Letter from Afghanistan

LETTER FROM AFGHANISTAN Malnutrition and Mortality in Kohistan

ACIVIL CONFLICT IN AFGHANIstan for more than 2 decades has caused more than 3.5 million people to flee to neighboring countries, such as Pakistan and Iran, which are among the nations hosting the largest number of refugees in the world. Of the approximately 24 million people living in Afghanistan in March 2001, of whom more than 1 million are internally displaced, the World Food Programme estim...

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Some remarks on Artemisia subgenus Serephidium (Asteraceae) mostly from Afghanistan

When worked out the treatment of Artemisia for Flora Iranica, in several cases no good, determinable material was available, especially from outside of Afghanistan, namely, Iran and the neighbouring Middle Asian regions. This was especially a problem for species of the homogamous group Serephidium. During the work on very rich new material of this group from Iran, collected by V. Mozaffarian (T...

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Letter from the President

I have just come back from attending ECMI 2002 in Latvia. About 150 people took part in the conference which was held in the delightful resort town of Jurmala, about 20km south of Riga. The invited speakers covered a wide range of topics and all gave interesting talks as did the minisymposium speakers and the other contributors. The participants enjoyed the weather and surroundings in Jurmala a...

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