[AA Listerv] FW: Australian Protected Areas Congress 2008 REMINDER

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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 <http://www.apac08.org.au/>  

 

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/ <http://www.apac08.org.au/>
.  Alternatively, please contact the organisers on ja at asnevents.net.au
<mailto: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/ <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 <mailto:ja at asnevents.net.au>  or check the congress
website at http://www.apac08.org.au/ <http://www.apac08.org.au/> 

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