Call for Abstracts: Stewardship Roundtable Poster Presentation
DEADLINE: August 1, 2018
Deadline extended to August 10, 2018!
Is your research relevant to the themes of the Roundtable? Do you want to discuss your research with leaders engaged in the stewardship of bird and wildlife populations?
We invite you to share your research! Please join the discussion of stewardship for bird and wildlife populations and their habitats in BC and elsewhere. The poster session will take place during a networking event from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. on Friday, August 24, 2018. Participants will vote on the best poster, for which there will be a non-cash prize.
- Download the call for abstracts here.
Submit your poster abstract by August 10, 2018 at: https://goo.gl/4WKvNN
PLEASE NOTE: This poster session is separate from the official poster session of the IOCongress. Presenters may present the same work at both events. Poster presenters must be registered attendees of the Stewardship Roundtable 2018.
For clarifications or questions contact patrickrussellburke@gmail.com.
About Stewardship Roundtable 2018
The Stewardship Centre for BC and Bird Studies Canada, in collaboration with the 27th International Ornithological Congress (IOCongress 2018), the Vancouver International Bird Festival (VIBF 2018), and partners, is convening a Stewardship Roundtable on Friday, August 24, 2018 – a forum and showcase of innovative practices championed in our province and beyond. As part of this event, the Stewardship Roundtable Coordinating Committee is inviting submissions for poster presentation proposals relevant to global bird stewardship.
The Roundtable will feature panel presentations, world café style discussions, story-telling and networking around the following six themes:
- Cats and birds living in harmony
- Climate adaptation for birds and wildlife
- Urban habitat for birds and wildlife
- Wildlife management areas / Important bird areas and shorelines
- Birds and building collisions
- Co-benefits of agricultural lands as bird habitat
