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Ecosystem Recovery Update: What's Happening in our Biodiversity Hotspots?
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Ecosystem Recovery Workshop a Success
Community teams from Biodiversity Hotpots (Conservation Action Plans) across Carolinian Canada came together to discuss recovery successes, local plans for Species at Risk recovery, highlights of pilot conservation action planning, habitat restoration guidelines, social marketing and more.
Friday, June 5th 2009, Balls Falls Centre for Conservation
Vineland, Ontario
*NEW* Essex Pilot CAP now available online here
*NEW* Presentations from the workshop are now available for download here
*NEW* See photos of this event here
See our Guest Speakers
View the Agenda
What is Conservation Action Planning (CAP)?
Conservation Action Planning (CAP) is a relatively simple, straightforward and proven approach for planning, implementing and measuring success for conservation projects. The methodology was developed by conservation practitioners working in real places. It has been tested and deployed successfully by hundreds of teams working to conserve species, sites, ecosystems, landscapes, watersheds and seascapes across the globe.
Guest Speakers
(Bios and Abstracts available here)
Transferable Lessons from Near and Far
Our three special guests discussed how Conservation Action Planning projects are implemented in the US, Canadian Prairies and Egypt.
- Mark Carabetta – Conserving Forested and Freshwater Systems in the Northeastern US
- Dan Paleczny – Adaptive Planning: A View from Egypt
- Michelle Yaskowich – The Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan and the Role of Agriculture
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Ranchers and farmers conserve Burrowing Owls as
part of the Prairie Conservation Action Plan
Photo credit: Ray Poulin
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Agenda
Registration (8:15 - 8:45)
Morning (9:00-12:00):
- Introduction
- Guest Speakers (transferable lessons from near and far)
- Panel Discussion
- Updates from 3 Pilot Carolinian Canada Conservation Action Plans
Lunch (12:00-1:00) - Lunch and breaks provided by Chef Wolfgang of nearby Fonthill’s Wildflower Market
Afternoon (1:00-4:30):
- Implementing CAPs in Carolinian Canada
- Updates from Niagara and Hamilton biodiversity hotspots
- CAP successes and challenges discussed with experienced practitioners
- Report and Discussion
- Wrap-up and next steps
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Dan Paleczny will speak about adaptive management
in Egyptian natural areas. The Valley of the Whales
(above),southwest of Cairo, is known for fossilized
whales.
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