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Royal Society Committee on Antarctic Sciences
RSCAS also acts as the National Committee on Antarctic Science when co-ordinating matters for the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), a subcommittee of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), such as for protected area management plans or guidelines on environmental impact assessment. The committee is serviced by the Royal Society of New Zealand. Latest: SCAR and its Arctic
counterpart IASC (International Arctic Science Committee) have now
issued the plan of sessions for the joint SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science
Conference that will take place in St Petersburg, Russia, on 8-11 July
2008. Natural and social scientists are invited to present abstracts
under a series of session headings that address the themes of the
International Polar Year. Abstracts are due by January 15. For
information on the sessions see the First
Circular;
further details are available from the conference website,
where information regarding registration, accommodation and visas will
soon be posted. Convenor: Dr Clive Howard-Williams FRSNZ, National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research Executive Officer: Eddie Davis, Royal Society of New Zealand ArchiveAntarctica: 50 Years
on
the Ice Conference 2-6 July 2007
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