Pardon double-postings please! 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology; 1 * 5 July 2007 Theme: One World, One Conservation, One Partnership The Governing Board of the Marine Section, Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) invites your participation in the 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology. The Meeting will be Hosted by: The Centre for African Conservation Ecology (ACE) of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and co-hosted by the Africa Section of the SCB. The meeting will feature a diverse array of plenary sessions, symposia, workshops, organized discussions, contributed oral presentations, and poster sessions. The Marine Governing Board is particularly hopeful that African and other international marine conservation biology scientists, practitioners, and students will join us at this important meeting. The Local Organizing Committee for the conference has met with the Marine Section and encourages our involvement in this 21st annual meeting, so this conference offers a wonderful opportunity for marine scientists! SCB is dedicated to effective communications regarding conservation science, policy, and practice in all habitats on earth, with emphasis on both conceptual and habitat-specific issues. The Marine Section Governing Board is striving to ensure that communications about conservation science at SCB reflect an increased consideration of marine ecosystems, both in conceptual and habitat-oriented contexts. Your participation at the 2007 Meeting will help us all achieve this important goal. Also please remember that South Africa has spectacular marine and coastal biodiversity! Calls for proposals for Symposia, Workshops, and Organised Discussions are being accepted now! All proposals must be submitted by 16 October 2006 to 2007@conbio.org Short Course proposals must be submitted by 13 November. Call for abstracts for papers and poster will be from 16 October 2006 - 8 January 2007 Early registration for the meeting begins 15 January 2007. Complete and current information regarding the meeting can be found on the following websites: http://www.conbio.org/2007 (the main website for the conference) Please follow the links on that website to the call for proposals for Symposia, Workshops and Organised Discussions http://compworx.isat.co.za/scb/callsym.htm; and Short Courses http://compworx.isat.co.za/scb/callcour.htm