Dear all 

We are happy to report that there will be an Ethno-ornithology session at the 13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology in May 2012 in Montpellier, France! It's called "Birds and People – research from 4 continents." Bob Gosford and Fleur Ng'weno have volunteered to coordinate and chair this session.

See the Call for Papers below. We hope you will be able to attend and participate! The CISE encourages presentations such as participation of representatives of indigenous peoples and incorporation of recordings, films, pictures, etc.

If you submit a paper or presentation in Ethno-ornithology, please inform us:
Bob Gosford <bgosford@gmail.com> and
Fleur Ng'weno <fleur@africaonline.co.ke>

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Fleur Ng'weno & Bob Gosford
Ethnoornithology session co-chairs

More information here:

Please consult the "selected sessions <http://congress-ise2012.agropolis.fr/ftpheb.agropolis.fr/en/styled-7/> " page of the congress website for more details about the final list of selected proposals. 

Your proposal of individual contribution should be submitted on the following link: http://cise2012.sciencesconf.org.
Please note that the individual contributions should be submitted online. Exceptionally, proponents who have seldom access to Internet are authorized to submit their proposals:
•                Via email to: congress-ise2012@agropolis.fr
•               Via fax to: (+33) 467613336
•               Via snail mail to: Congress ISE 2012, UMR5175 CEFE, Campus CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France

In any case, the deadline for submitting is October 31st, 2011.
Feel free to share this announcement widely around you.
Best regards,

Edmond Dounias
on behalf of the organizing committee