Symposium "Trees and other plants of the cosmetopoeia: prospects for innovation and promote of sectors in the Overseas Territories "

This conference will address the promotion of natural products from trees and other plants of ultramarine cosmetopeia in the field of health food and cosmetics from actions carried out in overseas territories. These actions will integrate the ancestral knowledge and knowledge of the indigenous peoples and will participate in the maintenance of a sustainable and balanced natural environment while preserving and enhancing the exceptional biodiversity of the French overseas territories associated with traditional knowledge.

This conference will be structured around 3 themes:

1. Research and development activities

This theme aims to present the potential and richness of biodiversity as resources to be valued;

2. Emergence and structuring of the sector

This theme aims to support companies in their development by sharing knowledge and experiences.

3. Promotion, innovation and transfer

This theme aims to propose strategies for promotion and transfer in an innovative and eco-responsible framework while highlighting local actors through their practices and knowledge.

The program is structured around 3 days from March 28 to 30, 2022:

  • 1st day in Cayenne: plenary conferences at the Territorial Collectivity of Guyana
  • 2nd day in Cacao: workshops (APA, transfer, training, help with setting up projects, etc.) and visit to Aquilaria plantations among farmers,
  • 3rd day in Cayenne: lectures in the morning and visit to local innovative companies.

Published: 22/10/2021