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Seminar series

«What’s marine conservation worth?»
The contribution of economic analysis to conservation science

The UNESCO/SA NOSTRA Chair in business and environmental management organises the following seminars open to researchers, students and the public in general:

> April 12, 11am	Valuing the conservation of biodiversity in the deep sea Dr. Nick Hanley Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of St. Andrews Watch the video of the seminar here
> May 10, 11h.	Valuation of coastal and marine ecosystem services in the 21st century: an overview from a management perspective Dr. Cati Torres Associate Professor of Environmental Economics at the UIB
> June 6, 11h.	Valuing marine ecosystem services loss from oil spills for use in Cost-Benefit Analysis of preventive measures Dr. Ståle Navrud Professor of Environmental Economics at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences

International Symposium on Natural Resource Management

“Understanding Wetlands: A Key Issue in the Transition to a Sustainable Economy”

19 - 21 June, 2014 – Palma (Mallorca), Spain

Keynote speakers

Dr. Jos T.A. Verhoeven, Utrecht University (The Netherlands) - Presentation Dr. Verhoeven
Dr. Edward B. Barbier, University of Wyoming (USA) - Presentation Dr. Barbier
Dr. Nick Hanley, University of Stirling (UK) - Presentation Dr. Hanley

Final programme of the Symposium

The UNESCO/SA NOSTRA Chair in Business and Environmental Management, hosted by the University of the Balearic Islands, is pleased to announce the first edition of the International Symposium on Natural Resource Management on “Understanding Wetlands: A Key Issue in the Transition to a Sustainable Economy”. The Symposium will take place from June 19th to June 21st, 2014 at the Centre de Cultura “SA NOSTRA”, in Palma (Mallorca), Spain.

2014 is the FAO International Year of Family Farming. Given wetlands are intimately linked to agriculture –which has led the Ramsar Convention to choose Wetlands and Agriculture: Partners for Growth as the World Wetlands Day theme for 2014–, the UNESCO/SA NOSTRA Chair organizes a symposium on wetlands aimed at disseminating knowledge about the value of these ecosystems, rich in biodiversity but especially vulnerable to anthropogenic impacts, in an attempt to contribute to their preservation. For this reason, the symposium wants to be a meeting point between researchers from different fields focusing on the study of wetlands –from postgraduate and PhD students to renowned scientists– and wetlands’ managers, thus bridging the gap between academic researchers and managers.

In particular, the symposium aims to bring together renowned researchers from different academic fields within natural and social sciences to provide a snapshot of the state-of-the-art research on wetlands, share experiences and identify threats and challenges that should be tackled by further research. Additionally, it wants to serve as a platform for research dissemination among the relevant stakeholders involved in wetlands management, thus fulfilling the UNESCO Chair mission of building bridges between academia, civil society, local communities and policy-makers.

Target Audience

Academic researchers and practitioners focusing their work on wetlands.

Structure

The symposium conferences and activities will be divided into three blocks according to the table below. The first two blocks will be devoted to present the state-of-the-art research on wetlands within the framework of natural and social sciences. The third block will evolve around different tools and approaches to wetland management. The activities carried out within each block will consist of a keynote speech by a renowned expert on wetlands worldwide, one wetland case study presentation at local/regional level, and one exchange ideas session aimed at favoring discussion among participants. These latter are devoted to provide young researchers with an appropriate space to exchange ideas with the renowned experts worldwide.

On Saturday the 21st, the participants will have the possibility to visit S'Albufera Natural Park, the largest wetland in the Balearic Islands and one of the most important wetlands in Europe and, consequently, in the western Mediterranean region.

	Thursday 19th	Friday 20th	Saturday 21st
Morning	-	Block 2 "Understanding wetlands from social sciences"	Optional visit to s'Albufera
Afternoon	Block 1 "Understanding wetlands from natural sciences"	Block 3 "Understanding new ways for wetland management"	-

Registration

Registration is free. Participants are invited to take part in all or some of the ideas exchange sessions. In this sense, they will have to specify in the application form which session/s they are interested in and if they want to attend these sessions as listeners or discussants. In this latter case, at the beginning of May 2014, they will be required to send a title and a brief summary of the work they would like to discuss with other participants and the keynote speakers. They will also be informed about the details of their presentations (e.g. length of the presentation, etc.).

The closing date for registration is April 30th, 2014.

For any enquiries, please don’t hesitate to contact the Symposium Secretariat.

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