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2002 ANNUAL MEETING: OVERVIEW, PLENARY SPEAKERS, AND SYMPOSIA

Dear Colleagues,

We look forward to welcoming you at what looks set to be a truly memorable meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology. The response to our calls for symposia, papers, and posters has been overwhelming. We hope to be hosting the most internationally diverse meeting of SCB to date. We had received more than 600 abstracts by the submission deadline, with senior authors based in over 60 different countries. We hope that attendees will come from an even larger number of countries. It is not too late to register for the meeting. The deadline for author and early registration is 28 April, but the deadline for final registration is not until 30 June. Full details of the meeting are available on the meeting website, www.ukc.ac.uk/anthropology/dice/scb2002/ or from Andrew Pullin, BES, a.s.pullin@bham.ac.uk or Nigel Leader-Williams, SCB2002 Programme Chair, scb2002@ukc.ac.uk.

The meeting will be held at the University of Kent's campus in Canterbury, England. The official opening will be on 14 July. Scientific sessions will run from 15 through 18 July. The Canterbury Cathedral Choir will sing a concert for us in the Cathedral on 16 July. The banquet and awards ceremony will be on 18 July, and departure day will be 19 July. Field trips will be offered before and after the meeting. See the website or contact the organizers (addresses above) for details.

The meeting will be hosted by the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), and co-hosted by the British Ecological Society. The meeting's theme, People and Conservation, reflects two key interests. First, much conservation in Britain and Europe has to be achieved in highly man-modified habitats; this is one of the reasons why the British Ecological Society, with its distinguished history of contribution to conservation biology, is co-hosting the meeting. Second, the mission of DICE is to integrate international conservation and development sustainably by combining natural and social sciences in designing measures to help conserve biological diversity. The plenary lectures, and the dynamic programme of symposia, contributed papers, and posters, are organized to achieve the general aims of

• Exposing conservation biologists from other continents to the rich variety of conservation work being carried out in Britain specifically and Europe more generally
• Exposing conservation biologists from other continents to the major contributions made by British and European conservation biologists to international conservation
• By mirror image, offering British and European conservation biologists in BES a specific forum to celebrate their own work in these areas, and to learn of work undertaken by SCB members in other continents

• Sir Crispin Tickell, Chancellor of the University of Kent, will discuss global issues in conservation and development in the context of Rio+10
• Fikret Berkes (University of Manitoba) will speak about conservation with people and evaluating community-based approaches
• Richard Cowling (University of Port Elizabeth) will address planning for multiple biodiversity targets in the Cape Floristic Region
• John Lawton, Chief Executive of the National Environment Research Council and recipient of SCB's 2002 Edward T. LaRoe III Memorial Award (see page 4), will talk on the consequences of climate change for biodiversity

Nigel Leader-Williams
for the SCB 2002 Organising Committee

Symposia linked to plenary lectures

Integrating people and conservation: interdisciplinary approaches. Organized by Peter Brosius (University of Georgia, USA), Katrina Brown (University of East Anglia, UK), Tracy Dobson (Michigan State University, USA), David Ellis (University of Kent at Canterbury, UK), and Paige West (Barnard College, Columbia University, USA).

Conservation planning for the Cape Floristic Region: systematic identification of priority areas in a globally significant ecoregion. Organized by Richard Cowling (University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa) and Bob Pressey (New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Australia).

Climate change and biodiversity: what are the solutions? Organized by Jenny Gill and Andrew Watkinson (University of East Anglia, UK).

Symposia generated by BES, Conservation Ecology Group

The future of biodiversity in Britain's agricultural landscape. Organized by Bill Sutherland (University of East Anglia, UK) and Juliet Vickery (British Trust for Ornithology, UK).

Toward evidence-based conservation practice: a policy framework for co-ordinating science and practice. Organized by Andrew Pullin (University of Birmingham, UK) and Bill Sutherland (University of East Anglia, UK).

Free-standing symposia

Approaches to conserving exploited species in marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Organized by EJ Milner-Gulland (Imperial College London, UK) and Mohammed Bakarr (Conservation International, Washington, D.C., USA).

Cultural landscapes and land-use: the conservation-society interface. Organized by Martin Dieterich (DB&P Ecological Consultants, Germany) and Jan van der Straaten (Tilburg University, The Netherlands).

Direct payments as an alternative approach to conservation investment. Organized by Paul Ferraro (Georgia State University, USA) and Agi Kiss (The World Bank, USA).

Ecological networks: carnivores, cores, and approaches for protecting wildlands. Organized by Barbara Dugelby (The Wildlands Project, Texas, USA), David Johns (Portland State University and The Wildlands Project, USA), Renato Massa (University of Milano Bicocca, Italy), and Ken Vance-Borland (Oregon State University, USA).

Gerald Durrell's legacy: managing species in human-modified landscapes. Organized by Mary Pearl (Wildlife Preservation Trust International, New York, USA), Mark Stanley Price (Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Jersey, UK), and Elaine Williams (Wildlife Preservation Trust Canada, Guelph, Canada).

Global amphibian declines: is current research meeting conservation needs? Organized by Richard Griffiths (University of Kent at Canterbury, UK) and Tim Halliday (The Open University, UK).

Human-carnivore conflict: local solutions with global applications. Organized by Adrian Treves (Conservation International, Princeton, USA) and Ullas Karanth (Wildlife Conservation Society, Bangalore, India).

Living with wildlife in Africa: conservation challenges and opportunities. Organized by Chris Chimimba (University of Pretoria, South Africa), Paula Kahumbu (Kenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi, Kenya), Trinto Mugangu (UNDP-GEF, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo), Nyawira Muthiga (Kenya Wildlife Service, Mombasa, Kenya) and Jeff Worden (ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya). NOTE: this symposium was organized by the Africa Section of SCB.

Mitigating unsustainable hunting and the bushmeat trade in tropical forest countries: using science to change practices. Organized by Elizabeth Bennett (Wildlife Conservation Society, Sarawak, Malaysia), Heather Eves (Bushmeat Crisis Task Force, Maryland, USA), and David Wilkie (Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, USA).

Protected areas, conservation, and people within a rural society: case studies from Myanmar. Organized by U Ga (Myanmar Wildlife Division, Myanmar), Alan Rabinowitz (Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, USA), and Chris Wemmer and William McShea (Smithsonian Institution, Virginia, USA).

Sustained use and conservation of wild plants: building on traditional knowledge at the local people and protected area interface. Organized by Nan Vance (PNW Research Station, Corvallis, USA) and Tony Cunningham (WWF UK, Godalming, UK).

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