Society for Conservation Biology Oceania Section Conference

[Jo Hoare]

Society for Conservation Biology Oceania (formerly Australasia) Section Conference
30 November - 3 December 2009
Stanley Burbury Theatre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania

http://www.cdesign.com.au/scboceania2009/

This year, the Society for Conservation Biology Australasian Section Meeting will be held in Hobart, Tasmania and is expected to attract 300 delegates.  This will be the second Australasian section meeting, following the extremely successful meeting in Sydney in 2007. Since the Sydney meeting, the need to re-evaluate our management of biodiversity in the light of rapid global change has become even clearer. On behalf of the Organising Committee I would therefore like to invite to Hobart researchers, managers, policy-makers and students in all areas of conservation biology to discuss these issues and set priorities for future research and action.

The theme of the meeting will be: "Managing Biodiversity in a Time of Global Change". The meeting will address this theme across a full range of Australasian ecosystems, including terrestrial, freshwater marine and Antarctic ecosystems.

Hamish McCallum
Professor of Wildlife Research, University of Tasmania
Meeting Convenor

Important dates
Registration Open                                  April 2009
Organised Symposia proposals due        Friday 24 April 2009
Call for Abstracts open                           Friday 24 April 2009
Abstracts due                                        Friday 31 July 2009
Early Bird Registration closes                 Friday 2 October 2009

Visit the meeting website for more information and online submission

http://www.cdesign.com.au/scboceania2009/

[Jo Hoare]

Please note that this conference has now been cancelled because of a clash of dates with the AWMS conference in Napier and a bird conference in Australia.  The Oceania section of the Society for Conservation Biology is now working with a Local Organising Committee led by Jim Briskie, University of Canterbury, to host the global SCB meeting in Christchurch in late 2011.