SSWG-sponsored Professional Networking Event at ‪‎NACCB 2016‬: Sign Up Now!

[Rebecca Garvoille]

Dear SSWG members,

Following on the heels of the exciting announcement that registration is now open for the North American Congress on Conservation Biology (http://www.scbnacongress.org/registrationinformation), the Social Science Working Group Board invites you to participate in a special professional networking event at ‪at NACCB 2016. This is a fabulous opportunity to meet and learn from cross-disciplinary conservation professionals. Space is limited. Read more and register here today: http://www.scbnacongress.org/social-events--meetings 

Please direct any questions about this networking opportunity to Board member, Rina Hauptfield, at Rina.Ha...@colostate.edu. 

****PREVIEW: Conservation Social Science Content at NACCB 2016*****

In addition, SSWG is pleased to announce a preview of the exciting conservation social science content stream at NACCB 2016! Symposia of interest include:

SYM22: Societal Impacts of Surveillance Technologies in Conservation

Organizer(s): Douglas Clark, University of Saskatchewan; Chris Sandbrook, University of Cambridge

SYM24: Building and Critiquing Conservation: The Roles of Social Scientists

Organizer(s): Lisa Naughton, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Adena Rissman, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

SYM16: New Frontiers in North American Bison Conservation: Exploring the Human Dimensions

Organizer(s): Rebecca Garvoille, Ph.D., Department of Conservation and Research, Denver Zoo; Keith Aune, Wildlife Conservation Society

SYM50: Social, ecological and political dimensions of compelling carnivore conservation

Organizer(s): Jeremy Bruskotter, School of Environment & Natural Resources, The Ohio State University; Alia Dietsch, School of Environment & Natural Resources, The Ohio State University; Adrian Treves, The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, The University of Wisconsin-Madison 

SYM23: Socioecological perspectives on forest bioenergy project impacts on biodiversity-related ecosystem service values

Organizer(s): Kathleen E. Halvorsen, Michigan Technological University; Jessie L. Knowlton, Michigan Technological University; Colin C. Phifer, Michigan Technological University 

More innovative #ConSocSci content to come! See you in Wisconsin!

Cheers,

Rebecca Garvoille, Ph.D.

SCB Social Science Working Group Board Secretary 

Conservation Social Scientist, Department of Conservation and Research

Denver Zoo | 2300 Steele St. | Denver, CO | 80205

rgarv...@denverzoo.org