Published October 21, 2011
by iris_author
A Plenary & Workshop on Blue+Green Resilience and Innovation: "Innovations in Water Source Protection, Protected Areas, & Ecosystem Resilience"
Join Three of the World's Leading Ecosystem Science / Design Experts:
Keith Bowers
Former Chair of the Society for Ecological Restoration International and Founder and President of Biohabitats - conservation planning, ecological restoration and regenerative design firm. Keith is an internationally recognized landscape architect and restoration ecologist who has planned, designed, and manged the construction of over 300 ecological restoration projects throughout North Amercia. Ketih is currently serving as the Global Restoration Ambassador on the board for the Society for Ecological Restoration, President of the board of directors for the Wildlands Network and is the Ecosystem Restoration Theme Group Lead for the Commission on Ecosystem Management of the IUCN.
F. Stuart (Terry) Chapin III.
Professor Emeritus of Ecology in the Department of Biology and Wildlife at the Univeristy of Alska Fairbanks and Past-President of the Ecological Society of America. Terry has worked on the effects of changes in climate and wildfire on Alaskan ecology and rural communities. He is especially interested in ways that communities and agencies can develop options that increase sustainability of ecosytems and human communities over the longterm in spite of rapid climatic and social changes. Terry tries to determine how climate, ecology, and subsistence resources are likely to change in the future and enable people to make more informed choices about options for long-term sustainability.
Jim Harris
Professor and Chair in Environmental Technology at Cranfield Univeristy in Bedfordshire, UK. Jim focuses on the exploration and application of "ecosystem services" as a concept, and its potential application in planning and a target for ecological restoration programs. His work on Novel Ecosystems is changing the ways we do restoration. Jim is Past-Chair Society for Ecological Restoration and part of the International Journal Restoration Ecology, NERC Peer Review College, the British Society of Soil Science, and the Environment and Land Use Committee of the Institute of Biology.
Logistics of the Event:
The morning plenary will accommodate approximately 150 people and is open to all on a first come first served basis. Keith, Terry, and Jim will each speak on the overall topic for about 40 minutes each. There will be opportunities for the audience to ask questions. This will be located in the Minto Lecture Hall at the University of Waterloo. The session will be moderated by Stephen Murphy, Professor and Chair of the Department of Environment and Resource Sudies at the University of Waterloo.
In the afternoon, there is an opportunity for up to 60 pepole to participate in a workshop where we plan to have up to 20 people each in a discussion of "Innovations in Water Source Protection, Protected Areas, and Ecosystem Resilience." This requires registration and a nominal $20 non-refundable fee for afternoon refreshments and reserving a place. Once registered, we will contact participants and ask each to send our workshop coordinator some questions or issues they wish to have addressed. Depending on response and trends in responses, we will select several for more detailed anlysis and resolution during the workshop. This is an opportunity to have 3 of the most well-known and leading minds and a group of like focused colleagues help work through thorny problems or cases. The goal will be to solve those issues or suggest specific avenues to get them solved and compile these discussions into 2 products - one scholarhip and one pratitioner based.
Contact information:
Registration and Logistics Coordinator - Jennifer Balsdon (jh4lau@uwaterloo.ca)
Workshop Facilitator - Jonaki Bhattacharyya (jonaki@uwaterloo.ca)
Please contact Jennifer for gerneral inquiries and workshop registrations.
Date: December 7, 2011
Time: 9:00am - 11:45am
Location: Minto Lecture Hall, EV3 1408, University of Waterloo
Please note the plenary is first come first served and the smaller afternoon workshop requires reservations.
Workshop - please send a $20 cheque payable to Stephen Murphy that will be put towards the food provided at the workshop.
Address:
Stephen Murphy
Department of Environment and Resource Studies (ERS), University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo ON Canada N2L 3G1
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