The FAO Biotechnology Forum is devoting its next e-mail conference to the theme of public awareness and public participation regarding GMOs for food and agriculture in developing countries. This will be the 12th conference hosted by the Forum since it was launched in March 2000. The conference, as usual, is open to everyone, is free and will be moderated. It begins on 10 January and runs for four weeks, finishing on 6 February 2005. All e-mail messages posted during the conference will also be placed on the Forum website (http://www.fao.org/biotech/forum.asp). The public is invited to join the Forum and to participate in the conference.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
To join the Forum (and also register for the conference), send an e-mail to [email protected] leaving the subject blank and entering the following text on two lines: subscribe BIOTECH-L subscribe biotech-room4 Those who are already Forum members should leave out the first line of the above message, to register for the conference.
For more information, contact [email protected].