An understanding of the interactions among diverse social and ecological factors is an essential prerequisite for those who wish to influence land use at forest margin, and the welfare of people who live there. The rich complexity of these interactions is a challenge for those who study communities at the forest margin. Participatory modelling offers one way to deal with the many disciplines and interactions involved, and has been greatly facilitated by modelling environments like Simile (http://www.ierm.ed.ac.uk/simile) and Cormas (http://cormas.cirad.fr/indexeng.htm). However, innovative ideas and small-scale case studies are more conspicuous than success stories in which participatory modelling has lead to improvements in the well-being of rural communities. This symposium brings together practitioners to share experiences, document achievements and insights, and identify opportunities and obstacles for influential modelling processes. Specific emphasis will be given to the practical applications of these tools.

Researchers and practitioners are invited to participate in the Symposium, and are encouraged to register their interest (see below). All participants are encouraged to submit a paper for inclusion in the preceedings, and may be invited to give an oral or poster presentation. Selected papers will be refereed for journal publication. Abstracts should be submitted by 14 December 2001.
Full papers are required by 18 January 2002 for inclusion in the preceedings.

For further information, check our web site at http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/acm/
or contact Hilton Madevu (h.madevu@cgiar.org or Fax +263 4 369657).
Please circulate this announcement to others who may be interested.

Jerry Vanclay, Southern Cross University, Australia
Ravi Prabhu, Center for International Forestry Research, Zimbabwe
Fergus Sinclair, University of Wales, United Kingdom
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	Scrooge or Santa? Or The Challenge of Scoping a Model of Livelihood Decision-Making at the Mafungautsi Forest Margins, Zimbabwe. Mandy Haggith, Ravi Prabhu, Happyson Mudavanhu
	Unlocking complexity : the importance of idealisation in simulation modelling Mandy Haggith & Ravi Prabhu
	Infectious Ideas: Modelling the diffusion of ideas across social networks Mandy Haggith, Ravi Prabhu, Carol Colfer, Bill Ritchie, Alan Thomson and Happyson Mudavanhu
	A System Dynamic Model for Creating Scenarios of a more Sustainable Forest Management: An East Kalimantan Case Study Herry Purnomo, Ravi Prabhu and Stepi Hakim
	CAMFLORES: A FLORES-Type Model for The Humid Forest Margin in Cameroon Christopher Legg
	Development of Multi-stakeholder Scenarios of Forest Management: A Multiagent System Simulation Approach Herry Purnomo, Hari Priyadi, Yurdi Yasmi, Linda Yuliani and Ravi Prabhu
	Developing a Collaborative Model for the Management of the Areas Surrounding Lumut Mountain: A Qualitative Systems Analysis Approach Herry Purnomo, Yurdi Yasmi, Ravi Prabhu and Stepi Hakim
	Social landscape and resources mapping V.Robiglio, W. Mala, C.Diaw
	Mapping landscape systems at different scales V.Robiglio
	The Simile visual modelling environment as a platform for FLORES Robert I. Muetzelfeldt and Jasper Taylor
	Beyond modeling: Using participatory modeling approaches as tools for group communication and social learning Standa-Gunda W, Haggith M, Mutimukuru, T Nyirenda, and Prabhu R
	Developing linkages between urban fuelwood demand and the environment: A bioeconomic systems model Muyeye Chambwera
	A Multi-Objective Analysis of Catchment Management Options in Chivi District, Southern Zimbabwe Peter G.H. Frost, Witness Kozanayi and Osman Mubachi
	Application of new tools: Exploring the synergies between simulation models and participatory research in smallholder farming systems? John Dimes and Steve Twomlow