Events
Scientific Seminar
Tuesday 28 February 2012, Bradman Theatrette, National Convention Centre, Canberra.
Humane killing of animals – an ethical perspectives seminar
The 2012 Scientific Seminar will explore the ethical perspectives of our use of and behaviour towards animals in a range of topical areas, including farm animals, animals in research, recreational and subsistence hunting, funding of animal welfare research, companion animal breeding, ethics in education, and humane killing. The Seminar will get you thinking about the ethical dilemmas we face in our daily lives and the ethical decisions we make, sometimes without even realising it.
See http://www.rspca.org.au/what-we-do/science-and-policies/science-seminars.html for more information.
25th Vertebrate Pest Conference (USA)
Monterey, California, 5-8 March 2012.
This conference is an educational event for discussing and exchanging information on human-wildlife conflicts.
Abstracts for presentations should be submitted by 15 July 2011. Students are especially encouraged to submit, and are eligible for a $500 travel grant.
See www.vpconference.org or contact Roger Baldwin (rbaldwin@uckac.edu) for details.
4th International Wildlife Management Congress
Durban, South Africa, 9-12 July 2012
This is the first time the Congress will be held in Africa. The first three Congresses were held in Costa Rica, Hungary, and New Zealand in 1993, 1999, and 2003, respectively.
The theme of this congress is Cooperative Wildlife Management across Borders: Learning in the Face of Change. Sub-themes will include: Human dimensions of wildlife management and conservation; Professional development and training; Climate change; Wildlife health and disease; Wildlife population management; Endangered species recovery; Invasive species; Trans-border cooperation and conservation; Utilization; Habitat restoration, modification and stewardship.
The Wildlife Society and its partners hope to attract more than 1,000 delegates from around the globe to attend. The goals of the 4th IWMC are to provide increased capacity for participants to integrate global needs into their work, continue to develop and expand global networks, experience wildlife management in Southern Africa, raise awareness for wildlife management legacy programs, and raise the profile of wildlife management globally.
More information: The Wildlife Society website.
7th International Conference on Fertility Control in Wildlife
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 29-September 1 2012
This conference is a continuation of the international forum for research into the management of wildlife populations through contraception. The conference will be preceded, on the 28th of August, by a separate and one day conference on wild horse fertility control. The intended audience includes scientists, wildlife agency managers, animal welfare organizations and the interested general public.
For registration and abstract submission details visit the conference website www.wildlifeconference7.org.
3rd European Congress of Conservation Biology
Glasgow, Scotland, August 28-September 1 2012
This cornerstone international event will bring academics, students, policy makers, natural resource managers and NGO representatives from all over Europe to address all aspects of conservation biology from research to application, from terrestrial to marine issues. Already three renowned plenary speakers confirmed their participation, Ian Boyd, Ilkka Hanski and Peter Vitousek.
The Call for symposia, workshops and training sessions is now open with a deadline for proposals of 30 September 2011. Details are posted on the congress website: www.eccb2012.org.
Invertebrates associated with invasive alien organisms
Riga, Latvia, August 16–18, 2012
Invasive alien organism influence on native invertebrate fauna and diversity
• Invertebrates as followers of invasive and other alien organisms
• Native and invasive invertebrates – competition
• Invasive and other alien invertebrates in their non-native distribution range
• Invertebrates as biological control agents of invasive organisms
• Alien invertebrates – from biological control agents to invasive species
• Invertebrates – feeders and parasites of invasive and other alien organisms
Details are posted on the website: http://www.rpd-conference.org/conf/C001/C001.htm
Invasive organisms and globalisation
Riga, Latvia, August 20–23, 2012
Invasive alien organism influence on native biodiversity• Bioinvasion ecology and prognoses of potential invaders
• Competition between native and invasive organisms
• Distribution of invasive and other alien organisms in their non-native areas
• Biological, chemical and mechanical control of invasive organisms
• Invasive alien organisms and official politics in country / international level
http://www.rpd-conference.org/conf/C002/C002.htm
