The 27th International Congress for Conservation Biology, 4th European Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) will be running from 2nd – 6th August and we are delighted that so many of our staff and students will be presenting.
The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) housed with the School will be represented by more than 15 members at this year’s conference. To help you keep up with their activities do follow them on twitter@DICE_Kent using #ICCB2015
To help you, and those attending, we having compiled a schedule of their involvement:
3rd August
13.30 – 15.00 in Berlioz – Amy Hinsley – Student talk as part of the Student Awards
Heterogeneity in consumer preferences for orchids in international trade and the potential for the use of market research methods to study demand for wildlife.
15.30 – 17.00 in Sully 2 – Tristan Pett – Student talk
Creating a buzz in the city: an experimental cross-city comparison of the public’s preferences and values for conserving urban pollinators.
17.15 – 18.30 – Student poster presentations
Rob Ward – In search of snakes: conservation and distributional modelling of a declining island population of grass snakes (natrix natrix). (board 10)
Gail Austen-Price – Earning your stripes: does expertise aid the ability to match bumblebee images in identification guides. (board 39)
Carmen Quiroga Pacheco – Assessing the cultural and socio-economic importance of the hairy armadillo (chaetophractus nationi) in Oruro, Bolivia. (board 96)
4th August
13.30 – 15.00 in Sully 3 – Dr Zoe Davies
Remote sensing to assess carbon stocks: revealing the value of urban areas.
15.30 – 17.00 in Joffre C/D – Valeria Boron – Student talk
Jaguar and associated biodiversity conservation across increasing oil-palm landscapes in Colombia.
17.15 – 18.30 – Student poster presentations
Sam Leslie – Participatory establishment of fish conservation zones in the Mekong river. (board 230)
5th August
10.00 -12.00 in Joffre 5 – Dr Freya St. John
Tolerating tigers: understanding human behaviour towards tigers and other wildlife in Sumatra.
10.00 – 12.00 in Rondelet – Dr Bob Smith
Species, spaces and science: broadening the flagship concept in conservation marketing.
17.15 – 18.30 – Student poster presentations
Jamie Taylor – Rad-sequencing and SNP genotyping to examine adaptation in globally invasive parakeets. (board 122)
Chloe Inskip – People, tigers and the Sundarbans: exploring the human dimensions of human-tiger conflict in Bangladesh. (board 220)
Lydia Tiller – Understanding how land-use change in the Trans-Mara District, Kenya is driving human-elephant conflict and elephant movement. (board 225)
Amy Hinsley – Identifying the gaps in access and benefit sharing in the Southeast Asian orchid trade. (board 241)
6th August
13.30 – 15.00 in Joffre C/D – Janna Steadman – Student talk
Understanding partnerships for delivering conservation outcomes: how and why do corporations and NGOs collaborate?