Intl. seminar on forestry to be held

Intl. seminar on forestry to be held

PADANG, West Sumatra: The Andalas University will commemorate its 40th anniversary today with a two-day international seminar on tropical rain forests.

Organizer Prof. Dayar Arbain said the seminar, entitled "International Seminar on Tropical Rain forest Plants and Their Utilization for Development", has attracted some 200 experts, including 40 from the United States, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Germany and Australia.

The seminar follows on from a 1983 regional workshop on ethno- botanical surveying in Padang, and a 1992 international seminar on rain forest plants in Bukittinggi.

"We hope the seminar will heighten people's awareness of the need for optimal utilization of resources from tropical rain forests, and for sustainable resource management," Dayar said. (01/swe)