XII INTERNATIONAL ETHNOBOTANY SYMPOSIUM

1. Presidency Zohara Yaniv Bachrach (President) Elsa Teixeira Gomes (Vice-President) David P. Crandall, President, Emeritus Secretariat Ronald Chaves Cárdenas (Executive Secretary) Country Scout Officers: Alba Lucía Galeano Hernández, Colombia María Enriqueta Flores Hernández, México Raúl López Vargas, Perú Scientific Committee Adelaide Agostinho, Mozambique Alberto Balduzzi , Italy David P. Crandall, USA Elsa Teixeira Gomes, Portugal Maria Eugenia Marcel Rodés, Cuba Edoardo Pinto, Italy Nazim A. Mamedov, USA Olga Duarte Silva, Portugal Ronald Chaves Cárdenas, Costa Rica Rosa Urrunaga Soria, Peru Maria E. Flores Fernandez, México Walter Ferreira de Oliveira, Brasil Yaqueline Gheno-Heredia, Mexico Feliza Ramon Farias, Mexico Editorial Committee David P. Crandall, USA Elsa Teixeira Gomes, Portugal Janet K. Brewer, USA Olga Duarte Silva, Portugal Yaqueline Gheno-Heredia, México Local Organizing Committee Rosa Urrunaga Soria (Cusco Univ.) Peruvian Auspicers Universidad San Antonio Abad, Cusco XII INTERNATIONAL ETHNOBOTANY SYMPOSIUM September 18th – 19th 2014 Lima and Cusco, Peru Organized by Friends, the University for Peace Foundation and Faculty of Sciences, National University San Antonio Abad, Cusco XII INTERNATIONAL ETHNOBOTANY SYMPOSIUM September 18th - 19th, 2014 Lima and Cusco, Peru With the High Auspice Universidad Nacional S. Antonio Abad Cusco, Perú To Honor Prof. Nancy Turner Ethnobiologist, University of British Columbia, Canada Organized by Friends, the University for Peace Foundation PLEASE REGISTRY WITH International Ethnobotany Symposio simposio@ice.co.cr www.costarricense.cr/pagina/open-university

2. Registration form • Family Name / First Name:… ………………………………… • Profession:…………………………………………………………………… • Affiliation /Company:……………………………………………..…… Address:……………………………………………………………………… • Zip Code / City / Country:…………………………………………… • Phone:………………………………………………………………………….. • Fax:……………………………………………………………………………… • E-mail:………………………………………………………………………… • I would like to present • Paper • Communication • Poster Session • Poster Exhibit • Accompanying person(s) • Family Name / First name:…………………………………………. • Registration fees and Certification* • Seniors (price $) 300.00 • Students (price $) 150.00 • Corporate/Enterprise (price $) 400.00 • Accompanying persons (price $)100.00 • * Including registration, book of abstracts, coffee-breaks, lunch (4 days), welcome party and Certification. • Total remittance:……………… • FULL PACK: x person double room US$1.588,oo • x person single room US$2.030,oo • Registration payment • Direct transferences to: • BANCO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA • SAN JOSE, SWIFT BNCRCCSJ Account: 100-02-080-601894-3 In the name of: Ronald Chaves Cardenas • Susana Sanchez • Peru Trip Advisors: susana@peru-tripadvisors.com • Phone: +511 241 7429 • Models for contributions • PAPERS: 45 minutes, 14/18 pp. (pictures or maps included). Presentations in charge of outstanding discipline representatives. Power point and .pdf documents. • COMMUNICATIONS: Short papers 6/10 pp.; 15 minutes. General deliveries on the symposium’s topics. These may be unpublished writings, or in progress research or results of workshops. • POSTER SESSIONS: 30 minutes. “Indoors” presentations. Original materials on the Symposium’s topics. In author absentia, posters may be presented through a Delegate; written authorization must be presented before the lecture presentation. • POSTER EXHIBITS: “Ex-Auditorium” displays on matters related with disciplines, open to participants and visitors. Delegates may present contributions, under written author’s authorizations. Support will be provided by the local organizing committee. • Deadlines • Registration 20/July/2014 • Abstract receipt 30/July/2014 • Information on acceptance of abstract 10/Aug/2014 • Refund for cancellation 50% 01/Sept/2014 • FULL PACK : All services, including air tickets and train for Cusco and Macchu Picchu. • Cost: $1.588,00 Double Room. $2.030,oo Single Room. • Hotel registration • The hotel and tours booking and payment must be endorsed directly to Susana Sanchez, Liaison Officer for logistics in Peru, mentioning the Symposio registration. susana@peru-tripadvisors.com www.peru-tripadvisors.com La Paz Av. 676 Office 4, Miraflores, Lima – PERU Phone: +51-1 241-7429 Toll Free USA & Canada: 1-888-228-2221 The University for Peace was founded in Costa Rica in 1998, under the auspices of Dr. Rodrigo Carazo Odio (Rector Emeritus, the University for Peace). Since then, the University for Peace has organized 11 international conferences focused on Ethnobotany (Costa Rica-1999, Guatemala-2001, Bolivia-2003, Brazil-2004, Mexico-2005, Peru-2007, Mexico-2009), Portugal-2010, Turkey -2013. This Symposium aims at the scientific exchange across borders and lectures delivered by invited distinguished scientists, short oral communications and posters in Ethnobotany and allied sciences. Therefore, it is a great pleasure to announce the XII International Ethnobotany Symposium to be held in Peru, (September 16-24th, 2014). Location The congress will take place in Cusco, the Holly Capital City of the Incas. Fieldtrips will complete the Journey of Symposio in the unique Sacre Valley (Urubamba) Cusco Old Inca’s Capital and Machu Picchu . • Topics • Andean Food Production • Biodiversity • Bioprospection • Sustainable development • Ethnopharmacology • Ethnomedicine • Folk traditions • Geobotany • Medicinal plants intime and geography • Pharmacognosy • Ethnopsychiatry Abstract submission Short lectures and posters (indoors and ex-Auditorium) related to the above mentioned topics are welcome. All participants should submit a condensed version of their contribution, not larger than a page 8.5 x 11 inches, formatted in Arial font (size 11, 1.5 spacing). Margins should not exceed 2.5 cm in all directions. Everyone interested in contributing with an abstract is kindly requested to proceed to submission by email to simposio@ice.co.cr or to: rosa.Urrunaga@gmail.combefore August 23d , 2014. All abstracts will be reviewed by the scientific Committee and relevant notifications about acceptance or rejection will be sent out to the presenting author until 10 August 2014. Official language: English More information at: www.costarricense.cr/pagina/open-university