Group of European Charophyte Specialists
(GEC)
The GEC specialists was founded in 1987, in the widest
sense of this word to include every scientist interested
in recent or fossil charophytes.
GEC means "Groupe
Européen des Charophytologues " i.e. "Group
of European Charophytologists". The structure
is an informal one; there is no membership fee.
Over
many
years, the GEC was co-ordinated by Dr. J.P. BERGER,
Geological Institute, University of Fribourg. During
the 14th meeting
of the GEC in October 2003, the European Group decided
upon a rotating presidency assumed by the organisers
of successive GEC meetings.
President now is: Dr.
Susanne Schneider, Limnologische
Station der Technischen Universität München,
Hofmark 3, D - 82393 IFFELDORF, Germany.
Chinese Regional Group on Charophytes (CRGC)
The CRGC mostly combines its meetings with the venue
organised by the Micro-palaeontological or Palaeobotanical
Society in China.
During the Quadrennial Meeting of the Chinese Micropalaeontological
Society
in November 2004, the Regional Committee was elected
as follows:
- Dr. Wang Qi-fei
- Dr. Lan Liqiong
- Dr. Ping Yang
Contact person: Dr.
Qifei Wang at Nanjing Institute
of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
39 East Beijing Road, 210008 Nanjing, China.
Austral-Asian Charophyte Group (AACG)
The
AAGC was initiated at the IRGC meeting in Robertson,
2004. The aim of the group is to enhance contact and
collaboration among members in the Asia-Pacific region.
It was decided that it will function as an email group
and the possibility of organising a regional conference
was discussed. New charophytists in the region are
invited to join the group.
Contact person: Michelle
Casanova
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