This congress will seek to bring together current knowledge on and experience with new market initiatives and international partnerships and their effects on tropical forest conservation, management and poverty alleviation and define recommendations for policy and research on tropical forest management in a globalizing environment.  

dates: 22-23 October 2003  
location: Amsterdam, Netherlands  
contact: Mirjam A.F. Ros-Tonen, AGIDS / University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands  
e-mail: m.a.f.ros-tonen@uva.nl  
www: http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/agids/globalisation