The Duke Conservation Society 2013 Symposium:

Management of Protected Areas

Friday, March 1, 2013
Location: Sanford 04

Missed the symposium? 
Watch John Terborgh’s and Roopa Krithivasan’s talks here
Watch Noah Matson’s talk and Morning Discussion here
Watch Mitch Irwin’s & Alex Pfaff’s talk, and Afternoon Discussion here

Featuring:

DR. JOHN TERBORGH, Research Professor Emeritus at Duke University and Director of the Center for Tropical Conservation
DR. MITCH IRWIN, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Northern Illinois University
DR. ALEX PFAFF, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Economics, and Environment, Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University
ROOPA KRITHIVASAN, Social Scientist for WWF-US, Conservation Science Program
NOAH MATSON, Vice President for Climate Change and Natural Resources Adaptation, Defenders of Wildlife

Click here for speaker bios.

Schedule (subject to change):

9:30am          Opening Remarks
                                            Joseph Lemeris, President, Duke Conservation Society

9:40am          Nature Conservation in the Anthropocene
                                            Dr. John Terborgh; Research Professor Emeritus at Duke University and
.                                           Director of the Center for Tropical Conservation

10:00am        Here today, gone tomorrow? Implications of protected area downgrading,
.                           downsizing, and degazzettement (PADDD) for protected area
.                           management and policy
.                                           Roopa Krithivasan; Program Associate WWF-US, Conservation Science
.                                           Program

10:45am        Protected areas in the era of rapid ecological change
                                            Noah Matson; Vice President for Climate Change and Natural Resources
.                                           Adaptation, Defenders of Wildlife

11:30pm         Pre-Lunch Panel Discussion/Question & Answer Session

12:00pm        Lunch Break

1:00pm           Protected areas in Madagascar: Historical baggage and contemporary
                            challenges
                                            Dr. Mitch Irwin; Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Northern Illinois
.                                           University

1:45pm            Heterogeneous impacts of protected areas on Brazilian Amazon
                            deforestation
                                            Dr. Alex Pfaff; Associate Professor of Public Policy, Economics, and
.                                           Environment at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy

2:15pm           Second Panel Discussion/Question & Answer Session