ICCB 2013 Program - Society for Conservation Biology

08:00 The Evolution Of US Policy On Endangered Species Recovery Since Passage Of The ESA
Dan Rohlf, Lewis and Clark University
08:15 Revisions of the US Endangered Species Recovery Planning Guidance
Debby Crouse, US Fish and Wildlife Service
08:30 Why Guidance Is Not Enough: Regulatory Sideboards On Recovery
Brett Hartl, Center for Biological Diversity
08:45 Shifting Baselines For Endangered Species Recovery: Do Conservation-Reliant Species Merit Delisting
Carlos Carroll, KCCR
09:00 An Analysis Of Recovery Strategies For Canada’s Species At Risk
Jeannette Whitton, University of British Columbia
09:15 Defining Recovery Under Canada’s Species At Risk Act: De-listing Or More
Justina Ray, Wildlife Conservation Soc. Canada
09:30 A Risk-Based Approach To Recovery Planning Under SARA: A Case Study Of The Wide-Ranging And Elusive
Woodland Caribou
Fiona Schmiegelow, University of Alberta; Justina Ray, Wildlife Conservation Soc. Canada
Open discussion follows from 9:45 to 10:00
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Symposium: Developing Solutions for Conflicting Land and Natural Resource Use in Africa
Room 304
Wednesday, July 24, 8:00 to 10:00
Organizer(s):
Natalie Bailey, Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group
In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, various actors lay claim to land for multiple, overlapping purposes. The same area may hold
oil or minerals that could provide income to the government and jobs for people, rare species of wildlife that require uninterrupted
habitat for their survival, or may be valued as sacred forests by local communities. Competing claims to limited land and natural
resources present numerous challenges to stakeholders including conservationists, local communities, governments and the private
sector, and require innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to find solutions.
Wednesday
Collaboration between international conservation NGOs, governments, development partners and others is a beneficial approach
as it brings together different strategies, points of view and resources to address emerging and high priority threats to biodiversity
and development in Africa. Competing demand for land and natural resources is a common theme of many of our ongoing
efforts. Successful approaches require multidisciplinary strategies that tie together systems (ecosystems, agricultural systems),
disciplines (conservation planning, extractive industries, land tenure, development) and stakeholders (local people, governments,
conservationists). This session will explore the many conservation approaches to land use planning and the impacts on communities
and conservation of the scramble for resources in Africa.
08:00 Legal Frameworks for Land Use in East Africa
Gaia Larsen, World Resources Institute
08:15 Optimizing tradeoffs in woodland ecosystems: carbon, conservation and communities
James E.M. Watson and Daniel B. Segan, Wildlife Conservation Society; Andrew J. Plumtpre, Sam Ayebare, Grace
Nangendo
08:30 Forestry, mining and agriculture: managing land use in Central Africa
Kirsten Hund, World Bank
08:45 High Conservation Value Forest Assessments and Other Tools for Geographic Priority Setting
Rachel Neugarten and Conrad Savy, Consevation International
09:00 Implementation of Land Policy for Improved Ecosystem Management and Land Tenure in East Africa
Lilian Pintea, The Jane Goodall Institute
09:15 Developing Broader Solutions for Conflicting Land Use: Lessons from ABCG Approaches
Natalie Bailey, Africa Biodiversity Collaborative
Open discussion follows from 9:30 to 10:00
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