Society for Conservation Biology 2009 Annual Meeting

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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.

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Beyond Ideas: Using the Valuation of Ecosystem Services to Advance Conservation on the Ground
Session Organizer: Heather Tallis

Description: Global assessments, books, and hundreds of journal articles have discussed how to quantify and value ecosystem services, and suggest that such valuation will advance conservation, possibly in lock step with development goals. Frameworks, conceptual models and guidelines have been developed to help identify tradeoffs and synergies between biodiversity, ecosystem services and commodity production or development. What happens in reality when these ideas are put into practice? This symposium highlights analyses and synthesis of outcomes from the use of ecosystem service valuation as a key conservation strategy. The focus is on conservation outcomes on the ground as opposed to methods or assessments. We demonstrate the use of ecosystem service valuation to create change in conservation planning, private land management, regulatory permitting, oil palm management and the design of water fund programs, among other applications. We also highlight how the strategy of ecosystem service valuation can best be delivered to the public and decision-makers so that land use and management decision are altered. This symposium directly addresses the conference theme, Harmony for Nature and Society, by providing some of the first examples of how we can actually achieve the alignment of these two systems that are often placed at odds under the current methods of decision making. We demonstrate a practical, transferable tool that can be used around the globe to take concrete steps towards a sustainable society.

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