NANFA-- Invertebrate Conservation Conference

Sharon L. Swope (slsswope_at_suscom.net)
Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:43:45 -0500

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Subject: Invertebrate Conservation Conference Details

Don't miss this important conference on Invertebrate Conservation
next March. Special student pricing is available, and poster
submissions will be considered until late January!

Expanding the Ark: The Emerging Science and Practice of Invertebrate
Conservation
http://research.amnh.org/biodiversity/symposia/expandingthearc/

American Museum of Natural History
New York City
March 25 and 26, 2004

Special Student Pricing!
Poster Abstracts Are Still Being Accepted!

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS AND AGENDA OUTLINE

May Berenbaum, Professor and Chair, Department of Entomology,
University of Illinois

David C. Culver, Professor of Biology, The American University

Thomas Eisner, Director of the Cornell Institute for Research in
Chemical Ecology

David Grimaldi, Chairman of the Entomology Department, American
Museum of Natural History

Jeremy Jackson, Director of the Geosciences Division, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography

Tim New, Associate Professor in the Department of Zoology, La Trobe
University (Australia)

Michael Samways, Director of the Invertebrate Conservation Research
Centre, University of Natal (South Africa)

David L. Strayer, Aquatic Ecologist, Institute of Ecosystem Studies

DAY ONE - March 25, 2004

8:00 am Registration and Coffee

8:40 am Welcome

Session I: Overview and Status Reports

Plenary: The Importance of Invertebrate Biodiversity
Plenary: Overview and Status of Terrestrial Invertebrates (T.New)
Plenary: Overview and Status of Freshwater Invertebrates (D.Strayer)
Plenary: Overview and Status of Marine Invertebrates (J.Jackson)
Plenary: Overview and Status of Cave-dwelling Invertebrates (D.Culver)
Panel Discussion

Session II: Threats

Session III: Assessing Invertebrate Biodiversity - Barriers,
Bottlenecks and Solutions

Presentations and Panel Discussion

6:00-8:00 pm
Poster Session and Reception

DAY TWO - March 26, 2004

LESSONS FROM SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT

8:00 am Coffee

8:45 Plenary Landscape Triage: Strategies for Managing
Invertebrates (M.Samways)

Session IV: Designing Effective Management Approaches for Invertebrates:
Presentations and Panel Discussion

Session V: Challenges for Managing Disturbance Regimes and
Disturbance-Dependent Species: Presentations and Panel Discussion

Session VI: Endangered and Threatened Invertebrates: Presentations
and Panel Discussion

Session VII: Commercial Harvest Management: Presentations and Panel
Discussion

Session VIII: Building Public Support for Invertebrate Conservation:
Presentations and Panel Discussion

5:20 pm Concluding Remarks

For poster submission details and to register, please visit
http://research.amnh.org/biodiversity/symposia/expandingthearc/
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