Bryological meeting in Apatity, Murmansk Region, Russia

From 23rd-29th August 2024, a meeting was held in Apatity of Murmansk Region at Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. - the International Bryological Conference and field school for young scientists "Bryophytes: systematics, distribution, ecology, protection", dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Fifty  bryologists , including  students, graduate and post graduate  students from 13 cities of Russia and 2 countries abroad participated in the conference. In total, nine plenary presentations were submitted and discussed, as well as 23 presentation within the framework of three 3 sections: «Phylogeny and systematics of mosses and liverworts», «Ecology and phytocenology», «Flora and biogeography» and six posters.

Details of the meeting, in English and Russian can be downloaded below.

34_Bryological_2024.pdf

Download PDF • 2.97MB

Attendees of the 2024 Kola meeting.

Zagreb, 2022 - tenth ECCB Conference

Venue for lectures on the 10th ECCB conference

The 10th Conference of the European Committee for Conservation of Bryophytes was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 24th to 27th May 2022. It was organised by the Department Biology and the Botanical Garden of the University of Zagreb.

52 bryologists (four of them on-line) participated on the conference from almost all over Europe (Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Norway, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherland). There were 23 oral presentations and 18 posters in a wide range of topics like; From genetic to habitat diversity and how to asses and restore bryophyte diversity, Bryophyte diversity and conservation beyond the national approach, Insights into national bryophyte conservation, Monitoring bryophyte diversity, Species diversity and floristics.

The final two days were spent with excursions in famous biodiversity hotspots and iconic landscapes of Croatia, in Gorski Kotar Mts under Risnjak peak and in Plitvice lakes National Park. The latter is inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage list for its outstanding and picturesque series of tufa lakes, caves, and connected waterfalls.

During the conference ECCB meeting was held, where important issues were discussed as significant achievements of the ECCB in recent years and the future of ECCB (see more in Minutes).

ECCB_Zagreb_Book_of_abstracts.pdf

Download PDF • 1.72MB

Budva, 2016 - ninth ECCB Conference

Attendees of the 9th ECCB Conference in Montenegro

The 9th Conference of the European Committee for Conservation of Bryophytes was organised by the Natural History Museum of Montenegro, and it was held in in Bečići (Budva) from 26th to 29th April 2016.

The conference represented a truly international European perspective, with more than 30 participants from Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Portugal, Lithuania, Estonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Belarus, Turkey, as well as several from Serbia and, of course, Montenegro. A wide range of interesting presentations on the first two days covered many topics on bryophyte conservation, including talks and posters on the current state of knowledge on the flora and distribution of bryophyte species in several European countries, bryophyte ecology in European wetlands, coastal systems and woodlands, agri-environment schemes, monitoring methods, in vitro and ex situ conservation techniques, cryptic species, the usefulness (or otherwise) of bryophytes as phytogeographical indicators and bryophyte Red Lists. There was a particular focus on the new bryophyte Red List for Europe, a collaborative ECCB project commenced in 2015 with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The conference concluded with an excellent Gala dinner. The final two days comprised excursions to some of Montenegro’s finest locations for bryophytes around Skadar Lake and in Durmitor National Park.

Abstracts of the conference can be downloaded below:

9th_ECCBconference_abstracts 2016.pdf

Download PDF • 732KB