From 28 August to 1 September, the 3rd European Congress of Conservation Biology was held in Glasgow, Scotland. Held every 3 years, this event attracts some of the most prominent conservation practitioners and researchers from Europe and around the globe to engage in debates and discussion concerning conservation science and practice. This year's Congress, themed 'Conservation on the Edge', was represented by department faculty (B. Anthony), PhD students (Alina Szabo, Diane Matar), and MSc alumni (Mark Ryan, Olena Kovalenko, Attila Sandor, Silvia Ceausu)!
Their topics of acceptance/presentation include:
Protected areas in selected Arab countries of the Levant region (Syria, Lebanon & Jordan): an evaluation of management and recommendations for improvement
(Brandon Anthony & Diane Matar)
Toward incorporating human dimensions information into large carnivore management decisions – the case of the Rodna Mountains National Park, Romania
(Alina Szabo & Brandon Anthony)
Understanding the Conflict between Wild Boar and Humans in the Department of the Moselle, France.
(Mark Ryan & Brandon Anthony)
Building useful synergies of sustainable tourism and environmental education for wetlands’ biodiversity conservation and alleviation of poverty in Ukraine
(Olena Kovalenko)
Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Infrastructure Development in Europe
(Silvia Ceausu, now at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Lisbon, Portugal)
The Inefficiency of Recent Protected Grassland Reserves for the Long Term Survival of the Endangered Lesser-Grey Shrike under Different Climate Change Scenarios
(Attila Sandor, now at Babes-Bolyai University, Ecology and Taxonomy, Cluj, Romania)