa.
BENEFITS OF AETFAT 2020 TO ZAMBIA
- Tourism marketing of Livingstone and Zambia
- Foreign currency generation
- Contribution to the 7NDP
- Contribution to the continental green development aspirations
REGISTRATION
Visit the AETFAT 2020 website to register and submit your abstract at: www.aetfat.org
Looking forwards to meeting you in Livingstone, home of the Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Wonders of the World!
CONTACT:
With best regards,
Prof. Cyprian Katongo
AETFAT Secretary General
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Zambia
Great East Road Campus
P.O. Box 32379
Lusaka, ZAMBIA
+260 977 651 266
REGISTRATION FOR AETFAT 2020 CONGRESS – LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA