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Inst.of Advanced  
Studies, UN University
Guide for Authors 
 Internet Conference on Integrated Bio-Systems
(April-Dec 1998)
 
 1) Scope of Paper
The scope of the conference covers the science, technology and practice of integrated bio-systems in agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture, forestry, industry, built structures and in natural ecosystems. The conference will emphasize on the use of integrated bio-systems in human activities and their roles in creating a better environment and to sustain development. You are invited to describe existing and to propose new integrated bio-systems that can be used a wide variety of purposes, e.g. energy and primary food production, solid wastes and wastewater treatment and utilization. Some of the examples are fish-bivalve polyculture systems in aquaculture; crop-mushroom-compost systems in agriculture; integrated agriculture- aquaculture systems (e.g. rice-fish systems); aquaponics and wetland systems for wastewater treatment and utilization; water quality management; solid waste treatment and utilisation (e.g. municipal solid waste-vermiculture-compost-duck systems, and livestock manure-biogas-crop/horticulture systems); etc.. Scientific papers related to the above topics on their microbial ecosystems, their materials balance and nutrients flows, transfer of toxics in the food chains, economic analysis and assessment of whole systems, ecological bioremediation, etc. are also welcomed. Other systems may have a wider landscape applications, including coastal zone aquaculture and resource management, agro-forestry, lowland-upland, urban-agriculture, lakes, villages, communities, industrial and recreation parks, cities) and those at a regional level.

2) Submission of Abstracts
     An abstract should not be longer than 55 lines (65 characters per line) and to include (a) title of paper, author's name(s), present postal address, and other electronic addresses. Please send your abstract(s) to: foo@swipnet.se  All abstracts will be reviewed by the planning committee and upon their approval, authors will be requested to submit their full manuscripts. Abstracts should be clear, descriptive to provide some background information and should identify the main points of your paper.  Abstracts of published and unpublished works are welcomed.

3) Submission of Manuscripts
Manuscript should be written in English.  The draft of the manuscripts (minimum 5 pages) should ideally be submitted as html attachment or on a homepage. It may also be send as a MS Word 7 document. Illustrations and photos showing existing facilities of pilot  research or practice are essential and encouraged; assistance to scan materials (photo, published works, other illustrations) will be provided if needed (contact foo@swipnet.se for help). For submission of published works, authors must obtained permission from the respective journals or authorities due to copyright problems. Published materials should be presented in English.

Please use the following system for arranging your references:
Chen, R. 1997. Livestock-biogas-fruit systems in South China. Ecol. Eng., 8,19-29.
Jhingran, V.G. and Sharma, B.K. , 1980.  Integrated livestock-fish farming in India. In: R.S.V. Pullin and Z.H. Shehadeh (Eds). Proceedings of the ICLARM-SEARCA Conference on Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture Farming Systems, ICLARM Conference Proceedings 4, Manila, August 1979,  pp. 135-142
Ullah, M.D. 1989. Nutrient release characteristics of duck manure for Nile tilapia production. MSc. thesis. Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. 67

4) Date of Presentation
    Presentations may be made on any Monday between 6th April and 8th June or between 5th Oct and 30 Nov. Discussion of a paper may last for 3-4 weeks and authors are therefore expected to interact with participants during the period of the discussion.

5) Deadlines
Submission of abstract: Two months before the date of your proposed presentation.
Submission of manuscript: One month before date of your proposed presentation.