World Seabird Conference calls for session proposals

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The 1st World Seabird Conference will be held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada from 7-11 September 2010 with the overall theme “Seabirds: Linking the Global Oceans”.  The conference is being organized by the Pacific Seabird Group with the support of a large number of other seabird groups and allied bodies, including ACAP.   Click here for the conference’s home page.

 

The WSC International Organizing Committee is now calling for proposals for sessions, including symposia, special paper sessions and workshops, with a deadline of 15 February 2009.

 

Information on how to make a session proposal may be found at http://www.pacificseabirdgroup.org/WorldSeabirdConference/CallForSymposia_WSC2010.doc.

 

A symposium theme already proposed is “Global Seabird/Fisheries Interactions”, of relevance to the conservation of ACAP-listed species.

 

Posted by John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, with input from David Irons, WSC International Organizing Committee Chair.  16 January 2009

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