ELEN IIIJoint meeting on Neotropical Lepidoptera, Lepidopterists’ Society & Association for Tropical Lepidoptera
The third meeting on Neotropical Lepidoptera and the 2009 annual meeting of Lepidopterists’ Society in conjunction with Association for Tropical Lepidoptera will be held at the city of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The joint meeting will be sponsored by El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Universidad Autonoma de México (UNAM), and Universidad de Colima (UniCol).
ECOSUR is a graduate interdisciplinary research center whose mission is the development and involvement of Mexico in the south border. The programs offered by the center are focused towards the building of scientific knowledge, human resources development, and to design of technologies and strategies that contribute to sustainable development (link to the website).
UNAM: The School of Sciences at UNAM aims to educate scientists, performs and publishes research, and disseminates knowledge through different academic programs to increase the scientific awareness and knowledge within the country. The programs include in Biology, Environmental Sciences, and Sustainable development of coastal areas.
UniCol: Universidad de Colima is a public institution. The School of Biological and Agricultural Sciences at UniCol is an institution where academic excellence, creativity and innovation, and intellectual stimulation are fundamental. These elements are used to promote food production, biology fundamentals, and natural resources conservation to ultimately contribute to the sustainable development of human welfare.
About the place
The city of Chetumal is a midpoint between Mexico and Central America located in the border with Belize. Chetumal offers a blend the best of both Mexico and Central America. Several historical events took place there from the beginning of the Spanish conquest until the total dissolution of the Mayan empire. Mexico starts in the coastal jungle, the land of the jaguar, monkeys, and exotic birds. Chetumal is the capital of the state of Quintana Roo. The word Chetumal comes from the mayan word Chactemal, which means “the place where the red trees grow”. It is located in the Yucatan peninsula off the Chetumal Bay (GPS coordinates are 18°30′13″N 88°18′19″O). The weather is mostly hot and humid and the area is usually affected by hurricanes.
Gastronomy
The state has great influence of Yucatan’s and Belizean cuisine. One of the most outstanding dishes derived from the Belizean food is “rice and beans”, in which the rice is cooked with coconut oil. Tamales, a traditional indigenous American food consisting of steam-cooked corn dough (masa) with or without a filling, are made from xpelón (a local bean variety) and chaya (a large, fast growing leafy perennial shrub), these last one is called “sotobichay”. Puchero (local soup) and Chocolomo (a complex beef dish) are also a local delicacy. In the “All Saints day” “mucbi pollos” (special tamales) and seafood dishes are prepared. These include the cazón bread (tortillas with Shredded Fish and Black Beans), tikinxic (fish marinated with adobo de Achiote and sour oranges then wrapped in a banana leaf and cooked in an earth oven beneath a wood fire), and snail.
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