Dear Colleagues,

We are very glad to inform you that the Symposium on EuroAsian Biodiversity (SEAB-2015) will be organized by Institute of Dendrology Mardakan, Baku/Azerbaijan in collaboration with other universities and institutes from four different countries in the period June 01-05, 2015. This symposium will be held each subsequent year in different countries as Azerbaijan, Turkey, Belarus, Kazakhistan and Russia, respectively. The symposium on EuroAsian Biodiversity (SEAB-2015) will be organized following partners;

• Azerbaijan National Academy of Science, Institute of Dendrology Mardakan (Baku, Azerbaijan),
• Pamukkale University, Department of Biology and FAGUMER (Denizli, Turkey),
• Belarus State University, Faculty of Biology (Minsk, Belarus),
• Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology; Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology; Science Committee of Ministry of Education and Science Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Kazakhistan)
• Russian State Agrarian University, Faculty Agronomy and Biotechnology Department of Genetics, Biotechnology, Plant Breeding and Seed (Moscow, Russia).

SEAB-2015 is the largest get together of scientists, conservationists, environmentalists, civil society groups and local communities in Azerbaijan, an platform to discuss the current status of biodiversity in EuroAsia an inclusive colloquium to forward strategies and policies to conserve the rich biodiversity heritage of the area. Theme of the SEAB-2015 is “Protection of Gene Resources". It is expected that we will have colleagues from related countries for this conference that will represent more than 100 scientific presentations. SEAB-2015 will provide a scientific platform for conservation leaders, thinkers, and practitioners, scientists, natural resource managers, and environmental consultants to planners, environmental advocates, and corporate and public policy-makers around the EuroAsia to exchange knowledge, discuss issues, share innovations, and network. We look forward to your blessings, cooperation and support for this conference and hope to see you at Baku. In the SEAB-2015, we will have ceremonies, keynote addresses, paper and poster presentations, cultural programs and visit to Museums, Arboretum, Botanical Garden during the conference. We are also particularly interested in which approaches are applied to bring novel insight into biodiversity, the selected approaches will be published in IJSM on behalf of the Symposium of EuroAsian Biodiversity. The detailed flyer will be available imminently.

Warm regards to all,

Sincerely,

Organizing Chairs

Prof. Dr. Ramazan MAMMADOV (Pamukkale University, Turkiye)
Prof. Dr. Tofik MAMMADOV (Institute of Dendrology Mardakan, Azerbaijan)
Prof. Dr. Bolatkhan ZAYADAN (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhistan)
Prof. Dr. Zhambakin KABIL (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhistan)
Prof. Dr. Elena KALASHNIKOVA (Russian State Agrarian University, Russia)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Igor SEMAK (Belarus State University, Belarus)