<http://88.208.205.92/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=303...
sium-2009&catid=53:news&Itemid=313>  The Mammal Society Autumn Symposium
2009: Human-wildlife conflict resolution

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Human-Wildlife Conflict Resolution is the subject of this year's Autumn
Symposium which will take place in the Meeting Rooms of London Zoo on 20-21
November 2009.

This special two-day meeting will explore the biological and social reasons
for conflicts between people and wildlife and how we can use our
understanding of these processes to resolve them.

Sponsored by:

DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

RELU (Rural Economy and Land Use Programme)

Natural England

This special two-day meeting will explore biological and social drivers of
conflicts between humans and wildlife and how we can use our understanding
of these processes to resolve them. An international panel of experts has
been invited to address key themes at the symposium, including:

*       Case studies on human-wildlife conflicts
*       Socioeconomic drivers of conflicts and their resolution
*       Influence of policy on conflicts and their resolution
*       Technological advances for conflict resolution
*       Confirmed speakers and working titles:

Professor Steve Redpath (keynote), Conflicts with raptors
Dr Tom Tew (keynote), Wildlife problems, patterns and regulation in England
Dr Christian Gortazar, Diseases and endangered species
Dr Dominic Moran, Evaluation for species reintroductions
Professor Steve Yearley, Sociology of conservation controversies
Dr Angela Cassidy, Complex conflicts and risk communication
Professor Gareth-Edwards-Jones, Promoting adoption of conservation policies
Professor Richard Bennett, Socioeconomic-political aspects of bovine TB
control in cattle and badgers
Professor Ian Boyd, Military sonar and cetaceans
Mr Mark Simmonds, Conflicts with cetaceans
Dr Giovanna Massei, Controlling rabies using immunocontraceptives
Dr Sugoto Roy, Non-native species on off-shore islands
Dr Kurt VerCauteren, Resolving human-wildlife conflicts in the USA

Delegate’s fee (includes morning and afternoon tea/coffee and Friday evening
wine reception): £55/£65/£45 per day (members/non-members/students), or
£100/£120/£80 for both days.

Accommodation is not provided at the Autumn Symposium.

Download a Programme/Booking Form
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