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FRIDAY
8:30 am-10:30 am
Friday sessions
8 am-9:30 am
Governing Board Meeting
Mt. Bachelor, Doubletree Hotel
8 am-11:30 am
SYMP 22 - Conservation In a Globalizing World
Portland Blrm 251, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: MA Davis (davis@macalester.edu)
Endorsed by: Human Ecology
Moderator: MA Davis
The purpose of this symposium is to describe how globalization
(both biotic and cultural) is presenting conservation with new
challenges and opportunities and to highlight perspectives and
management practices that may best assist us in achieving our
conservation goals.
8:00 AM SYMP 22-1 Chew, MK, Arizona State University.
Changing conservation goals and strategies: A
8:25 AM
succession of failed metaphors?.
SYMP 22-2 Rosenzweig, ML, University of Arizona.
Patterns and theory of the globe’s terrestrial diversity:
Does conservation matter?.
8:50 AM SYMP 22-3 Swan, CM1 and STA Pickett2 , (1)University
of Maryland, Baltimore County, (2)Cary Institute of
Ecosystem Studies. The role of urban centers in 21st
century conservation.
9:15 AM SYMP 22-4 Sanjayan, M1 , C Leisher2 , C Lukania
Oluchina2 and T Boucher2 , (1)Lead Scientist, The Nature
Conservancy, (2)The Nature Conservancy. Conservation
and globalization: A perspective from Africa.
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AM SYMP 22-5 Carroll, SP, Institute for Contemporary
Evolution & UC Davis. Conciliation biology: A new
approach to conservation for the 21st century.
10:15 AM SYMP 22-6 Hobbs, RJ, University of Western Australia.
Intervention ecology: A new strategic approach for
conservation.
10:40 AM SYMP 22-7 Mascaro, J, Carnegie Institution for Science.
Novel ecosystems and the role of non-native species in
providing ecosystem services.
11:05 AM SYMP 22-8 Wallach, A, James Cook University.
Restoration of permanently invaded ecosystems: The
key role of large predators.
SYMP 23 - Commodifying Nature: The Scientific Basis
for Ecosystem Services Valuation In Environmental
Decision Making
Portland Blrm 252, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: ES Bernhardt, JE Compton
Moderator: JE Compton
The idea of commodifying nature to improve ecosystem management
is as exciting to some as it is frightening to others. The goal of the
session is to explore the scientific basis for ecosystem service
quantification in order to move the science forward.
8:00 AM SYMP 23-1 Costanza, R, Portland State University. The
promise and pitfalls of ecosystem service valuation.
8:25 AM SYMP 23-2 Gergel, SE1 , S Tomscha1 , B Chamberlain1 ,
A Berthin1 , K Kirby2 , J Morgan1 and C Ankerson1 , (1)
University of British Columbia, (2)University of Toronto.
Heterogeneity and historic patterns of ecosystem
services: Ecological, economic and cultural implications.
8:50 AM SYMP 23-3 Morse, JL, Cary Institute of Ecosystem
Studies. Quantifying multiple ecosystem services and
their underlying ecosystem functions in North Carolina’s
largest wetlands mitigation bank.
9:15 AM SYMP 23-4 Cochran, B, Willamette Partnership. The
Willamette Partnership - Developing a market for trading
ecosystem services.
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AM SYMP 23-5 Neale, A and M Mehaffey, US EPA. The
National Atlas for Sustainability: Mapping indicators and
indices of ecosystem services.
10:15 AM SYMP 23-6 Robertson, M 1 , R Lave 2 and MW Doyle 3 ,
(1)University of Kentucky, (2)Indiana University, (3)Duke
University. To bundle or to stack? The challenges in
marketing multiple ecosystem services.
10:40 AM SYMP 23-7 Ziv, G 1 and R Chaplin-Kramer 2 , (1)Natural
Capital Project, (2)Stanford University. Looking ahead:
How can we use market tools to sustain ecosystems?.
11:05 AM Discussion
SYMP 24 - The Evolving Role of Environmental
Scientists In Informing Sustainable Ecosystem Policy
and Management
Portland Blrm 253, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: A Sutton-Grier (ariana.suttongrier@gmail.com), M
Kenney
Endorsed by: Policy Section, Public Affairs Committee
Moderator: A Sutton-Grier
This session will discuss the role of science in policies and
management, specifically how scientists can communicate to
policymakers, how to translate science to inform decisions, and
how environmental science research can address pressing societal
challenges including how to sustainably manage ecosystems.
8:00 AM SYMP 24-1 Kenney, MA, National Oceanic and
8:20 AM
Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Global Change
Research Program. The role of science in policymaking
and ecosystem management.
SYMP 24-2 Pouyat, RV1 , R Haeuber2 and K Weathers3 ,
(1)USFS, (2)US Environmental Protection Agency, (3)
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Scientific input and
the policy process: The case of atmospheric pollution.
8:40 AM SYMP 24-3 Kimberling, D, Oregon Department of
9:00 AM
Agriculture. Pest Risk Analysis: The interface of invasive
species biology, international trade policies, and federal/
state perspectives.
SYMP 24-4 Johnson, MVV, USDA-NRCS. Scientists,
policy makers can’t hear you! How to improve your
chances of being heard.
9:20 AM SYMP 24-5 Fallon, S, Natural Resources Defense
9:40 AM
Council. Are you a lawyer? The role of science and
advocacy in shaping U.S. wildlife protection policies.
Break
9:50 AM SYMP 24-6 Gurwick, N, Union of Concerned Scientists.
Science and advocacy for sustainable agriculture at an NGO.
10:10 AM SYMP 24-7 Petes, L, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. From dipping my toes to diving in headfirst:
Experiences communicating science to inform
ocean and climate policy.
10:30 AM SYMP 24-8 Quinn, C, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. From the field to the policy arena: Linking
science to action.
170 ESA 97th Annual Meeting, August 5 - 10, 2012, Oregon Convention Center