ICCB 2013 Program - Society for Conservation Biology

11:45 Eating insects for forest conservation in Madagascar
Maminirina Randrianandrasana, University of Illinois; May Berenbaum, University of Illinois; Mamy Ratsimbazafy,
SEPALI
12:00 Deciphering Complexity to Evolve a Conservation Consensus
Muthu Karthick, Care Earth Trust; Jayshree Vencatesan, JV, Care Earth Trust; Arivazhagan Chellaiah, Care Earth
Trust
12:15 Reproductive ecology of Boswellia ovalifoliolata (Burseraceae), an endemic and endangered keystone medicinal
tree species in the Southern Eastern Ghat
Jacob Solomon Aluri, Andhra University; Rangaiah Kone, Andhra University
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Scientists, Stakeholders, and Managers: Bridging the Gap
Room 305
Wednesday, July 24, 10:30 to 12:30
10:30 Interdisciplinary methods for mapping conservation-scapes: Focus on Irrawaddy dolphins and small-scale
fisheries in Southeast Asia
Tara Whitty, Center for Marine Conservation and Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
10:45 The value of validated vulnerability data in conservation planning
Emily Weeks, National Land Resource Centre; Susan Walker, Landcare Research; Jake Overton, Landcare Research
11:00 Connecting Human Wellbeing to Conservation Planning in Theory and Practice
Daniel Hayden, Rare; Marcia Brown, Foundations of Success
11:15 The mismeasure of conservation
Bob Pressey, James Cook University; Paul Ferraro, Georgia State University; Valerie Kapos, United Nations Environment
Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre; Georgina Mace, University College London; Madeleine Bottrill,
Conservation International; Michael Obersteiner, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis; Alex Pfaff, Duke
University
11:30 The Influence of Industry: How Conflicts of Interest Compromise Pesticide Regulation
Michelle Boone, Miami University of Ohio; Jason Rohr, University of South Florida; Catherine Propper, Northern
Arizona University; Christine Bishop, Environment Canada
11:45 Can New Metrics Help Us Bridge the Gap A case study in the measurement of scientific literature’s impact on
decision making
Jennifer Thornhill, George Mason University
12:00 Does it matter that practitioners have poor access to the scientific literature
Jessica Walsh, The University of Cambridge; William Sutherland, University of Cambridge; Lynn Dicks, University of
Cambridge
12:15 Decision Analysis for Conservation Practitioners: Concepts, Applications and Capacity Building
Sarah Converse, U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center; Michael Runge, U.S. Geological Survey,
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center; Michelle Haynes, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Conservation Training
Center; Donna Brewer, Applied Landscape Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Conservation Training
Center
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Human-Wildlife Conflict
Room 306
Wednesday, July 24, 10:30 to 12:30
Wednesday
10:30 Viability and management of the Asian elephant population in the Endau Rompin landscape, Malaysia
Simon Hedges, Wildlife Conservation Society; Melvin Gumal, Wildlife Conservation Society; Martin Tyson, Wildlife
Conservation Society; Rasid Samsudin, Department of Wildlife and National Parks; Nawayai Yasak, Department
of Wildlife and National Parks; Salman Saaban, Department of Wildlife and National Parks; Aris Oziar, Wildlife
Conservation Society; Francis Cheong, Wildlife Conservation Society; Zaleha Shaari, Federal Department of Town and
Country Planning
10:45 Legal barriers to ecotourism as a mechanism for shark conservation in the United States
Catherine Macdonald, Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami
11:00 Spatially Explicit Analysis of Poaching Activity as a Conservation Management Tool
Aaron Haines, Millersville University; Stephen Webb, The Samuel Roberts Nobel Foundation; David Elledge, Iowa
Department of Natural Resources (Retired)
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