Society for Conservation Biology 2009 Annual Meeting

An invitation to:
Members, Sponsors, Exhibitors, Advertises
The Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Forestry Adminstration P.R.China and the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) invite you to Beijing, China 11-16 July 2009 for the International Congress for Conservation Biology (23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology), it is recognized as the most important global meeting for conservation professionals and students.

Plenary Speakers

Peter Raven is director of Missouri Botanical Garden, United States Academy of Sciences. Raven continues to direct much of his efforts to the preservation of biodiversity, conservation of natural resources, and protection of the ecosystems of the world. His personal research program focuses on Onagraceae, a family on which he has worked for almost 40 years. The main goals of the Onagraceae research program are to describe the relationships among species and genera using the precise definitions and methodologies of phylogenetic systematics, and to summarize in book form the overall features of the plants, their nomenclature, and the large body of literature on the family.

David Lindenmayer has made a major and sustained long-term contribution to the conservation of Australia's biodiversity and the ecologically sustainable management of Australia's natural environment over the past 25 years. He has established and maintained four large-scale research programs on biodiversity conservation and natural resource management in south-eastern Australia spanning forests, plantations, woodlands, and agricultural areas. Together these programs encompass over 90 research projects that have the common aim of identifying better ways of conserving biodiversity while at the same time enabling the ecologically sustainable use or management of key resources, native forest harvesting, plantation forestry, agricultural grazing and cropping. He has published over 520 scientific articles and 20 books on many key topics in conservation biology, forest ecology and management, wildlife biology and environmental management. Through extensive scientific publications, numerous popular and semi-popular books and work with over numerous volunteers from many organizations, David's work has influenced government, non-government, conservation and industry organisations, as well as the general public.
Topic: Conservation biology in the coming decades: challenges and opportunities in times of scarcity

Wei Fu-wen is the professor of ecology and conservation biology at Institute of Zoology (IOZ), the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS). He is also the Vice Director of IOZ, and Director of CAS Key Lab of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology. Dr. Wei has been engaged in researches of the Chinese endangered species such as giant panda, red panda and primates for more than 20 years. Since 1984, he has been conducting ecological studies on the giant panda in the Minshan, Qionglai, Liangshan, Xiangling and Qinling mountain ranges, and has published over 140 scientific papers in English and Chinese. He has been the principal investigator of more than 20 national and international projects for the giant panda, red panda and primates, and has conducted several international collaborations in USA, UK, Australia, France, Spain and Japan. Dr. Wei has received several academic rewards from national and provincial levels, especially the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars by National Natural Science Foundation of China in year 2001, National Allowance Award by State Council of People Republic of China in year 2002. He is the secretary general of China Zoological Society, vice president of Mammalogical Society of China, member of Scientific Committee of Endangered Species of China, and member of Giant Panda Conservation and Management Specialist Group of State Forestry Administration.
Topic: Giant Panda: Evolutionary Dead End?

Ma Ke-ping is currently a research professor of Plant Ecology and the Director General of the Institute of Botany, CAS, a councilor for IUCN, Secretary-General for China National Committee for Diversitas. He is the Editor-in-Chief for Biodiversity Science, member of the editorial committees for Forest Ecology and Management, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Acta Ecologica Sinica etc. Dr. Ma contributes a lot to Chinese biodiversity conservation. He initiated the establishment of Chinese Forest Biodiversity Monitoring Network (CForBio) and took the lead in documenting biodiversity and digitizing specimens in China.. He attended most of the UN CBD COPs as a Science Consultant to the Chinese government delegation. His research is mainly focused on biodiversity and its conservation and he has published more than 170 peer reviewed papers and edited 11 related books.
Topic: Biodiversity documentation and monitoring in China

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