Preliminary Programme
FoS AGM
Friday 24th September 2021 Informal Welcome & Early Registration
Saturday 25th September 2021 Registration, Welcome, Conference and Open Discussion Forum
Sunday 26th September 2021 FoS AGM (open to all members), Excursion (tbd), Registration Dragon Tree Conference
Dragon Tree Conference
Monday 27th September 2021 Dragon Tree Conference
Timeframe
May 2021 1st Announcement
30th June 2021 deadline for early registration, paper and poster abstracts submission
25th August 2021 2nd Announcement (with preliminary conferences programme)
10th September 2021 deadline for regular registration, paper and poster abstracts submission
15th September 2021 notification of paper and poster acceptance, 3rd Announcement
Preliminary List of Contributions (Confirmed Speakers, more tbd)
Friends of Socotra (FoS) Conference
Kay Van Damme: 20 years of Friends of Soqotra
Martin Rejžek: Boulders and plant biodiversity
Petr Maděra, Kay Van Damme, Fabio Attorre: Conservation of the endangered endemic Boswellia trees on Socotra Island (Yemen) – Franklinia project
Jana Tulková, Lucie Vaníčková, Petr Maděra: Do frankincense tree resins (Boswellia elongate) differ according to the environment?
Salem Hamdiah & Lukáš Karas: Germination of endemic Boswellia species from Socotra Island versus Boswellia sacra
Abduljameel Mohammed: Perspectives of sustainable development on Socotra Island – PhD Thesis introduction
Petr Vahalík, Rostislav Nétek: Boswellia drone inventory
Kay Van Damme: Water management issues on Socotra
Hana Habrová: Specifics of endangered endemic species conservation on Socotra
Raquel Vasconcelos: Revisiting the genetic diversity of the Socotri people
Julian Jansen van Rensburg: Mitigating climate change effects through traditional land management practices in Socotra
Dragon Tree (DT) Conference
Linnea Hesse: Dragon trees inspire – Biomimetics and modern imaging techniques shed a new light on DTs
Mirela Tulik: Trade-offs between hydraulic and mechanical functions in the xylem of Dracaena draco trunk
Joanna Jura-Morawiec: How does dragon tree trunk increase in girth?
Martin Rejžek: How do dragon blood trees uprooted by cyclones affect biodiversity?
Petr Vahalík: Drone analysis of Firmihin dragon blood tree forest
Lucie Bauerová, Petr Maděra, Hana Habrová: Radial increment of dragon blood trees
Joe Krawczyszyn: Floral biology and resin of Dracaena draco
Joe Krawczyszyn: Dragon’s blood resin of Dracaena draco
Klára Lengálová, Hana Habrová: The population structure of Dracaena draco subsp. caboverdeana
Hana Kalivodová, Petr Maděra: Horizontal precipitation captured by Socotra Dragon´s Blood Trees
Marcelo Rezende, Petr Maděra, Petr Vahalík, Kay Van Damme, Hana Habrová, Tullia Riccardi, Luca Malatesta, Michele De Sanctis, Fabio Attorre: Identifying suitable restoration and conservation areas for Dracaena cinnabari in Socotra, Yemen