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Symposium
Applications of Rapid Biodiversity Survey Data to Biodiversity Conservation: Case Studies from the Four Continents
Organizer : Leeanne Alonso (l.alonso -at- conservation.org)
Data collected through multi-taxa rapid biodiversity surveys are extremely valuable for conservation, especially since the data are available quickly and on a time frame suited to conservation decision making. Rapid biodiversity survey data are applied to conservation in a wide variety of ways, including to:
- identify priority areas for conservation;
- provide data for protected area management, build local scientific capacity;
- guide industry activities (e.g. oil or mining operations);
- justify the creation of protected area;
- discover new species and thus increase awareness of the biodiversity of an area;
- develop innovative methods and thus improve survey efficiency and impact;
- inform indigenous land management;
- design corridors;
- fill in data gaps.
Many organizations and individuals carry out rapid biodiversity surveys throughout the world with the aim of contributing to conservation. This symposium will include speakers from a variety of institutions and continents. The focus of the symposium will be on the various ways that rapid biodiversity assessment data are used to effect conservation, and each presentation will include a case study that addresses one of the applications of biodiversity assessment data mentioned above.
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| CI-RAP Program | Alcoa Foundation |
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