After the succes of Berlin '97, the second symposium was held in Portugal. Between the 4th and the 12th of August 1998 over 100 biology students camped in the National Park of Arrabida, close to Lisbon. The combination of for instance, lectures on species abundances and aquatic ecology, workshops on the European otter and aromatic plants, excursions on speleology, dolphin observation, diving, visiting Lisbon and discussions about molecular techniques and the European Association of Biology Students made it a packed and diverse symposium. And of course, I won't forget to mention the after hours programme; the beach, Scottish dancing, Italian vodka drinking and much much more made this second meeting into a big success.
In Portugal it was decided that Belgium and the Netherlands would organise SymBioSE'99.
Roy Greeve
If you want to have a look at the Portugal '98 site visit
www.terravista.pt
