Global Conference - Hanoi Vietnam

14 to 18 September 2008

"IMPACT OF THE GLOBALISATION ON THE
ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES"

On behalf of Rare Breeds International (RBI), the National Institute of Animal Husbandry (NIAH;
Hanoi, Vietnam) is pleased to invite you and your colleagues to the 7th Global Conference on the
Conservation of Domestic Animal Genetic Resources to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam in September
2008.
Past RBI global conferences have brought scientists and conservationists together with one common
goal – the conservation of global farm animal genetic resources – and the proceedings of these
meetings have become valuable references on the characterisation and management of Animal
Genetic resources.
The conference is part of a series of conferences, started in 1989 in United Kingdom and held in every
third year typically in a region that is rich in Animal Genetic Resources (AnGR). Following the
traditions of earlier RBI Global Conferences (1991 Hungary, 1994 Canada, 1997 Nepal, 2000 Brazil,
2005 South Africa), the next conference will be held in Vietnam, autumn 2008. The aims are to
enforce the Conservation of Domestic Animal Genetic Resources, to reintroduce the AnGR in the
agrarian environment, to reinforce the conservation and development of traditional farming.

It is a great pleasure for the organisers to invite you to participate in this meeting and to ask you to
submit a paper or poster on subjects related to the sessions and main topics. We therefore look
forward to meeting old friends and making new ones in the global AnGR community and to
strengthening the conservation movement through sustainable use of AnGR.

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT, CALL FOR PAPERS, INFORMATION ON ACCOMMODATION AND STUDY TOURS