Dear Colleagues, Please find enclosed the first announcement for the third meeting of the 7-03-14 IUFRO working party "Entomological research in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems" MEDINSECT, that will be held in Hammamet, Tunisia, from May 8 to 11, 2012. A website will be built soon, giving additional informations. We hope that many of you will be able to participate. With our best wishes for the new year, Francois Lieutier Mohamed Lahbib BenJamaa Timothy Paine -- Professeur Francois Lieutier Université d'Orléans Faculté des Sciences, Département de Biologie Laboratoire de Biologie des Ligneux et des Grandes Cultures B.P. 6759 - 45067 Orléans Cedex 2 France francois.lieutier(a)univ-orleans.fr Tel.: 33 2 38 41 72 30 Fax.: 33 2 38 49 43 26