Invertbrate Conservation symposium, American Museum, March 2004

[Matthew Shepherd (Xerces Society)]

Following is updated information on the "Expanding the Ark" symposium. Please forward this information as widely as you can. 

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS AND AGENDA OUTLINE

Expanding the Ark: The Emerging Science and Practice of Invertebrate Conservation
http://research.amnh.org/biodiversity/symposia/expandingthearc/

American Museum of Natural History
New York City
March 25 and 26, 2004

Special Student Pricing!
Poster Abstracts Are Still Being Accepted!

May Berenbaum
Professor and Chair, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois
David C. Culver
Professor of Biology, The American University
Thomas Eisner
Director of the Cornell Institute for Research in Chemical Ecology
David Grimaldi
Chairman of the Entomology Department, American Museum of Natural History
Jeremy Jackson
Director of the Geosciences Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Tim New
Associate Professor in the Department of Zoology, La Trobe University (Australia)
Michael Samways
Director of the Invertebrate Conservation Research Centre, University of Natal (South Africa)
David L. Strayer
Aquatic Ecologist, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Robert Michael Pyle
Lepidopterist, author
Scott Hoffman Black
Executive Director, Xerces Society

DAY ONE - March 25, 2004

8:00 am Registration and Coffee

8:40 am Welcome

Session I: Overview and Status Reports

Plenary: The Importance of Invertebrate Biodiversity
Plenary: Overview and Status of Terrestrial Invertebrates (T.New)
Plenary: Overview and Status of Freshwater Invertebrates (D.Strayer)
Plenary: Overview and Status of Marine Invertebrates (J.Jackson)
Plenary: Overview and Status of Cave-dwelling Invertebrates (D.Culver)
Panel Discussion

Session II: Threats

Session III: Assessing Invertebrate Biodiversity - Barriers, Bottlenecks and Solutions
Presentations and Panel Discussion

6:00-8:00 pm 
Poster Session and Reception

DAY TWO - March 26, 2004

LESSONS FROM SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT

8:00 am Coffee

8:45 Plenary Landscape Triage: Strategies for Managing Invertebrates (M.Samways)

Session IV: Designing Effective Management Approaches for Invertebrates
Presentations and Panel Discussion

Session V: Challenges for Managing Disturbance Regimes and Disturbance-Dependent Species
Presentations and Panel Discussion

Session VI: Endangered and Threatened Invertebrates
Presentations and Panel Discussion

Session VII: Commercial Harvest Management
Presentations and Panel Discussion

Session VIII: Building Public Support for Invertebrate Conservation
Presentations and Panel Discussion
5:20 pm Concluding Remarks

For poster submission details and to register, please visit http://research.amnh.org/biodiversity/symposia/expandingthearc/
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Matthew Shepherd, Pollinator Conservation Program Director
The Xerces Society
4828 SE Hawthorne Boulevard, Portland, OR 97215, USA
Tel: 503-232 6639 Fax: 503-233 6794
Email: mdshepherd at xerces.org 
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dedicated to protecting the diversity of life
through the conservation of invertebrates.
 
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