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CONGRESS THEMES The Congress will be structured around four themes, with keynote/plenary speakers and concurrent sessions aligned against each theme. Theme co-ordinators will build the Congress program, and coordinate submission and review of abstracts, papers, symposia/round tables/masterclass sessions and posters. | Themes | Sub themes
| Protected area
values
and benefits | • Protecting the natural world (nature conservation, storing carbon,
services, biotechnology)
• Healthy people & communities
• Science & knowledge
• Socio-economic benefits (tourism, recreation, employment, regional
development)
• Sustainable sources of food (turtle, dugong, fish, etc)
• Maintaining & restoring indigenous culture
• Protection of indigenous & non-indigenous cultural heritage | Building the
protected area
system | • Building the system at all levels (global, regional, national, state,
park) - plans & progress
• Building non-government reserve systems (NGO & indigenous)
• Planning and decision support tools for system design
• Science & knowledge | Sustaining
effective
management | • Landscape fragmentation & connectivity
• Dealing with climate change
• The carbon economy
• Calamitous fire events
• Invasive species
• Maintaining & restoring ecosystem function
• Water: in all the wrong places
• Evaluating management effectiveness
• Sustainable financing (public, private and indigenous)
• Science & knowledge | Partnerships and
shared stewardship | • Indigenous people
• Tourism industry
• Govt & NGOs
• Supportive local and business community
• Protected area managers & local government
• Science & knowledge |
CONGRESS OUTCOMES
Durable, high quality and long-term outputs from the congress will include a range of electronic and hard-copy publications of significant value to protected area managers and researchers:
• Program and book of abstracts (hard copy and on-line)
• Compilation of conference proceedings (hard copy and on-line)
• Published peer reviewed papers in special edition of Australian Journal of Environmental Management dedicated to protected area management and science.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 July 2008 )
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| Conference Dates | 24 – 28 November 2008
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Call for abstracts is closed
| 1st Stage decisions announced (new date)
| | 7 July 2008 | 2nd Call for 1500 word
Submission closes (new date)
| | 31 July 2008 | | 2nd Stage decisions announced | 14 August 2008
| | Early Bird Registration closes | | 22 August 2008 | Full papers for Congress
Proceedings publication
Required by | | 15 December 2008 |
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