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Special Announcements
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Conservation Biology News/Headlines
3. Conservation Biology Events/Conferences
4. Conservation Biology Workshops/Courses
Note: if
you have anything you would like to include in the next conservation biology
list announcement, scheduled for mailout on March 4th, 2008, please send it
to Karyn Sutherland.
A NEW TOOL FOR SPECIES AT RISK IN BC
The Stewardship Centre for British
Columbia is now hosting Species at Risk & Local
Government: A Primer for BC – a great new resource to learn about Species at
Risk in your region.
Check it out at: www.speciesatrisk.bc.ca
GREEN BYLAWS
TOOLKIT NOW AVAILABLE
The latest Stewardship Series publication has been released. The Green Bylaws
Toolkit for Conserving Sensitive Ecosystems and Green Infrastructure is an
important resource to understand how we can address the need for healthy
ecosystems from a local and regional level.
For more information, visit: http://www.greenbylaws.ca
GREEN SHORES
WEBSITE LAUNCHED
The Green Shores project promotes sustainable
use of coastal ecosystems through planning and design that recognizes the
ecological features and functions of coastal systems. Green Shores
provides options and tools for a wide range of planning, design and
construction professionals who are interested in minimizing the environmental
impacts of their projects in a cost effective manner. For home owners and
communities, the stories, resources and examples presented here can inspire
you to make choices that will be beneficial to everyone in the long term.
For more information, visit: http://www.greenshores.ca
National Wildlife
Week – April 7-13, 2008
Earth Day – April
22, 2008
Conservation Biology News/Headlines
December 14th, 2007 (The Vancouver Sun) – Groundbreaking report says sea lice from
fish farms may cause extinction in four years – Wild pink salmon on the B.C.
central coast will be extinct in as little as four years, due to sea-lice
infestations touched off by salmon farms in that area, according to a
groundbreaking study to be published in the journal Science today. The
report, in one of the world’s foremost scientific journals, has again put
B.C. at the centre of a fierce international debate about salmon farming
risks. Hundreds of articles have been published over the past two decades in
scientific journals, examining the decline of wild salmon and trout in the
vicinity of sea-pen fish farming operations around the world. But the Science
article, based on 37 years worth of fish survival data collected by the
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, takes the scientific debate to a new
level by asserting that some wild pink salmon populations are in a mortal
decline as a direct result of lice infestations from farms.
Full story at: http://www.friendsofwildsalmon.ca/news/vancouver-sun-dec-14-2007-wild-pink-salmon-on-central-coast-may-vanish
January 3rd, 2008
(CBC News) – Nature, man jointly cook Arctic:
report – There’s more to the recent dramatic and alarming thawing of the
Arctic region than can be explained by man-made global warming alone, a new
study found. Nature is pushing the Arctic to
the edge, too. There’s a natural cause that may account for much of the
Arctic warming, which has melted sea ice, ice sheets and glaciers, according
to a study published Thursday in the journal Nature. New research suggests
that a natural and cyclical increase in the amount of energy in the
atmosphere contributes to Arctic warming. New research suggests that a
natural and cyclical increase in the amount of energy in the atmosphere
contributes to Arctic warming. New research points a finger at a natural and
cyclical increase in the amount of energy in the atmosphere that moves from
south to north around the Arctic Circle. But
that energy transfer, which comes with storms that head north because of
ocean currents, is not acting alone either, scientists say.
Full story at: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/01/03/tech-nature.html
January 17th,
2008 (Environmental News Network) – Decide on
polar bears first, then oil: lawmaker – The U.S. government must decide first
if polar bears are threatened by climate change before it opens part of their
icy habitat to oil drilling, the head of a congressional environment panel
said on Thursday. The decision whether to list the big Arctic bear as
threatened under the Endangered Species Act was supposed to happen last week
but was postponed for up to 30 days. That means it could come after the
government offers 29.4 million acres in the Chukchi Sea
off the Alaskan coast in a sale of oil leases on February 6.
Full story at: http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/29533
January 18th,
2008 (Environmental News Network) – Recovering
From a Mass Extinction – The full recovery of ecological systems, following
the most devastating extinction event of all time, took at least 30 million
years, according to new research from the University of Bristol.
About 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian, a major extinction
event killed over 90 per cent of life on earth, including insects, plants,
marine animals, amphibians, and reptiles. Ecosystems were destroyed
worldwide, communities were restructured and organisms were left struggling
to recover. This was the nearest life ever came to being completely wiped
out.
Full story at: http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/29559
Conservation Biology Events/Conferences
CFP =
call for papers; CFA = call for abstracts; new additions
2008
January 22-23,
2008. Invasive Plant Council of BC 4th Annual
Public Forum & AGM.
Richmond, BC.
The Invasive Plant Council of BC invites you to attend the 4th Annual Public Forum
and AGM, which will be held at the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel in Richmond, BC.
For more information, visit: http://www.invasiveplantcouncilbc.ca
February
4, 2008. Vancouver Green
Shores Forum.
Vancouver, BC.
This interdisciplinary forum will introduce and discuss the Green Shores
rating system for new ocean front construction and shore protection projects.
The workshop will accommodate participation by 35 practitioners (engineers,
landscape architects, planners, habitat biologists, developers, regulators
and contractors). Please contact Patrick at 1-250-954-0110 or
patrick@greenshores.ca and mail your cheque to reserve your spot.
For more information, visit: http://www.greenshores.ca
February
7, 2008. Understanding and
Enabling Adaptive Management in Natural Resource Management.
Prince George, BC.
Objectives of the workshop are to: Clarify what adaptive management (AM) is
(and what it isn’t); Learn when AM is most useful and when it may not be
appropriate; Understand the basic process and key elements of AM; Discover
common enabling and inhibiting factors; Convey some examples (Who is doing
AM?; Where?; Why?; and How?); Share first-hand experiences from selected AM
practitioners; Explore opportunities for participants to apply AM in their
work.
Contact Alanya Smith at (250) 387-8922 or Alanya.C.Smith@gov.bc.ca for more
details.
February
8, 2008. Ontario Forestry Association 2008 Annual
Conference – Our Forests: Exploring Biodiversity.
Alliston, ON.
Biodiversity is a commonly used, but rarely explained term. The 2008 OFA
Conference will explore the term and help you understand how it relates to
privately owned forests. Private forest landowners in southern and central Ontario have a key
role to play in enhancing forest biodiversity. In addition to conserving and
promoting a variety of forest types on individual properties and across the
landscape, landowners can support biodiversity in many ways. Join us for an
informative day long session designed to encourage discussion and give tips
and tools to manage your forests for enhanced biodiversity. Learn from an
impressive list of conference speakers, experts and fellow OFA members.
For more information, visit: http://www.oforest.on.ca/Menus/Events/AGM%20front.htm
February 14, 2008.
FCM Sustainable Communities Conference and Trade Show 2008.
Ottawa, ON.
The 2008 conference theme is “Moving Innovation Into Practice” and
will focus on moving from the `what’ to the ‘how’ of implementing municipal
sustainable community development.
For more information, visit: http://www.sustainablecommunities.fcm.ca/announcement/announcement07260702.asp
February
22, 2008. Strengthening
Volunteer Boards presented by the Resource Centre for Voluntary
Organizations.
Edmonton, AB.
If you’re a new board member wanting to learn more about your role, or an
experienced board member wishing to enhance your skills/work more effectively
as a team member, this workshop is for you. Its content focuses on
incorporated & non-profit organizations, so it’s not appropriate for
advisory boards.
For more information, visit: http://www.rcvo.org
March 12, 2008.
Globe 2008.
Vancouver, BC.
This conference will focus on major themes such as Corporate Sustainability,
Energy and Environment, Finance and Sustainability, and Building Better
Cities.
For more information, visit: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/118530
April
17-18, 2008. 2008 COFI Convention
“Climate for Change: A Future of Opportunity”.
Kelowna, BC.
British Columbia’s premier forest industry
convention presented by the Council of Forest Industries will be staged at
the Grand Okanagan Lakefront Hotel in beautiful Kelowna, BC
on April 17 to 18, 2008. The convention is the largest gathering of the
forest industry in Western Canada attracting
senior industry executives, senior representatives from customer and industry
suppliers, local government and business leaders, as well as Provincial and
Federal Government Ministers, MPs, MLAs and senior bureaucrats.
For more information, visit: http://www.cofi.org
April 18, 2008.
The Sustainable Living Expo.
Vancouver, BC.
The Sustainable Living Expo is a celebration of leading companies who care
about the consumer, the community, and the planet. They’re not perfect, but
are doing what they can to making forward-thinking products and services that
appeal to consumers, without negatively impacting the world around them. Join
us in April 2008, when we will once again bring together thousands of savvy
shoppers and smart business operators to inspire ethical consumer behaviour.
For more information, visit: www.epicvancouver.com
April 21-23, 2008.
Alberta’s
Environmental Conference 2008.
Edmonton, AB.
The Government of Alberta, in partnership with the Alberta Urban
Municipalities Association, is pleased to announce Alberta’s Environment Conference 2008: an
event focused on environmental and natural resource management and the
importance of stewardship. The 2008 conference will attract delegates from
government, municipalities, industry, agriculture, non-government
environmental organizations, Aboriginal groups, and academic institutions.
For more information, visit: http://www.environmentconference.alberta.ca
April 21-22, 2008.
The 2008 Canadian Environmental Conference and Tradeshow (CANECT 2008).
Toronto, ON.
For more information, visit: http://www.esemag.com/conferen/compliance.html
May 6-8, 2008.
15th Annual International Conference on the St. Lawrence River / Great Lakes Ecosystem, Theme: Managing Ecosystems
Regulated Rivers and Watersheds.
Cornwall, ON.
For more information, visit: http://www.riverinstitute.ca/events/Conference%202008/index2008.html
CFP May 8-13,
2008. Parks for Tomorrow 2008 Conference.
Calgary, AB.
The Departments for Geography, History, and the Faculty of Environmental
Design at the University
of Calgary are inviting
paper proposals for “Canadian Parks for Tomorrow 2008”. Submissions
are strongly encouraged from interdisciplinary backgrounds that address
conservation and management issues from different angles, including – but not
limited to- geography, environmental sciences, political science, biology, sociology,
history, economics, and law.
For more information, visit: http://www.parks4tomorrow.ucalgary.ca
May 11-15, 2008.
Waste – The Social Context ’08.
Edmonton, AB.
Sustainable waste management is critical to the health and well-being of all
people. As urbanization accelerates worldwide, the challenges faced in solid
waste management and wastewater treatment will increase dramatically in the
future. While many conferences focus on the technical aspects of waste
management, this event is unique in addressing the environmental, social and
economic implications.
For more information, visit: http://conference.ewmce.com
May 21-23, 2008.
Visions of the Inland Wet Temperate Rainforest of BC: Conservation,
Management and Community.
Prince George, BC.
For more information, visit: http://wetbelt.unbc.ca/docs/ICH-Conference-brochure.pdf
June 21-25, 2008.
11th North American Forest
Soils Conference.
Blacksburg, VA.
For more information, visit: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/nafsc
July 6-9, 2008.
Canadian Society of Soil Science 2008 Annual Meeting.
Prince George, BC.
For more information, visit: http://resweb.res.unbc.ca/csss2008
CFA November
11-14, 2008. International Symposium for the North
American Lake Management Society (NALMS).
Lake Louise, AB.
The theme of the Symposium is “Lake Management
in a Changing Environment”. It will deal with the management of our
lakes when faced with unprecedented developmental pressures, climate change
and water scarcity. Abstracts due by June 1, 2008.
For more information, visit: http://www.nalms.org
Conservation Biology Workshops/Courses
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