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Wild 9 - 9th World Wilderness Congress: Feel, Think,
Act.
6-13 November, Merida, Mexico
Venue:
The WWC will convene a large and diverse gathering of senior and
respected experts and representatives from governments, NGOs,
indigenous peoples and communities
WILD9’s vision statement is “wilderness is the
strategic element in our response to global environmental
change.”
Contact:
Email: info@wild9.org
Web: www.wild9.org
Barks, Birds and Billabongs: Exploring the Legacy of the 1948
American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
International Symposium
16-20 November, Canberra, ACT
Venue: National Museum of Australia
The Centre for Historical Research at the National Museum of
Australia is hosting this symposium to investigate the 1948
expedition's significant and often controversial legacy. This
symposium focuses on three themes: Histories, Legacies and
Methodologies, with a particular emphasis placed on Indigenous
perspectives.
Led by photographer and self-taught ethnologist Charles P
Mountford, the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition is one of the most
significant scientific expeditions ever mounted in Australia
– and also one of the least understood.
A team of 17 researchers and support staff undertook the
seven-month odyssey, working from three principal bases in Arnhem
Land. From various disciplinary perspectives, they investigated the
people and the environment of the region.
Contact: Margo Neale
Tel: 02 6208 5370
Email: MNeale@nma.gov.au
Web:
www.nma.gov.au/research/centre_for_historical_research/conferences_and_seminars/barks_birds_billabongs_expedition_arnhem_land/
2009 Savannah Symposium - How can we do sustainable business
in the bush together?
17 - 21 November, Darwin, NT
Venue: Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT
Held by Savannah Way Limited, the Savannah Guides and the
Tropical Savannas CRC, this conference and optional field workshop
will look at future opportunities for northern Australia.
The symposium will run in two streams: a conference at Charles
Darwin University from 17–19 November and then an optional
workshop from 20–21 November in Kakadu National Park and
Arnhem Land. You can join for either or both.
The conference will present new ideas and programs as well as
successful case studies and developments in three streams:
Sustainable Communities, Conservation Business, and Ecotourism.
Presentations are 20 minutes plus questions and PowerPoint
facilities are provided. All delegates are welcome to apply to
present: the application deadline is 31 July.
The field workshops in Kakadu and Arnhem Land will showcase a
behind-the-scenes look at the iconic Park and Injalak. Meet
Traditional Owners and see how tourism business interacts with
culture, and visit rock art, Cooinda and Kakadu Culture Camp, or
cruise Yellow Water.
A symposium showcase is also available to exhibit projects,
products or achievements, to all delegates in the auditorium
foyer.
Contact: Mr Russell Boswell, Manager Savannah
Way Ltd
Email: info@savannahway.com.au
Mobile: 0408 772 513
4th International Fire Ecology and Management
Congress – Fire as a Global Process
30 November – 4 December, Savannah, Georgia, USA
The Congress, hosted by the Association for Fire Ecology will
provide a forum on global wildland fire research and management.
Featured invited speakers will put contemporary wildland fire
issues into a global context. Concurrent sessions and a poster
session will cover a wide range of topics and issues, including
both contributed papers and special sessions developed on specific
themes, all with a central focus of global fire ecology and
management.
The primary themes of the conference will cover a broad range of
topics, including:
- Fire Effects
- Integrating Science and Management
- Fire behaviour
- Climate change effects
- Role of technology including GIS
Contact:
Web: www.fireecology.net/Congress09/Overview
The National Indigenous NRM Forum 2009: Strengthening
Community Partnerships and Improving Engagement to Build a Brighter
Future for Australian NRM
1 - 2 December, Sydney, NSW
Venue: Rydges World Square, Sydney
Natural Resource Management is not simply land management, but
rather encapsulates the special connection that community and
individuals hold with the Australian environment. This relationship
is especially important within Indigenous communities who view the
land as an intrinsic part of their culture. Co-operative
management plans, handing more of land management back to
Traditional Owners and increased communication between communities
have been key drivers in the future of NRM programs and policy.
The National Indigenous NRM Forum 2009 seeks to critically
explore some of the challenges facing Indigenous NRM in an open and
interactive format. Supporting the spirit of capacity building, the
forum will provide delegates with practical tools that will help
them to tackle challenges as well as formulate, revise and evaluate
their own NRM programs.
Workshops
Two separately bookable, half-day workshops will be held on 3
December 2009.
Workshop A
Creating Program Logic for Your Program
This workshop will present a comprehensive guide to using the
Caring for our Country’s ‘MERI’ evaluation
system. Exploring in depth the why’s and how’s of using
program logic and assisting to develop a plan for your own program,
this workshop will endeavour to debunk any mystery and confusion
surrounding the use of program logic for NRM programs.
Workshop B
Capacity Building for a Better NRM Future
This workshop will focus on developing genuine community
engagement and fostering social cohesion within communities in all
aspects of NRM, from planning to on-ground actions. This is a
dynamic workshop which will draw on examples from Indigenous
engagement, Landcare, Community Participation and your ideas.
Contact:
Tel: 02 9437 1311 Fax: 02 9437 1093
Email: registration@liquidlearning.com.au
Web: www.liquidlearning.com.au
VI Southern Connection Congress: Gondwana Reunited: A
Southern Perspective for a Changing World
February 15-19, 2010, Bariloche, Argentina
Venue: Hotel Panamericano Bariloche
Southern Connection is a non profit
organization, member countries are Australia, New Zealand, Chile,
Argentina, South Africa (known as the ‘Gondwana
countries’); and from North America and Europe.
Southern Connection aim is to
provide a venue for communication among scientists, principally
biologists, working on southern temperate ecosystems and biota.
VI Southern Connection Congress
will consider the past history, current characteristics, and future
perspectives of southern temperate ecosystems and biota in a global
context.
Original studies that describe
results in themes such as composition, ecosystems structure and
dynamics, ecophysiology, biological interactions and invasions,
population genetics, reproductive biology, taxonomy, phylogeny,
evolution, paleobiology, biogeography, macroecology, conservation,
restoration and sustainable management are welcome.
The meeting will include
conferences, symposia, sessions of oral contributed papers, poster
sessions, and field trips.
Contact:
Email: southernconnection2010@gmail.com
Web: www.sccongress2010.com.ar/php/index.php?seleccion=1
Environmental Management in Mining
16 - 18 February, Perth, WA
Venue: Holiday Inn, City Centre, Perth, WA
With the changes to WA’s Environmental Impact Assessment
approval system, the conference will provide an opportunity to stay
updated with the roll-out, implications and expectations of the new
system.
- The latest developments in adopting a risk-based approach in
the EIA Process
- Employing an outcomes-based, rather than a prescriptive
approach when setting conditions in the EIA process
- Simplifying current levels of assessment
- Making greater use of Strategic Environmental Assessment in the
EIA process to promote streamlining of proposals
- Seeking to improve the capacity of the EPA to identify,
understand and control the range of environmental issues, risks and
impacts associated with development proposals
Contact:
Email: registration@iqpc.com.au
Web:
www.environmentalmining.com.au/Event.aspx?id=220722&MAC=DL
Global Biosecurity 2010: safeguarding agriculture and the
environment
28 February – 3 March, Brisbane, QLD
Venue: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Biosecurity has become a major economic issue of concern to
governments, agricultural industries and environmental
organisations worldwide.
Despite its wide impact and complexities the opportunities for
scientific exchange (among researchers and industry) has until now,
been limited.
The conference will provide a forum for stakeholders from across
the biosecurity spectrum, including researchers, industry
representatives, policy makers, primary producers and
importers/exporters, to:
- workshop, network and exchange knowledge on agricultural and
environmental biosecurity
- facilitate engagement and cross-fertilisation of ideas between
researchers and their end-users (industry, regulators and other
end-users), and
- build cross-disciplinary networks across all biosecurity
related disciplines.
Contact: Conference Solutions
Postal: PO Box 238 Deakin West ACT 2600
Tel: 02 6285 3000 Fax: 02 6285 3001
Email: biosecurity@con-sol.com
Web: www.globalbiosecurity2010.com
International meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology
and Conservation: Tropical biodiversity – surviving the
food, energy and climate crisis
19-23 July, Bali, Indonesia
The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation is a
professional society devoted to the furtherance of tropical biology
and tropical conservation. Founded in 1963 to promote research and
to foster the exchange of ideas among biologists working in
tropical environments, it is now a global organization with members
from over 100 countries.
This meeting will highlight the threat to the survival of
tropical biodiversity from the synergistic effects of food and
energy shortages and climate change. In parallel, we will discuss
and broadcast the many ways in which tropical biodiversity and
ecosystems are fundamentally important for sustainable human
development.
Contact:
Email: info@atbc2010.org
Web: http://atbc2010.org/html/
International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE): 11th
Biennial Conference— Advancing Sustainability in a Time of
Crises
22–25 August, 2010, Germany
Venue: University of Oldenburg and University of Bremen,
Germany
Preliminary themes include climate change and adaptation;
biodiversity and ecosystem services; governance; knowledge and
social learning for societal change; business strategies for
sustainable management; land use patterns; evolutionary,
institutional and post-autistic economics; sustainability science
and trans-disciplinary research designs.
Web: www.ecoeco.org/news_isee2010_conference.php
