Top-Down vs. Bottom Up: Working Towards Consensus ... - CASIOPA

TOP-DOWN VS. BOTTOM UP? WORKING TOWARDS CONSENSUSON SYSTEMATIC PROTECTED AREAS PLANNING IN ONTARIOCONFERENCE AGENDAMarch 9, Day 1: Presentations and Panel8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Registration8:30 a.m. Introduction and comments from Workshop Chair9:00 a.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Robert L. PresseySystematic methods for protected area design: where have we been, where dowe need to go?9:45 a.m. Questions and discussion for keynote speaker10:00 - 10:30 a.m. BREAK10:30 -11:30 a.m. Square pegs? Adapting conservation planning tools for an intact landscape Presenters: Julee Boan (Wildlands League) & Steve Kingston(OMNR)11:30 - noon Discussion and Q & ANoon - 1:00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK (own your own, maps to local restaurants will be provided)1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Presentations on current protected areas projectsLandscape-scale representation criteria for assessmentand construction of protected areas networks:Compositional analysis of intrinsic patch structures Presenter: Steve Cumming (BERL)Diversity and representative protected areas for mammals in Canada Presenter: Yolanda Wiersma (University of Guelph)Landscape analysis tools for conservation planning Presenter: Tony Iacobelli and Colin Anderson (World Wildlife Fund)Great Lakes Conservation Blueprint for Biodiversity Presenter: Dan Kraus (Nature Conservancy Canada)3:00 - 3:30 p.m. BREAK3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Panel discussion/commentary Commentators: Kris Rothley (Simon Fraser University) & Paul Zorn(Parks Canada)EveningDINNER (Party room at Diana Restaurant: Participants to pay own way)March 10Day 2: Rolling up our sleeves8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Outline of morning‟s activities and plenary discussion8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Breakout session9:30 - 10:00 a.m. BREAK10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Breakout session11:00 - noon Plenary presentationsNoon - 1 p.m.LUNCH BREAK (on your own)1:00 - 1:10 p.m. Overview of OMNR LV process (Rob Davis and Bill Crins)1:10 - 1:30 Geographic presentations1:30 - 2:15 Breakout session2:15 - 3:00 Plenary wrap up & closing comments102 | P a g e