Bioprospecting of Amazonian microorganisms and plant secondary metabolites - Workshop and course

Projektinformationen

MICRODIV2

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 505250

Projekt abgeschlossen

Startdatum 15 Februar 2004

Enddatum 14 August 2004

Finanziert unter

• Specific measures in support of international cooperation: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Gesamtkosten € 35 620,00

EU-Beitrag € 35 000,00

Koordiniert durch

AMAZONIA NETWORK
Austria

Ziel

The proposed workshop and course will transfer of skilled knowledge in basic research, economic opportunities of biotechnology and initiation of an awareness rising process of the sensitive ethical questions according to this topic. Transfer of practical know-how in prospecting strategies, identification of micro organism, and characterization of plant secondary metabolites, from European universities (Austria and Finland), to universities, other educative organizations and private enterprises in Pan-Amazonian. Widen an international expert-network, to transform Amazonian biodiversity into added value and regulate the access to genetic resources and the sharing of the benefits arising from their use, with a view to provide compensation to the centres of origin of genetic resources and the holders of traditional knowledge used in biotechnological inventions, as postulated by the Convention on Biological Diversity Therefore the organization activities will focus on a 3 weeks PRACTICAL COURSE for training experts, professionals and students in microbiological, chemical and molecular biological methods, followed by a 3 days WORKSHOP, bringing together high level experts from Europe and Pan-Amazonian to a sustainable network of scientific cooperation.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• natural sciences › biological sciences › microbiology › bacteriology
• natural sciences › biological sciences › microbiology › mycology
• natural sciences › biological sciences › biodiversity conservation
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems

Programm/Programme

• FP6-INCO - Specific measures in support of international cooperation: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Thema/Themen

• INCO-A - Developing Countries

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

FP6-2002-INCO-DEV/SSA-1
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Finanzierungsplan

SSA - Specific Support Action

Koordinator

AMAZONIA NETWORK

• EU-Beitrag: Keine Daten
• Adresse: Ferdinand Loewestrasse, 21/3 ; VIENNA ; Österreich
• Gesamtkosten: Keine Daten

Beteiligte (1)

CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y MANEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES RENOVABLES

Bolivien

• EU-Beitrag: Keine Daten
• Adresse: Av. Irala 565 Edif. UAGRM 3er Piso ; SANTA CRUZ
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