Please circulate this call for papers, panels and workshops for the
upcoming *Leaders in Conservation: Botanic Gardens and Biodiversity in the
21st Century* among your department, colleagues, and graduate students.
The three-day conference (October 23-25, 2014), hosted at the prestigious
Loyola Sustainability Research Centre, will be *the first international
event on the social role of botanic gardens in biodiversity conservation*,
and will bring together dozens of local and international expert
practitioners and academics in the field of botanic gardens and
biodiversity conservation.
Please submit your 250-word abstract including paper title to the attention
of Dr. Katja Neves at Katja.neves@concordia.ca *no later than *July 23rd, 2014*.
Questions? Please contact conference coordinator, Marian Pinsky, at sm_pinsk@live.concordia.ca.
For more information, see the Leaders in Conservation website at:
**http://
<http://leadersinconservation.
