ICCB 2013 Program - Society for Conservation Biology

Tuesday
Speed Presentations
17:30 The conservation awareness and attitudes of whale-watching tourists in Samaná, Dominican Republic
Christine Gleason, George Mason University; E.C.M Parsons, George Mason University
17:35 Developing microsatellite markers for management and conservation of the New Zealand scallop Pecten
novaezelandiae
Catarina Silva, Victoria University of Wellington; Jonathan Gardner, Victoria University of Wellington
17:40 Green Sea Turtles and Marine Ecosystem Health: A Case Study From Palmyra Atoll
Kate McFadden, U.S. Geological Survey/ Clemson University; Eugenia Naro-Maciel, College of Staten Island, City
University of New York
17:45 Population-Health-Environment: lessons learned by Blue Ventures from five years of integrating family planning
with marine conservation in Madagascar
Vik Mohan, Blue Ventures Conservation; Alasdair Harris, Blue Ventures Conservation; Laura Robson, Blue Ventures
Conservation;
17:50 Population status and threats to Chilean Flamingos in known areas of their distribution in South America
Felicity Arengo, American Museum of Natural History; Juan Cornejo, Wildlife Conservation Society
17:55 Winter Waterbird Use and Food Resources of Aquaculture Facilities in Mississippi
James Feaga, Mississippi State University; Francisco Vilella, USGS Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
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Scientists, Stakeholders, and Managers: Bridging the Gap
Room 302
Tuesday, July 23, 17:00 to 18:00
17:00 Prioritizing areas for conservation and management across the greater Grand Canyon region using a
participatory spatial analytical framework
Sasha Stortz, Northern Arizona University; Thomas Sisk, Northern Arizona University; Erik Nielsen, Northern Arizona
University; Jill Rundall, Northern Arizona University; Todd Chaudhry, Grand Canyon National Park
17:15 Who knows The role of NGOs in brokering knowledge for ocean management
Anna Zivian, Ocean Conservancy
Speed Presentations
17:30 MammalMAP: A mammal monitoring initiative for improved wildlife conservation in Africa that bridges
ecosystem, disciplinary, and political divides
Tali Hoffman, Mammal Research Institute; Robert Millar, Mammal Research Institute; Les Underhill, Animal
Demography Unit
17:35 Life on the Edge: Livelihoods, Impact and Adaptation to Climate Change in Urban Coastal Areas in
Ghana
EnoAbasi Anwana, Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana; Samuel Codjoe, Regional Institute for
Population Studies, University of Ghana
17:40 Stakeholder perspectives on Chronic Wasting Disease
Kari Amick, University of Saskatchewan; Douglas Clark, University of Saskatchewan; Ryan Brook, University of
Saskatchewan
17:45 The last wild island: Vital partnerships for sustainable conservation outcomes in Melanesia
John Read, Ecological Horizons; Katherine Moseby, Tetepare Descendants’ Assoication; Chris Filardi, American Museum
of Natural History; Richard Rice, Conservation Agreement Fund
17:50 Determining the Carbon Benefit of Ecosystems Restoration Projects and the Associated Reductions in the
Social Cost of Carbon
Marybeth Riley-Gilbert, ICF International; Franz Ingelfinger, Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration; Nick
Wildman, Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration; Erin Healy, ICF International
17:55 Monitoring watershed ecosystem services in Latin America: connecting investors, conservation activity, and
water outcomes in water funds
Joanna Nelson, The Natural Capital Project, Stanford University; Leah Bremer, The Natural Capital Project, Stanford
University; Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, The Natural Capital Project, Stanford University; Heather Tallis, The Natural
Capital Project, Stanford University; Jonathan Higgins, The Nature Conservancy
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