The Center for Tropical Ecology and Conservation Announces the Annual Symposium and Call for Abstracts: New Approaches to Conservation Conflicts

Dec 20, 2016 | Antioch University New England
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Human-wildlife conflicts and conflicts between people about wildlife and conservation are serious obstacles to wildlife conservation programs worldwide. Conservation conflicts are increasing and need to be managed in order to minimize negative impacts on biodiversity, human well-being, and human livelihoods. In order to create and maintain socially just and sustainable conservation programs it is imperative that conservation researchers, professionals, educators, and students explore new approaches to conservation conflicts.

The purpose of this symposium is to bring together researchers, professionals, educators, and students to learn about and become involved in the application of new approaches to conservation conflicts. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about conservation conflict transformation, bridging conflicts between agriculture and conservation, managing human-wildlife conflicts, reducing conflicts over land use and biodiversity, reducing human conflicts that undermine conservation and wildlife management, how culture ties into wildlife management and conservation, and how indigenous rights relate to conservation and conservation conflicts.

Call for Abstracts:

The Center for Tropical Ecology and Conservation (CTEC) at Antioch University is currently accepting proposals for oral and/or poster presentations that address the following goals:

-To give symposium attendees the opportunity to learn about new approaches to conservation conflicts and why managing and transforming conservation conflicts is important

-To incude perspectives about addressing conservation conflicts that address the social, economic, ecological, and political aspects of conservation programs

-To understand how conflicts between land use and biodiversity conservation can be reduced through practices such as agroforestry and land-sharing 

-To explore how culture ties into wildlife perspectives, agriculture and land use, and dependence on wildlife

-To include perspectives on indigenous rights and how they relate to conservation and conservation conflicts

-To hear from experts who have researched or reviewed conservation conflicts transformation and human-wildlife conflict management 

-To hear from professionals and practioners who have experience in transforming conservation conflicts, managing human-wildlife conflicts and reducing conflicts over land use and biodiversity

Submission Guidelines: 

For each submission (multiple submissions considered) please include:

1. The symposium goal you wish to address

2. A 300 world or less abstract outlining presentation goals

3. Complete contact information: name, affiliation(s), address, phone number and email

4. Proposed format of your presentation along with two or three potential discussion questions relationg to your submission 

About CTEC:
The Center for Tropical Ecology and Conservation (CTEC) is a non-profit organization in the Environmental Studies Department at Antioch University New England which promotes the sustainable and just use of tropical ecosystems by training conservation leaders, conducting conservation research with partner organizations, and serving as an educational resource for the New England region.

All submissions should be sent electronically to the CTEC Education Coordinator: Meghan Hoskins
mhoskins@antioch.edu
Subject line: CTEC Symposium Submission 2017
Deadline: 17 January 2017 (or until spaces are full)