ICCB 2013 Program - Society for Conservation Biology

Arizona State University; Piero Visconti, Computational Science Laboratory, Microsoft Research; Erik Meijaard, Borneo
Futures Project, People and Nature Consulting International; Carlo Rondinini, Dep. of Biology and Biotechnology, Sapienza
University of Rome
11:30 Planning future restoration for long term persistence of a declining species
Beth Fitzpatrick, University of Wyoming; Melanie Murphy, University of Wyoming
11:45 Healthy corals contribute disproportionately large numbers of offspring on island-wide scales
Aaron Hartmann, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Kristen Marhaver, University of California Merced; Mark Vermeij,
CARMABI Foundation
12:00 Closing shop Spatial, temporal and cultural trends of illegal wildlife trade through traders’ eyes
Jennifer Croes, Imperial College, London; E.J Milner-Gulland
Monday
12:15 Do connectivity models based on “naturalness” capture important habitat linkages for focal species A case-study
from the Pacific Northwest
Ian Breckheimer, University of Washington; Meade Krosby, University of Washington; Peter Singleton, USDA Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Research Station; John Pierce, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; Brad McRae, The Nature
Conservancy; Joanne Schuett-Hames, Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group; Sonia Hall, The Nature
Conservancy; Brian Cosentino, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; Karl Halupka, US Fish and Wildlife Service;
William Gaines, Washington Conservation Science Institute; Robert Long, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State
University
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Symposium: Integrating Systems, Disciplines and Stakeholders for More Effective
Conservation Policies - From Climate Change to Endangered Species Restoration: Session I
Room 309
Monday, July 22, 10:30 to 12:30
Organizer(s): John Fitzgerald, J.D., Counsel to SCB
In order to conserve biodiversity and to have any chance that SCB will succeed in its mission, policies grounded in and tested
by science and practice must be in place to ensure and reward proper management of resources and human actions that affect
them. Decision-makers must draw from all relevant sciences and disciplines to form and adapt these rules and must include most
or all stakeholders in forming these to ensure sufficient compliance. We are at a crossroads in modern society at which older
policies or older enforcement modes are no longer adequate to ensure regional or global conservation, but the roots of reform
can be found within our legal and administrative systems so that we need not start from scratch. This symposium will draw from
leading experts in climate and earth science, ecological and energy economics, and cutting edge domestic and international law
to identify both the roots of reform and the new growth that must be fostered across the legal and governmental systems of the
world by using and serving stakeholders, not only as recipients but as drivers.
* Please note unique talk lengths in this symposium.
10:30-10:35 Introduction to the Symposium -- Policies for a Viable Climate and Biosphere
John M. Fitzgerald, Counsel to SCB
10:35-11:00 Finding a Path to Stopping and then Reversing Climate Change
Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs, Climate Institute
11:00-11:15 Climate Change and Biodiversity: Problems and Solutions
Tom Lovejoy, Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment and George Mason University
11:15-11:45 The Clean Air Act and related Domestic Laws - Opportunities for Progress
Michael Gerrard, Columbia Law School Climate Law Center
11:45-12:15 The Role of Science in International Legal Action on Climate Change
Carroll Muffett, Center for International Env’l Law
12:15-12:30 Climate Change - The Environmental and Economic Synergies of Taxes and Investments
James Barrett, Consultant and Visiting Fellow, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
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