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Archive

  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • Research Co-ordination Meetings
  • Enabling Technologies for the Expansion of SIT for Old and New World Screwworm, 28 January - 5 February 2002, Campinas, Brazil; 1st RCM and Workshop.
    Scientific Secretary: A. Robinson
  • Improved Attractants for Enhancing the Efficiency of Tsetse fly Suppression Operations and Barrier Systems Used in Tsetse Control/Eradication Campaigns, 18 - 23 March 2002, Kampala Uganda, 4th and final RCM.
    Scientific Secretary: U. Feldmann
  • Development of Improved Attractants and their Integration into Fruit Fly SIT Management Programmes, 29 April - 3 May 2002, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2nd RCM.
    Scientific Secretary: W. Enkerlin
  • Enhancement of the Sterile Insect Technique through Genetic Transformation Using Nuclear Techniques, 8-12 July 2002, Hawaii, USA, Final RCM.
    Scientific Secretary: G. Franz
  • Improvement of Codling Moth SIT to Facilitate Expansion of Field Application, 19-23 August 2002, Kelowna, British Columbia, 1st RCM.
    Scientific Secretary: Marc Vreysen
  • Regional Training Courses/Workshops
  • WHO/PATTEC meeting to explore public- private-sector interaction on tsetse and trypanosomosis, 23-25 January 2002, WHO, Geneva.
  • Presentation of the status of the peach fruit fly in the Near East to the EPPO Workshop on peach fruit fly 5-6 March, 2002, Paris, France.
  • Workshop on Arthropod Pest Problems in Pome Fruit Production (IOBC/OILB), Vienna, Austria, 10-14 March 2002.
  • Workshop on Fruit Fly Control - Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region” 18-23 March, 2002, Okinawa, Japan.
  • FAO/IAEA/OAU/WHO workshop to harmonise joint international acticities against Tsetse and Trypanosomosis under the Programme Against African Trypanosomoasis and the Pan-African Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Eradication Campaign, 2-3 May 2002, FAO, Rome.
  • Regional Training course on Establishing National GIS Capacity for Ongoing and Planned Tsetse/Trypanosomosis Intervention Campaigns, 6-24 May 2002, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
  • Journalist trip on tsetse eradication in Africa, 12-20 May, 2002, Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
  • Interregional Training Course on the “Use of the Sterile Insect and Related Techniques for the Areawide Management of Insect Pests”, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia , Canada, 5-30 August 2002.
  • Regional Workshop on Tephritid Fruit Flies Trapping and Fruit Sampling, 2-6 September 2002, Chios, Greece.
  • International Training Course on “Fruit Fly Management with Emphasis in the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), Retalhuleu, Guatemala, 22 September to 9 October 2002.
  • Regional East Africa Training Course on Establishing National GIS Capacity for Ongoing and Planned Tsetse/Trypanosomosis Intervention Campaigns, Oct/Nov 2002, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Consultants Meetings
  • First semi-annual meeting of the management committee for the use of the USAID-MERC funds in the fruit fly projects in the Near East. 28-29 January 2002, Vienna, Austria.
  • AOAD/FAO/IAEA harmonisation meeting on intervention against the Old World Screwworm Fly in Regional West Asia, 18-20 February 2002, Cairo, Egypt.
  • Expert consultation in Brazil to assess the “Feasibility of building a medfly mass rearing and sterilization facility in the North east of Brazil”. 19 February - 1 March 2002, Brasilia, Brazil.
  • FAO/IAEA Meeting on “Risk Assesment Transgenic Arthropods", 8 - 12 April, 2002, Rome, Italy.
  • Third Meeting of the National Coordinators of Fruit Fly Projects in the Near East. 30 April - 3 May 2002, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  • Consultants meeting on “Developing product and process quality control for standardization of tsetse mass production, sterilization and SIT release, 10-14 June 2002, Vienna, Austria.
  • Consultant meeting on “Identify and establish molecular technologies to improve the effectiveness of SIT” 8-12 July, 2002, Capri, Italy.
  • Consultants meeting on “Study and control of insect pests of ecological and agricultural importance in North America and the Caribbean using the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT)” Vienna, Austria 14-18 July 2002.
  • Coordination meeting on the Central America Fruit Fly Regional Project RLA5045, Panama City, 8-9 July 2002.
  • Second semi-annual meeting of the management committee for the use of the USAID-MERC funds in the fruit fly projects in the Near East”. 15-16 July, 2002, Vienna, Austria.
  • Consultant meeting on “Identification of improved rearing techniques for Anastrepha and Bactrocera species” 23-27 September 2002, Vienna, Austria.
  • International Conference
  • Presentation of the SIT to the 2nd International Conference on the alternative control methods against plant pests and diseases, 4-7 March, 2002, Lille, France.
  • 6th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 6 - 10 May 2002. For more information check the website: www.fruitflysymposium.co.za
  • 2001
  • 2000