WELCOME to the personal web site of Pierre-Michel Forget. I am a scientist - Assistant professor (US) , Lecturer (UK) or Maître de conférences (F) - at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. I am studying Tropical Rainforests in South America, Western and Central Africa, and I am especially concerned by their conservation. My special interest is Carapa, a tree used by human beings to produce oil. Seeds are also a major food resources for animals, e.g. rodents, that disperse them, thus allowing trees to regenerate, and to produce seeds in a sustainable way. ___________________________________________________________ WHERE I AM NOW : Back to the trees in Guyane.
26 JAN - 12 FEB : GUYANE - Field Trip to Nouragues Nat. Res. 10-22 JUNE : MONTPELLIER - FSD2010 Symposium 15 JULY - 6 AUGUST : BALI, INDONESIA - ATBC2010 Annual Meeting Mid-to-Late SEPTEMBER: RWANDA - Field Trip at Nyungwe Nat. Park. Late NOVEMBER : GUYANE - Tree inventory at Nouragues Nat. Res.
Titles : Causes and consequences of a new gold rush in French Guiana. See my chronicles
----- 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, of the Olympic games, of FSD2010 meeting in Montpellier, and of ATBC2010 meeting in Bali, Indonesia. What a year ! Let's celebrate all this with Robbie the Reindeer and relatives at http://www.fsd2010.org/miscellaneous/frugivores_of_the_month.htm
___________________________________________________________ NEXT Organized meeting : 5th International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal (1985-2010) 13-18 June 2010, Le Corum, Montpellier, France http://www.fsd2010.org
NEXT ATBC Meeting in Bali, Indonesia http://www.atbc2010.org ___________________________________________________________ Image below : FSD2010 logo by Erin Kuprewicz (c) ATBC2008 Association
