ICCB 2013 Program - Society for Conservation Biology

• Workshop: Population, Health and Environment: Securing the Mandate and Building the Capacity to
Integrate Health Services into Existing Conservation Programmes (Day 1 of 2)
July 24, Room 302
July 25, Room 303
Organizer(s): Mohan, V., Blue Ventures, Harris, A., Blue Ventures
• Workshop: Resolving Environmental Conflicts: A Mediator shares Lessons for Resource Managers, Scientists
and Stakeholders (Day 2 of 2)
July 23 & July 24, Room 303
Organizer(s): Moore, L., Lucy Moore Associates, Inc.
• Workshop: Assessing the Strengths and Weaknesses of Natural Resource Governance in Landscapes and
Seascapes: a Simple Tool for Conservation Practitioners
July 24, Room 304
Organizer(s): Wilkie, D., Wildlife Conservation Society, Russel, D., United States Agency for International
Development
• Workshop: ARKive.org: Using Imagery as an Emotive Bridge to Conservation
July 24, Room 307
Organizer(s): Vitali, L., ARKive (Wildscreen USA)
• Workshop: Enhancing Diversity in the Conservation Science Workforce: What are the Barriers to Increasing
Diversity and What can Organizations like SCB do
July 24, Room 308
Organizer(s): Blair, M., Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History; Sterling,
E., Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History
• Workshop: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Implications of paddd for Conservation Science and Policy
July 24, Room 310
Organizer(s): Krithivasan, R., WWF-US, Mascia, M., WWF-US
Wednesday
Early afternoon awards ceremony and plenary session: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom I&II
Wednesday, July 24, 14:00 to 15:30
Awards Ceremony: Edward T. LaRoe III Memorial aWard
The Edward T. LaRoe III Memorial Award recognises the innovative application of science to resource management
and policy by scientists.
The 2013 LaRoe awardee is Robin Waples. Robin has had a creative and productive career, and has had a
tremendous record of applying science to conservation. In his 25-year career with the US government, he led the
efforts of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to interpret what Congress meant when they said
that “distinct population segments” (DPSs) could be listed under the Endangered Species Act. The result was his
1991 paper that set the foundation for defining criteria for DPS status for all taxa under the US ESA. No scientist
has had a greater effect on application of the ESA to conservation than Robin.
Plenary Session
Humans as Biological Sensors, Democratization of Science, and Our New Relationship with the Earth
Dr. John Fitzpatrick
Director, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
Dr. Caren Cooper
Research Associate, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and Senior Fellow, Environmental Leadership Program
Citizen science has matured from a quirky and experimental novelty into a multi-purpose tool for scientific research,
conservation applications, and even social activism. Engaging human observers as distributed sensors and data-loggers
began as early as the mid-1800s, but Internet and mobile technology have revolutionized the process, greatly expanding
our opportunity to map, model, and interpret Earth’s systems at multiple scales and in surprising detail. We provide
several examples, emphasizing new results from the rapidly growing, global bird-checklist project, eBird, perhaps the
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