other poverty-conservation meetings and events
Many organisations are exploring the links between conservation and poverty. This page highlights details of recent and forthcoming meetings and events.
- World Conservation Congress
5th to 14th October 2008, Barcelona, Spain
The World Conservation Congress will take place in Barcelona, Spain from 5 to 14 October 2008. The first part of the Congress, the World Conservation Forum, runs from 6 to 10 October and is a great opportunity to debate pressing issues and their solutions for sustainable development. This year Congress theme is 'A diverse and sustainable world'. Thematic streams include: i) a new climate for change; ii) healthy environments - healthy people; iii) safeguarding the diversity of life. The PCLG Secretariat will host an event during this congress, aimed at highlighting the outcomes from the CBD CoP9 "Biodiversity for Poverty Reduction Day" and emphasising what has been learned to date on conservation-poverty linkages.
Website: www.iucn.org/congress/2008/
- IASC 12th Biennial Global Conference
14th – 18th July 2008, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, England
The International Association for the Study of the Commons 12th Biennial Global Conference will be on the theme: 'Governing shared resources: Connecting local experience to global challenges'. All individuals interested in the study of the commons are invited to submit abstracts for presentation of papers or posters on any aspect of conference themes, for symposia, or workshop discussion sessions focused on specific issues. Deadline for the presentation of abstracts is October 30, 2007 (email: iasc2008@glos.ac.uk).
Website: http://www.iascp.org/iasc08/2008themes.html
- 14th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM)
10th -14th June 2008, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA
The theme of the 2008 ISSRM Symposium is “People and Place: Linking Culture and Nature”, and will 1) emphasize the human dimensions of environmental and natural resources issues, 2) include the broad array of social science disciplines and related fields of study, and 3) illustrate the interdisciplinary, cooperative, and collaborative character of research and management. ISSRM offers many types of opportunities to participate, including traditional paper (oral) presentations, poster presentations, and a variety of sessions that can be organized by participants. Abstracts for all of these forms of participation are due by February 8, 2008. Details on abstract submission, as well as the Symposium program, registration, housing, travel, and other matters are included in the web site noted below.
Website: http://www.ISSRM2008.org
- The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) - CBD CoP9
19th - 30th May 2008, Bonn, Germany
The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) will be held in Bonn, Germany, from 19 to 30 May 2008. COP 9 will include a high-level ministerial segment organized by the host country in consultation with the Secretariat and the Bureau. COP 9 will also coincide with the International Biodiversity Day, on 22 May 2008. The Conference of the Parties will be invited to hold a special plenary session to celebrate this event. The Secretariat of the PCLG, together with the CBD Secretariat and the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), will host a one day meeting on Saturday May 24th 2008 during CoP9. The event is intended to help build links between conservation and development communities, to share different perspectives, and to explore the implications of lessons learned to date in linking biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction - in policy and in practice.
Website: http://www.cbd.int/cop9/
- Parks: For Life's Sake: The World Parks Congress - "Durban+5" Review Meeting
8th to 11th April 2008, CapeTown, South Africa
The aim of the meeting is to 1) review progress in implementing the key outcomes of the Durban World Parks Congress in 2003, 2) identify key future issues and how to address them; 3) provide greater impetus to achievinig the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas and 4) establish the framework and process for the VI World Parks Congress.
- Forest Day: Shaping the Global Agenda for Forests & Climate Change
8th December 2007, Ayodya Hotel, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
Forests are now at the very center of international debates on climate change and are likely to feature strongly during December’s Thirteenth Session of the Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC. Fittingly, CIFOR and co-hosts will be holding the first ever Forest Day on Dec 8th, 2007 as an event parallel to COP13. Forest Day will see CIFOR and partner organizations presenting an international forum on forest and climate change policies at the global, national and local levels. Forest Day aims at generating vigorous debate and analytical dialogue of all the social, science, technological, human and political issues inseparable from any discussion of forests and climate.
Website: http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/Events/COP-ForestDay/Introduction.htm
- 12th Poverty Environment Partnership Meeting
19th - 21st November 2007, Washington D.C., USA
The Poverty Environment Partnership's 12th meeting was held in Washington DC on 19-21 November 2007. The overall theme of the meeting was: "Infrastructure, growth, and poverty reduction: the role of ecosystems and natural resources".
Website: http://www.povertyenvironment.net/pep/
- Linking Nature Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Supporting a Networking Process
10th - 11th November 2007, International Academy for Nature Conservation, Ile of Vilm, Germany
This international workshop, organised by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, follows up on a networking and awareness raising process that had been initiated with a workshop on Vilm in 2006. It aims to further elaborate and stress the links between nature conservation and poverty reduction and to develop mechanisms to foster conservation with sustainable development among governmental and non-governmental, conservation and development organisations. The workshop will also serve to prepare action for the up-coming Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity. PCLG members who are interested in attending this workshop should contact Meike Kretschmar (meike.kretschmar@bfn.de).
Website: www.bfn.de/0603_kalender.html?&no_cache=1&tx_blitzcalendar_pi1[uid]=28&tx_blitzcalendar_pi1[cmd]=single
- 2007 PCLG Annual Symposium
7th-8th November 2007, London Zoo, London, UK
The 2007 PCLG Annual Symposium will be held at the London Zoo, London (UK) on 7th-8th November, 2007. The theme of this year’s meeting will be 'Climate Change, Conservation and Poverty - What are the implications of climate mitigation and adaptation for conservation-poverty linkages?' For more information on this event email pclg@iied.org
See document: Annual Symposium 2007 (PDF, 24k)
- Trade-offs in Conservation: Deciding What to Save
1 - 2 November 2007, Zoological Society of London, London, UK
On Thursday 1 and Friday 2 November 2007 the Zoological Society of London will host the symposium: 'Trade-offs in conservation: deciding what to save'. All tickets for attendance must be purchased in advance. For more information on this event please contact Joy Hayward (joy.hayward@zsl.org).
See document: ZSL Conservation Flyer (PDF, 773k)
- Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity 2007
29th October – 2nd November 2007, Trondheim, Germany
The fifth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity will be held 29 October - 2 November 2007, and will be hosted by the Norwegian government in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The title of the conference will be “Ecosystems and people – biodiversity for development – the road to 2010 and beyond”. Focus will be on why biodiversity is important for fighting poverty and for sustainable development and on difficult trade-offs in this regard. These are key strategic issues to be discussed at the ninth Conference of the Parties of the CBD in May 2008, and the conference will provide advice to the CBD and this meeting. Participation is by invitation only, with up to 300 participants from governments and from key international organisations and institutions working on the issues involved.
Website: http://www.trondheimconference.org/
- Poverty Reduction and Forests: Tenure, Market and Policy Reforms
3rd - 7th September, 2007, Bangkok, Thailand
The International Conference on 'Poverty Reduction and Forests: Tenure, Market and Policy Reforms', organized by RECOFTC in collaboration with the Rights and Resources Initiative, will be held in Bangkok from 4 to 7 September 2007 (with pre-conference sessions on 3 September).
Website: http://conference.recoftc.org
- 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology: One World, One Conservation, One Partnership
1st - 5th July 2007, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
The theme for the meeting emphasises the need to move away from national, regional and disciplinary territoriality in support of a joint effort to conserve the world's biodiversity by uniting towards a common goal. Sub-themes include:
- Partnerships for effective conservation
- Global change and conservation challenges beyond boundaries
- Linking freshwater, marine and terrestrial conservation
- Interactions between biodiversity and society
PCLG members, TILCEPA and TGER are organising a symposium at the meeting on conservation and human rights, while The Nature Conservacy is organising one on poverty-conservation links.
Website: http://www.nmmu.ac.za/scb/
- 11th Poverty Environment Partnership Meeting
18th - 20th June 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark,
The Poverty Environment Partnership's 11th meeting will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark on 18 to 20 June 2007. Capturing ideas and suggestions from the 10th meeting in Nairobi, the overall theme for this meeting will be "Environmental Improvements for Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Growth: the Challenges of Implementation."
Website: http://www.povertyenvironment.net/pep/
- 13th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM)
17th - 21st June 2007, Park City, Utah
The International Symposium on Society and Resource Management is the official annual meeting of the International Association for Society and Natural Resources , an interdisciplinary professional association whose members bring a variety of social science and natural science backgrounds to their research on environmental and natural resource issues.
The theme for the 2007 symposium is Landscape Continuity and Change - Social Science Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Conversations.
Primary sub-themes include:
- Contributions of social science to environmental and natural resource management - How can we integrate ideas from social science and economics with those of the natural and managerial sciences to improve human interactions with natural resources and the environment?
- Social and economic implications of landscape change - How do changes in natural landscapes affect social and economic well being, and how can we better understand, predict, and mediate the effects of these changes?
Website: http://www.issrm2007.org
- The Role of Non-Timber Forest Products in Poverty Alleviation and Biodiversity Conservation
11th -15th June 2007, Hanoi, Vietnam
Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) play an important role in the livelihoods of the rural poor. While there is growing appreciation of the importance of NTFPs for rural households, especially of the very poor, there are concerns about the potential impact of NTFP collection on biodiversity. This conference will explore these questions, identify successful initiatives and businesses that strive to be both pro-poor and pro-biodiversity, and determine what are the critical elements for success.
Website: http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/Events/hanoi_ntfp.htm
- Management of National / Natural Parks and Biodiversity Conservation in Africa
2nd – 6th April 2007, Accra, Ghana
The International Centre for Enterprise and Sustainable Development (ICED), Accra in collaboration with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium, the University of Ghana Business School, University of Ghent (Belgium) and Katholiek Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) is organizing an international conference on “Management of National / Natural Parks and Biodiversity Conservation in Africa”.
The conference aims to:
-discuss the state of ecosystems of national / natural parks in Africa.
- assess the capacity of environmental leadership and management in Africa and their impact on park management and biodiversity conservation.
-assess the economic, social, and environmental performance of national parks in Africa.
-examine the role of the major groups in a sustainable management of national parks in Africa.
- identify the key challenges facing the sustainability of national / natural parks in Africa.
Contact: aahenkan@vub.ac.be; iced@4u.com.gh
- Linking Nature Conservation and Poverty Reduction
2nd - 4th November 2006, Vilm, Germany
The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt fuer Naturschutz, BfN) is organising an international expert workshop at the International Academy for Nature Conservation, on the Isle of Vilm, to bring together practitioners from Germany and other EU countries who are working on conservation-poverty links. The participants will explore how synergies between nature conservation and poverty reduction can be used to implement existing strategies and concepts. Possible outcomes will be a set of recommendations and links for further exchange and future action.
Contact: Rudolf.Specht@BfN.de
See document: Poverty Workshop Recommendations (PDF, 34k)
- WWF Science for Nature Symposium: Ecosystem services
31st October - 1st November 2006, Washington D.C., USA
The inaugural WWF Science for Nature Symposium focused on ecosystem services and how to harness their value to conserve biodiversity and enhance human well-being. This is an initiative of the Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fund which focuses on harnessing science results for biodiversity conservation through an annual symposium, seminars, fellowships and a visiting scholars program.
Website: http://www.worldwildlife.org/fellowships/fuller_symposium_2006.cfm
- Biodiversity In European Development Cooperation - Supporting the sustainable development of partner countries
19th - 21st September 2006, Paris, France
Organised by IUCN, the aim of this conference was to transform political commitments into concrete actions on how to pro-actively address the integration of biodiversity concerns into development cooperation programmes and policies. The outcomes of the meeting are included in a “Message from Paris” which will be tken forward by the Council of the European Union.
Website: http://www.countdown2010.net/paris2006/
- CITES and Livelihoods
5th - 7th September 2006, Cape Town, South Africa
A workshop on the links between the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and local livelihoods took place on 5-7 September 2006 at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town South Africa. The purpose of the meeting was to identify practical measures that will allow Parties to better address livelihood issues in the course of regulating the international trade in wild species. The workshop was prompted by an amendment, passed in 2004, to CITES Resolution Conf 8.3. This recognizes that the implementation of CITES-listing decisions should take into account potential impacts on the livelihoods of the poor.
Contact: barney.dickson@fauna-flora.org
See document: CITES Livelihoods Workshop Report (PDF, 506k)
- African Leadership Seminar on People and Conservation
12th -19th August 2006, South Africa and Mozambique
Funded by the USDA Forest Service Office - International Programs and led by the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a series of African Leadership Seminars are intended to provide a platform through which current conservation issues, in an African context, can be raised and addressed.
Website: www.gsdi.org/SDIA/docs2006/jul06links/1st-AfricanLeadershipSeminar.pdf
- Defying Nature’s End, The Africa Context
20th - 24th June 2006, Antanarivo, Madagascar
Conservation International's 2006 symposium focussed on the role that Africa's environment - and in particular its biodivesity - can make to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. A full agenda of the meeting and the Madagascar Declaration can be downloaded from the Symposium Website.
Website: http://symposium2006.conservation.org/portal/server.pt
- Nature and Poverty Symposium
15th February 2006, The Hague, Netherlands
Website: http://www.iucn.org/themes/spg/Files/natureandpoverty-summary%20report.pdf
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