[Coral-List] Invertebrate Conservation Symposium - Invitation and Call for Poster Abstracts

[Sacha Spector]

(apologies for cross-listing)

The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of
Natural History, together with Conservation International, the Xerces
Society, Nature Serve, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S.
National Park Service invite you to attend and participate in an upcoming
symposium on invertebrate conservation.

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
 
Poster Abstracts Are Being Accepted
Special Student Pricing

SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:
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
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

AGENDA OUTLINE
DAY ONE - March 25, 2004

Registration and Coffee
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.: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/