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The tenth conference of the series in March 2009 was attended by over 300 people including 210 postgraduate students from 69 countries and 87 staff from 28 conservation agencies and NGOs.

Student Conference on Conservation Science, 24 -26 March 2009

PROGRAMME

 

Tuesday 24 March 2009

08.30 - 09.30        Registration in Zoology Department (Elementary Lab)

09.30 - 09.45        Welcome                                                     Professor Malcolm Burrows FRS (Zoology Department)            
09.45 - 10.00        Introduction to the conference           
10.00 - 11.00      Plenary:  The importance of history in marine conservation and management
                                Professor Callum Roberts (University of York, UK)
 
11.00 - 11.30        Coffee (Elementary Lab)

11.30 – 12.50       Student talks: Session 1                         Marine conservation challenges        
                                                                                                        Chair: Aaron Lobo (India)
Fishery declines: an historical perspective                                                                           Ruth Thurstan (UK)        
Impacts of coral decline for Caribbean reef architecture                                                       Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip (México)
Ecosystem-based management in the Red Sea                                                                       Dawit Tesfamichael (Eritrea)
Why consumers alone can’t save our fish                                                                             Jennifer Jacquet (USA)

12.50 - 14.00        Lunch (Elementary Lab)

14.00 - 15.30        Workshops: Session 1

15.30 - 16.00        Tea (Elementary Lab)

16.00 – 17.40       Student talks: Session 2                         Emerging threats
                                                                                                       Chair: Wendy Foden (South Africa)
Sustainability and consumer preferences in the Cambodian wild meat trade            --------------Benjamin Lee (Singapore)
Impacts of resettlement on wildlife in northern Ethiopia                                                    Gebremikael Mulubrhan (Ethiopia)
Impacts of extreme climatic events in aquatic ecosystems                                                  Ronaldo Sousa (Portugal)
Decline in Manx shearwater breeding success                                                                  Samuel Riou (France)

18.00 – 19.30       Who’s who in conservation?  (with pizza, in Elementary Lab) ........................................................ ........................Introduction   ------------------------------------------------------------Dr Mike Rands (Cambridge Conservation Initiative)

19.30 – 21.00       Wine reception in Zoology Museum, sponsored by Science
Introduction to plenary (Babbage Lecture Theatre)                               Dr Mark Avery (RSPB)
Plenary:  Say goodbye to the cuckoo
              Michael McCarthy (The Independent)

               
               

Wednesday 25 March 2009

08.30 - 09.00        Registration (Elementary Lab)

09.00 - 10.00        Plenary:  Conservation planning, science and the real world: some examples
                                ------ Professor Claire Kremen (University of California at Berkeley, USA) ..............................................................................Chair: Professor Ken Norris (Reading, UK)

10.00 - 11.00        Student talks: Session 3                         The future of farming and conservation
                                                                                                       Chair: Jonathan Baillie (Canada)
Farming and wildlife conservation in India                                                                            ----Malvika Onial (India)
Farming and tropical forest biodiversity                                                                                   Ben Phalan (Ireland)
Carbon storage in agricultural landscapes                                                                              - Amy Wade (UK)

11.00 - 11.30       Coffee (and posters to be set up by contributors in Elementary Lab)

11.30 – 12.30       Student talks: Session 4                         Habitat loss and land-use change
                                                                                                 Chair: Mija Andriamarovololona (Madagascar)
Habitat fragmentation reduces survival in a tropical bird                                                  Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez (Costa Rica)
Hedgerow networks - disappearance and conservation                                                    Kristina Molnarova (Czech Rep.)
Land cover in Atlantic Forest reserves                                                                           Andre Cunha (Brazil)

12.30 - 13.10        10th Anniversary Surprise

13.10 – 14:45       Lunch and posters (Elementary Lab)
14:45                 Conference photograph (meet on lawn in front of the whale)

15.00 – 16.00       Student talks: Session 5                         Insights from Africa
                                                                                                       Chair: Mark Otieno (Kenya)
Carnivore conservation in Ghana                                                                                               Cole Burton (USA)
Population declines in Africa’s protected areas                                                                 ........ Ian Craigie (UK)
Lessons from local people: community-based conservation in Tanzania                     --------------------- Baruani Mshale (Tanzania)

16.00 - 16.30        Tea (Elementary Lab)
                               
16.30 – 17.10       Student talks: Session 6                         Towards Payments for Ecosystem Services
                                                                                                       Chair: Ana Rodrigues (Portugal)
Measuring conservation success in Nantu Nature Reserve, Indonesia                          ---------------- Ewan Macdonald (UK)
The implementation of REDD: lessons from Nantu                                                             -------- Murray Collins (UK)
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17.10 - 18.45        Posters with wine and food (Elementary Lab)

18.45 - 20.15        Workshops: Session 2

20.30 - 23.30        Party (St Catharine’s College JCR)

 

Thursday 26 March 2009

08.30 - 09.00        Registration (Elementary Lab)

09.00 - 10.00        Plenary: The age of extinction in a biodiversity hotspot
--------------------------------------Professor Kingsley Dixon (Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, WA, Australia) ...............................................................................................................Chair: Shonil Bhagwat (India)

10.00 – 11.00       Student talks: Session 7                         Small and extinct populations
                                                                                                       Chair: Mar Cabeza (Spain)
Genetics of a recovering island endemic - the Mauritius parakeet                                  ---------------Claire Raisin (UK)
Empirical support for demographic Allee effects                                                                ------   Stephen Gregory (France)
Unnoticed mollusc extinctions                                                                                                 Claire Régnier (France)   

 

11.00 - 11.30        Coffee (Elementary Lab)

11.30 – 12.50       Student talks: Session 8                         Aquatic conservation
                                                                                                       Chair: Julia Jones (UK)
Lighting the way to reducing disorientation of turtle hatchlings in India                      --------------Divya Karnad (India)
Coexistence of river dolphins and fishermen                                                                          Nachiket Kelkar (India)
Governance of Chinese Marine Protected Areas                                                                     Wanfei Qiu (China)
Fishing for scraps in an uncertain sea                                                                                    Aaron Lobo (India)

12.50 - 14.20        Lunch and posters (Elementary Lab)

14.00 - 15.20        Student talks: Session 9                         Area-based interventions
                                                                                                       Chair: Bob Smith (UK)

The impact of war on conservation in Sierra Leone                                                           Abu Conteh (Sierra Leone)
Black grouse and plantation forestry in Scotland                                                              Jenny Owen (UK)
Managing wet grasslands for breeding waders                                                                  Sarah Eglington (UK)
Identifying sites for conserving golden mantella frogs in Madagascar                           --------Roma Randrianavelona (Madagascar)

15.20 – 15.50       Tea (Elementary Lab)

15.50 - 16.10        Prizes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

16.10      Closing remarks                              

                                               

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