Join us at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, US for the inaugural Integrative Conservation Conference (http:/cicr.uga.edu/icc/)!
ICC Dates: September 20-23, 2018 The deadline to submit abstracts to the 2018 Integrative Conservation Conference has been extended until June 22nd. We welcome abstracts for presentations on any interdiscplinary conservation research, practice, or instruction. Presentation formats include traditional (oral presentation with slides), poster, nontechnology, and expressive sessions, which encourage the use of art, poetry, video, song, etc. -Showcase your interdisciplinary graduate programs, centers, and institutes! -Participate in a socio-ecological charrette -Hear about transdisciplinary approaches to complex conservation problems -Contribute your research via video, poster, talk, or non-technology: dance, poetry, and more! -Network at student-faculty-practitioner lunches at downtown Athens restaurants! The inaugural Integrative Conservation Conference at the University of Georgia will bring together academics, practitioners, researchers, resource managers, and students to address current and emerging conservation challenges. By bridging diverse perspectives across disciplines and sectors, we will explore challenges and benefits of synthesizing methods, frameworks, and conceptual approaches within social and ecological sciences. Topics will include key issues associated with simultaneously preserving ecosystem integrity while addressing human needs and increasing adaptive capacity in a constantly changing world. By embracing the complexity inherent in human-environmental systems, the Integrative Conservation Conference will create space for the process of constructive engagement across disciplines and between research and practice, resulting in new insight for conservation. For more information, visit http:/cicr.uga.edu/icc/.
