Trondheim, 1998 - third ECCB Conference

Attendees of the third ECCB Conference, Trondheim, 1998.

The 3rd Conference of the European Committee for Conservation of Bryophytes was held at the at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim from 30th August to 4th September 1998.

51 bryologists participated on the meeting from 16 European countries (Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland) and even Canada was represented in the conference. During the meeting 18 oral presentations and 12 posters were presented. The following questions were addressed at the meeting: What is a rare species? Where do we find rare species? How to select species for conservation and how to conserve them?

During the meeting a guided tour was organised in the Botanical Garden and on the last two days the participants visited protected areas in the surrounding of Trondheim, which are habitats of rich bryophyte vegetation with several rarities.

3th European Conference.pdf

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Zurich, 1994 - second ECCB Conference

Attendees of the second ECCB Conference, 1994

The 2nd Conference of the European Committee for Conservation of Bryophytes was held at the Institute of Systematic Botany of the University of Zürich, Switzerland from 4th to 8th September 1994.

56 bryologists participated on the meeting from 16 European countries (Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and The Netherlands) and even Australia was represented in the conference. During the meeting 21 oral presentations and 18 posters were presented in the following main topics: the scientific basis of bryophyte conservation, the practice of bryophyte conservation and the realization of conservation programs. At the end of the meeting a workshop was organised in three parallel working groups dealing with the physiological, juridical and political aspects of bryophyte conservation identifying the problems and giving recommendations.

During the meeting the participants could enjoy a guided tour in the Botanical Garden of Zürich and a one-day excursion in Swiss Alps exploring threatened, rare bryophytes and their habitats. The conference was closed by a gala dinner in a restaurant on Zürich’s very own mountain, Uetliberg.

2nd Symposium.pdf

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Uppsala, 1990 - the first ECCB Conference

The Symposium comprised three days indoors at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala and one day on excursion. It was attended by 70 participants from 17 European countries and also from U.S.A. and China. Particularly noteworthy was the presence of 18 bryologists from seven former "Eastern Bloc" countries. In all, 33 papers were presented and there was also an exhibition of posters, some of which were illustrative of the talks. The papers were grouped together for the various sessions.

A summary of the conference materials can be downloaded as a pdf below:

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Attendees (numbered) are:

1 Rydin, Håkan Sweden

2 Andrejeva, Elena N USSR

3 Bisang, Irene Switzerland

5 Hedderson, Terry UK

6 Horton, Diana USA

7 Kooijman, Annemieke The Netherlands

8 Longton, Royce UK

9 Konstantinova, Nadya USSR

10 Cao, Tong China

11 Dirkse, Gerard The Netherlands

12 Stern, Rod UK

13 Wu, Pan-Cheng China

14 Sjögren, Erik Sweden

15 Stewart, Nick, G UK

17 Montserrat, Brugués Spain

18 Schumacker, René Belgium

21 Hallingbäck, Tomas Sweden

22 Sjörs, Hugo Sweden

24 Andrus, Richard E USA

27 Vana, Jiri Czechoslovakia

32 Flatberg, Kjell Ivar Norway

33 Frisvoll, Arne A Norway

34 Urmi, Edi Switzerland

35 Hodgetts, Nick, G UK

36 Greven, H.C The Netherlands

39 Wiehle, Wolfgang GDR

42 Berg, Christian GDR

43 Wattez, Jean-Roger France

44 Lakka, Sanna Finland

46 Virtanen, Risto Finland

46 Hofmann, Heike UK

51 Kartunen, Krister Finland

52 Sergio, Cecilia Portugal

53 Slack, Nancy USA

54 Koponen, Timo Finland

56 Zanten, Ben, van The Netherlands

57 Söderström, Lars Sweden

58 Hedenäs, Lars Sweden

59 Gustafsson, Lena Sweden

60 Synnott, Donal Ireland

61 Cronberg, Nils Sweden

62 Ingelög, Torleif Sweden

63 McQueen, Cyrus USA

64 Jonsson, Bengt-Gunnar Sweden

65 Soltés, Rudolf Slovakia

68 Syrjänen, Kimmo Finland