Dear GEP-Ed folks:
This is a follow-up to an e-mail I sent to you in November, inviting you to attend the 24th International Congress for Conservation Biology, the 2010 meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB). The meeting is being held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on July 3-7, 2010. The theme of the meeting is "Conservation for a Changing Planet." Because of the focus on environmental change, the meeting will highlight the importance of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to conservation. The call for abstracts for oral or poster presentations closes on January 20th. Contributions from all fields of conservation research and practice are welcome, including natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. There will be much social science and interdisciplinary content on the meeting agenda, and an exciting array of workshops, symposia, and short courses will be listed on the meeting web site later this week (www.conbio.org/2010). SCB's Social Science Working Group (SSWG) has been working hard to build the social science and interdisciplinary content of the 2010 meeting program in the hopes of widening SCB's international network of social and policy researchers who are doing applied conservation. SSWG is a global community of conservation professionals interested in the application of social science to the conservation of biological diversity. With nearly 700 members in 65 countries, SSWG is home to social scientists (anthropologists, economists, historians, human geographers, political and policy scientists, psychologists, sociologists, and many others), ethicists, natural scientists, and conservation practitioners (governmental, nongovernmental, and business sectors). SSWG's parent organization, SCB, is a 10,000-member international professional organization dedicated to promoting species and ecosystem conservation. Since 2005, SSWG has worked closely with the SCB annual meeting program committees to stimulate social science contributions for the meetings. In each year since then, the prevalence of social science and (what I like to call) integrative conservation has increased significantly. We hope to continue that trend in Edmonton, with strong social science and integrative contributions that will promote collaborations between social and natural scientists interested in conservation issues that transcend location- or case-specific application. Additional information on the meeting, including links to instructions for submitting abstracts, is available here: www.conbio.org/2010. If you are interested in participating in the meeting and have additional questions, please contact Rich Wallace, SSWG vice president and program committee chair, at rwall...@ursinus.edu. General information on SSWG can be found here: www.conbio.org/workinggroups/sswg/. General information on SCB can be found here: www.conbio.org. Thank you, and apologies for cross-postings! Sincerely, Rich -- Richard L. Wallace, Ph.D. Associate Professor Environmental Studies Program Ursinus College P.O. Box 1000 Collegeville, PA 19426 (610) 409-3730 (610) 409-3660 fax rwall...@ursinus.edu <mailto:rwall...@ursinus.edu>
