First announcement and call for abstracts NEOBIOTA 2012 Halting Biological Invasions in Europe: from Data to Decisions
7th European Conference on Biological Invasions Pontevedra (Spain), 12-14 September 2012 THEME AND BACKGROUND The progressing and escalating threats posed by invasive alien species in Europe suggest that immediate cooperative, specific planning is necessary if we are to have any chance to halt biodiversity loss. Scientific, technical, political and legal actions need to be put in place urgently in order to diminish the ecological and economic impacts of biological invasions. In this framework, NEOBIOTA 2012 will provide an international high-level forum to incorporate research into decision making processes and management of invasive alien species. NEOBIOTA will constitute an important opportunity to advance the dialogue and strengthen cooperation between the scientific community, conservation agencies, stake-holders, and policy and decision makers. Researchers, representatives from governmental entities, non-profit organizations, and any person or party involved in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management are invited to participate and share ideas, new results and opinions in the field of biological invasions. CONFERENCE TOPICS Impacts of biological invasions Impact on ecological processes and on functional diversity; native species and communities Impacts on economy and health (plants, animals and humans) Management of biological invasions Prevention and early detection Mitigation and control Prioritization of species and pathways Public perception and communication of the risks associated to biological invasions Policy and legislation Ecology of biological invasions Biological invasions under climate change Temporal and spatial trends Biotic and abiotic control of alien species Modeling populations of alien species Evolution of biological invasions Genetic variation of alien species Local adaptation of alien species Hybridization and invasion Founder and Allee effects in alien species All organisms and ecosystems will be considered KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Darren Kriticos CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences. Canberra, Australia. David M. Richardson Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University. Stellenbosch, South Africa. Gregory Ruiz Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Edgewater (Maryland), USA. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS We are looking forward to receiving contributions for talks and poster presentations. Participants planning to give a talk or poster presentation are asked to submit an English abstract no later than 31 May 2012 to the conference office, by e-mail to [email protected], as an attached Word document. Please see the Abstract contribution section at the conference website. Background information, a draft programme, and registration information will be sent out shortly at the conference website http://eei2012-neobiota2012.blogspot.com For questions you can contact the NEOBIOTA 2012 Conference Secretariat [email protected] NEOBIOTA 2012 is carried out under the patronage of the ISSG/IUCN and the Bern Convention
