ICCB 2013 Program - Society for Conservation Biology

now has over 360,000 km2 (89 million acres) in Indigenous Protected Areas and over 650 indigenous people employed as part of
its Indigenous Ranger Program. In this symposium we will describe, contrast and compare the two regions and some of the most
interesting conservation implementation ideas that are ongoing within them.
10:30 Connecting governments, scientists and stakeholders to protect wilderness in Canada’s Boreal and Australia’s
Outback
Steve Kallick, Pew Environment Group
10:45 Wetland linkages-surprising connections across continents and the globe
Frederic Reid, Ducks Unlimited
11:00 Protection isn’t enough - the problem of too few people in the Outback. Managing a huge landscape to prevent
extinctions.
Barry Traill, Pew Environment Group-Australia
Monday
11:15 How acknowledging Indigenous rights can help conservation: amazing results from Australia and hope for
Canada
Larry Innes, Canadian Boreal Initiative; Daniel Oades, Kimberley Land Council, Valerie Courtois and Larry Innes,
Canadian Boreal Initiative
11:30 When they spoke people listened: experiences of two science-policy think tanks focused on large landscape
conservation issues in Canada and Australia
Jeffrey Wells, International Boreal Conservation
11:45 The trials, tribulations and triumphs of an historic accord between the Canadian forest industry and conservation
organizations
Aaron O’Carroll, Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement Secretariat
12:00 Sustainability or Responsibility Applications of sustainable development to a real-world continental landscape
James Levitt, Harvard University
Open discussion follows from 12:15 to 12:30
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Symposium: Urban Wildlife, Conflict Resolution and Conservation Biology: Why it Matters
that we Connect Disciplines and Stakeholders to Engage a Larger Public
Room 303
Monday, July 22, 10:30 to 12:30
Organizer(s): John Hadidian, The Humane Society of the United States
How conflicts between people and wild animals are visualized and resolved has increasingly become relevant to conservation
biology. How this is done in urbanizing environments may be especially relevant. Urban ecologists confront many of the
same issues their colleagues address elsewhere, such as the impact of nonnative species, overabundant native species and the
conservation of native biodiversity. The social and political environment in which issues must be addressed is highly complex
and through a rich admixture of varying stakeholder interests, intergroup dynamics, and problem framing, can teach us much
about dealing with conflicts everywhere. Cities are also where the majority of people now live and from where funding decisions
and program policies emanate. It is important, and may be critical, that the urban public recognizes wildlife conservation as a
first order concern that begins in their neighborhood and extends well beyond. Urban wildlife conflict resolution represents an
innovative and bridging subdiscipline that draws upon theory and practice from a variety of sources to create innovative solutions
to problems people experience with wild animals and resolve the social conflicts that can occur over wildlife. This symposium
will address some of the important concepts developed in this approach and present case histories that elucidate where the
professional practice of urban wildlife conflict resolution stands as an emerging subdiscipline.
10:30 Conserving urban wildlife: the need for a bridging subdiscipline.
John Hadidian, HSUS
10:45 Leopards and Coyotes: Conflict over Social Constructions., Values and Solutions in Mumbai and Denver
Megan Draheim, Virginia Tech Center for Leadership
11:00 Can a human dimension focus help reducing black bear/human conflicts
Greg Evans, Virginia Tech Center for Leadership
11:15 Birds and Buildings: Engaging the public in reducing bird/glass collisions
Anne Lewis, City Wildlife
11:30 Managing wildlife humanely through an integrated approach
Sandra Baker, University of Oxford
11:45 Understanding Identity and Engaging Systems to Untangle Conflict in Contemporary Conservation
Francine Madden, Human-Wildlife Conflict Collaborati
Open discussion follows from 12:00 to 12:30
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