SWC2010 International Conference  Submit your Abstract! December 31, 2009 at 24:00 GMT is the deadline! for Early-bird Registration and and for Abstract Submission   PEOPLE, FORESTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: COEXISTING IN HARMONY Casablanca, Morocco May 25-27, 2010   Dear All: After the success of its conferences in 2007 (SWC2007), 2008 (SWC2008) and 2009 (SWC2009), Sylva-World for Development and the Protection of Forests and the Environment, will organize its 4th international Conference SWF2010 on the theme “PEOPLE, FORESTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: COEXISTING IN HARMONY”. This important event will be held in Casablanca (Morocco), from 25 to 27 May 2010.   The conference will explore the conflicting relationship between Population, Forests and the Environment, and will examine long-term problems and their governance challenge from different angles, towards coexistence in harmony between people, forests and the environment, at local, regional and global level. SWC2010 Organizing Committee has designed a broad scientific program, which includes a number of plenary, technical and poster sessions, as well as other fascinating events.   It is a great pleasure to invite you to join Sylva-World’s 4th International Conference.   SWC2010 programme promises to be exciting including numerous prominent speakers covering topics including the latest developments on various themes, such as forest and local development, forest and climate change, forest environmental services, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, man-made plantations, the forecasting of needs and resources, people and forest coexistence in harmony, education and knowledge systems for sustainability, among others. Authors, from all over the world are warmly invited to submit the paper / poster abstracts to the Conference Secretariat by the 31st of December 2009.   For those of you who have not yet registered to the conference or/and submitted their paper/poster abstract, we remind you the conference deadlines:   The call for abstracts will close on December 31, 2009, 24:00 GMT.   All information related to the conference are available in the website www.swc2010.fr.fm  and www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/welcome.htm   More particularly, information related to special conference topics are given in the following table:   Conference Topics Deadline / web address Call for Abstracts: Conference Topics Guidelines for Abstract submission Guidelines  for paper / poster submission   http://sylvamonde.110mb.com/first.htm     Deadline for Abstract submission     31 December 2009   Programme for Accompanying persons     http://sylvamonde.110mb.com/accomp.htm   Registration and Hotel booking     http://sylvamonde.110mb.com/register.htm   Deadline for early registration fees     31 December 2009   Deadline for hotel booking at conference special rate     10 April 2010   Conference Registration Form     www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/RegistrationForm.pdf   Hotel Booking Form     www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/HotelBookForm.pdf   Information for Conference Sponsors   www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/spons.htm     Sponsorship Form to be submitted by Sponsors     www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/Sponsform.pdf     We invite you to join us and look forward to welcoming you all to this exciting meeting in Casablanca, Morocco, in May 2010.   Dr. Mohammed Ellatifi (Conference Chairman)