Human-wildlife conflict resolution symposium (UK
Jorgelina Marino
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 here