Info center Korona, lecture hall 2, Viikki, Helsinki
2 June 2015 9 am - 12 noon
In honour of our guest, Fulbright lecturer from the University of Notre Dame, USA, the Finnish Museum of Natural History invites to a symposium dealing with the challenges climate change poses on conservation and on novel approaches needed for adapting conservation to the changes. Representatives of different disciplines bring their perspective into the discussion on this wide-scale and urgent problem.
09.00 , Director of Luomus: Opening of seminar and presentation of Fulbright lecturer
09:05: Fulbright lecturer : Expert opinion and evaluation of risk and opportunity from assisted migration
09:50: & : Climate change and biodiveristy law - General aspects.
10:10: : Embracing uncertainty for planning under climate change
10:30 Coffee
10:45: : Species conservation decision frameworks and stowaway assumptions: Three examples
11:05: : The potential and challenges of translocation experiments
11:20: : Why ESCAPE? Insights from a conservation project
11.35 General discussion moderated by Prof. Leif Schulman
To anticipate the number of participants and coffee needed for the break, please sign up using this e-form:
For more information, please contact Maria Hällfors (maria.hallfors (at) helsinki.fi)