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  Photos: Barbara Slaiby |
The Conservation Study Institute and the University of Vermont School of Natural Resources will cosponsor the second annual conservation lecture series this fall on "Conservation at the Landscape Scale: Emerging Models and Strategies." Please check back later this summer for more information.
The first lecture series explored current theory and practice of conservation at the landscape scale. The featured speakers included:
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Reed Noss, Davis-Shine professor of conservation biology at the University of Central Florida and the chief scientist for the Wildlands Project, "The Science of Conservation Planning"; |
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Adrian Phillips, honorary professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cardiff University, Wales,"Turning Ideas on their Head: The New Paradigm for Protected Areas"; |
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Nancy Bell, Vermont director for The Conservation Fund, "Development and Implementation of Emerging Conservation Models and Strategies." |
The Adrian Phillips lecture and a subsequent panel discussion on cultural landscapes were broadcast nationally through a distance education network. Panelists included Adrian Phillips; Nora Mitchell, director of the Conservation Study Institute, National Park Service; Mike Soukup, associate director of natural resources stewardship and science, National Park Service; and Jessica Brown, vice president of international programs, QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment.
To protect remaining wild lands and sustain working landscapes, many conservation efforts today operate at the landscape scale.To be successful at this large scale, these efforts must integrate ecological, cultural, and recreational values with economic and community development. As a result, the practice of landscape-scale conservation is complex and challenging because it requires working across political and ecosystem boundaries, adopts an interdisciplinary perspective, and involves the collaboration of many organizations and landowners.This innovative approach extends traditional agency models (e.g. parks and refuges), reshapes fundamental principles, and forges strategies that require organizational change and shifts in conventional thinking.
For more information and to view the video archive of the lectures, go to http://www.uvm.edu/conservationlectures.
