Minutes of the ESRC meetings held in Bergen on 28-29/04/1980 (Chairman: P. Fricker), and in Lisbon on 27-28/04/1981 (Chairman: Ingvar Lindqvist) including lists of participants and agendas.

Topics discussed include: On-going activities and studies such as Biological recording, systematics and taxonomy, taxonomy, energy research, scientific cooperation with China; European Drosophila Centre; UN conference on Science and Technology for development (UNCSTD) and the European Mathematical Council; Recent ESF activities; Future of the ESRC; New ESRC activities and studies (Macro-ecology, structural profile of the earth crust and upper mantle in Europe, Science management); ESRC 1976-1980; Activities of Member Organisations; Nuclear physics; Neutron research; European Geotraverse; Electron Microscopy of surfaces; Groupe européen de Spectroscopie du solide; Dynamics of forest ecosystems, The international astronomical centre on the Canary Islands.

Working documents enclosed for the meetings include: Articles, correspondence, notes, reports; Lists of energy related projects supported by ESF Member organisations; Natural Environment Research Council submission on macroecology; Proposals such as on structural profile of the earth crust and upper mantle in Europe, and of collaboration in Electron Microscopy of Surfaces; Draft minutes of the meeting of the ESRC ad hoc Group on Biological Recording, Systematics and Taxonomy (Bari, 2-3/-9/1980) and of its botany section and Zoology section; Minutes of the ESRC working Groups on the Trans-European Profile (Zurich, 29/10/1980) and on the dynamics of forest ecosystems (London, 06/11/1980); Survey on energy research and minutes of the meeting of the experts group on the ESRC energy research (London, 05/11/1980); Summary record of the meeting of the ad hoc working group on International Peer Review systems (Strasbourg, 24/09/1980); Notes on the meetings of the Think Tank (Obernai, 23-24/09/1980 et Strasbourg, 03/12/1980) and on the contribution to the Groupe européen de Spectroscopie du solide.

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