From aa at list.conbio.org Wed Jun 4 20:09:21 2008 From: aa at list.conbio.org (General Listserve for the Australasia Section of the SCB) Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:09:21 +1000 Subject: [AA Listerv] FW: Australian Protected Areas Congress 2008 REMINDER Message-ID: ________________________________ From: Martin Taylor [mailto:mtaylor at wwf.org.au] Sent: Monday, 2 June 2008 9:44 AM To: Martin Taylor Subject: Australian Protected Areas Congress 2008 REMINDER Australian Protected Areas Congress 2008 24-28th November 2008, Sunshine Coast Main program abstracts deadline: extended to 15 June 2008 Wednesday 26th Nov symposium/workshop proposals due 30 June 2008 Congress keynote speakers currently include: * Allan Holmes, Chief Executive, Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia * Mark Stone, Chief Executive, Parks Victoria * Nik Lopoukhine, Chair, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, (former Director General, Parks Canada) * David Sheppard, Head - IUCN Programme on Protected Areas, * Penelope Figgis AO, Vice Chair, Australia/New Zealand, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) * Professor Bob Pressey, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University * Dr. Michael Dunlop, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems Financial assistance Assistance may be provided to Indigenous congress delegates and students. A request for financial assistance form is available on the congress web site http://www.apac08.org.au/ . Alternatively, please contact the organisers on ja at asnevents.net.au Satellite events There is opportunity for groups or individuals to hold events or meetings before, during and after the congress. Please see the congress web site http://www.apac08.org.au/ to download a satellite event form to be completed and sent to the congress organisers for consideration. Further information For any further congress enquiries, please contact the organisers at ja at asnevents.net.au or check the congress website at http://www.apac08.org.au/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.conbio.org/pipermail/aa/attachments/20080605/d69db9dd/attachment-0001.html