F_GJL@vaxa.nerc-bush.ac.uk (Gerry.Lawson@cunyvm.cuny.edu.F_GJL@vaxa.nerc-bush.ac.uk, (09/11/89)
The AGROFORESTRY newsgroup is now up and running, and the joining and mailing
addresses (note that these are DIFFERENT) are listed below. We would be
grateful if people in the BIONEWS community would copy this message to any of
their colleagues who might be interested in the subject.
Agroforestry research is concerned with systems for growing trees and crops
and/or animals in intimate mixtures (although we could get embroiled for a long
time in definitions). It links a wide range of workers in the earth, plant,
animal, physical and social sciences.
The drive to start this newsgroup came from the 'UK Agroforestry Research
Discussion Forum' (UKARDF), which is a loose grouping of researchers
representing around 20 different universities, government research institutes
and other organisations in the UK and Ireland. The UKARDF has worked
surprisingly well, and we now wish assist in setting up a convenient medium for
rapid, informal international discussion and co-operation. We hope also that
this newsgroup may prove useful to other organisations (eg ICRAF, IUFRO-Project
Group on Agroforestry).
The newsgroup is what users wish to make of it, but the success of recent
international conferences in Edinburgh and Guelph seems to show that there is a
niche. Unfortunately, it will be some time before good connections are
available in developing countries where the need for agroforestry is greatest.
Requests to join AGROFORESTRY should be sent to:
Address Location Network
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biosci@irlearn.ucd.ie Ireland EARN/BITNET
biosci@uk.ac.daresbury U.K. JANET
biosci@bmc.uu.se Sweden Internet
biosci@net.bio.net U.S.A. Internet/BITNET
Messages to AGROFORESTRY should be sent to:
Address Location Network
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ag-forst@irlearn.ucd.ie Ireland EARN/BITNET
ag-forst@uk.ac.daresbury U.K. JANET
agroforestry@bmc.uu.se Sweden Internet
agroforestry@net.bio.net U.S.A. Internet/BITNET
or
ag-forst@net.bio.net U.S.A. Internet/BITNET
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(Pro tempore Convenor of Agroforestry Newsgroup)
Gerry Lawson, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Bush Estate, Edinburgh EH26 0QB
TEL: +31 445 4343 TELEX: 72579 FAX: +31 445 3943
JANET: f_gjl@uk.ac.nbu.va
Internet: f_gjl%vaxa.nerc-bush.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu
EARN/BITNET: f_gjl%vaxa.nerc-bush.ac.uk@UKACRL
UUCP: f_gjl%vaxa.nerc-bush.ac.uk@ukc.uucp
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