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Become a member of a worldwide community
For over fifty years, the IAB has brought together the people who study mosses, liverworts and hornworts. Add your name, and help the science endure. Choose a formula below to begin.
Best value
Individual
5 years
$70
for five years
Save on five years of dues. Paid once, no automatic renewal.
Reduced rate
1 year
$8
/ year
50% of standard dues, for members residing in eligible lower-income countries.
Each membership runs for its full term from the day you join. Paid one-year memberships renew automatically; the five-year membership is paid once and does not renew.
Reduced rateEligible countries for the reduced rate
The reduced $8 rate is offered to members residing in low and lower-middle income countries (World Bank list), a measure agreed by the IAB council at its Shenzhen meeting (2017).
- Afghanistan
- Angola
- Armenia
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo (Dem. Rep.)
- Congo (Rep.)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea (Dem. People's Rep.)
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Lao PDR
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Micronesia (Fed. Sts.)
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Eswatini
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
- West Bank and Gaza
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
84 countries · [World Bank classification, subject to annual revision]
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Paid one-year memberships renew automatically each year; the five-year membership is paid once. Donations are also warmly welcomed and help fund awards, web services and the journal.
Why join
What your membership supports
01
Conferences & workshops
The Association meets biennially, often alongside the International Botanical Congress: a chance to present, learn and meet colleagues from across the field.
02
The Bryological Times
A digital, twice-yearly newsletter carrying announcements, conference summaries, book reviews, original articles, artwork and photography.
03
Bryophyte Diversity & Evolution
Members receive open access to this peer-reviewed journal (formerly Tropical Bryology, 1989–2013).
04
Web services & Bryonet
Your support improves the Association’s web facilities. Bryonet, the field’s discussion list, is a service of the IAB.
05
Awards & prizes
Your dues fund student travel grants, conservation awards and student prizes that sustain the next generation of bryologists.
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Become a member
Add your name to a worldwide community studying mosses, liverworts and hornworts, and help sustain the science. A members’ area for managing your account is on the way.