InterAcademy Panel Biodiversity Conference: Integrating ecosystem services into biodiversity management

The aim for this conference is to explore how the ecosystem services concept can be integrated into biodiversity management. Drawing on the insights of science, economics and policy-making, this conference will explore technical innovations, research gaps and the science policy interface. Discussions will focus on determining actions required for effective management, protection and enhancement of the natural environment. The conference will draw together experts from around the world to share innovations, successes and challenges and it will explore the links between international science and policy, while examining projects from the local to the national scale.

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Tuesday, 12 January 2010
14.00 - 16.45	Registration at The Royal Society
17.00	Opening Ceremony Welcome by IAP Co-Chairs and President of The Royal Society Keynote Speech on Science and International Cooperation by DAVID MILIBAND, UK Foreign Secretary (follow link for the audio recording)
18.00	Drinks reception followed by dinner
Wednesday, 13 January 2010 - Day 1
	Welcome by IAP Co-Chairs and President of The Royal Society
9.00 - 10.30	Session 1
	Conceptual Session: Session 1 will focus on conceptual issues, new and emerging areas of science and policy with time for allocated for questions and discussions. Chair: Lord Robert May FRS (Oxford University) Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta FRS (Cambridge University) The concept of natural capital  Mr. Neville Ash (International Union for Conservation of Nature - IUCN)  The concept and reality of ecosystem services Professor Paul Berkman (Scott Polar Research Institute) Biodiversity stewardship in international spaces
10.30 - 11.00	Tea & Coffee
11.00 - 12.30	Session 1 continued
	Professor Michel Loreau (McGill University) The ecological consequences of biodiversity loss. Professor Sandra Díaz (CONICET - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) Functional trait diversity and the societal benefits of ecosystems Professor Andrew Balmford (Cambridge University) Spatially explicit frameworks for evaluating ecosystem services.
12.30 - 13.30	Lunch
13.30 - 15.00	Session 2
	Case studies: Session 2 will build on the conceptual outlines that have been discussed in the first session, to look at examples of biodiversity and ecosystem services management from around the world. Chair: Professor Sir Peter Crane FRS (Yale University) Dr Albert van Jaarsveld (National Research Foundation) The regional assessments of ecosystem services in Southern Africa Professor David Schindler FRS  (University of Alberta) Ecosystem services and biodiversity issues in the Canadian Boreal Biome: The cumulative effects of human disturbance and a changing climate Dr. Simon L. Lewis (Earth & Biosphere Institute) Valuing, mapping and conservation or carbon stocks and other ecosystem services in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania
15.00 - 15.30	Tea & Coffee
15.30 - 17.00	Session 2 continued
	Dr Heather Tallis (Stanford University) Including ecosystem services in conservation planning and infrastructure permitting All case study speakers will return to the stage for questions and discussion.
Thursday, 14 January 2010 - Day 2
9.00 - 10.30	Session 3
	International biodiversity: This session will focus on topics of particular significance for international and global environmental science and policy with time for discussion.  Chair: Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf (Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity - CBD) Ms Ruth MacKenzie (University College London) The intergovernmental conventions and other bodies that influence international biodiversity management Professor Wolfgang Cramer (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) The science base for governance of the biosphere
10.30 - 11.00	Tea & Coffee
11.00 - 12.30	Session 4
	Chair: Professor Charles Godfray FRS (Oxford University) Mr Pavan Sukhdev (UNEP WCMC - World Conservation Monitoring Centre) Economic theory and practice Professor Daniel Murdiyarso (Center for International Forestry Research) Exploring positive outcomes of biodiversity and carbon in the context of forest ecosystem services
12.30 - 13.30	Lunch
13.30 - 15.30	Session 5
	Panel discussion: Members of the panel will each be invited to reflect briefly on the earlier discussions of the conference, draw out gaps in science and policy, and identify potential ways forward. The panel represents a variety of backgrounds and disciplines and will present their own conclusions before a general debate is opened on the floor. Discussions will focus on integrating an ecosystem services-based approach into biodiversity management, examining the challenges for science, and the mechanisms and institutions that influence biodiversity management. Chairs: Professor Georgina Mace FRS (Imperial College)  AND Professor Alistair Fitter FRS (University of York) Professor José Sarukhán (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) Professor David Tilman (University of Minnesota) Professor Richard Hobbs (University of Western Australia) Dr Robin Naidoo (WWF-US) Professor Carlos Joly (Brazilian Academy of Sciences and BIOTA) Mr. David Cooper (CBD) Dr. Anantha Duraiappah (International Human Dimensions Programme - UNU)
15.30 - 16.00	Tea & Coffee
16.00 - 17.00	Session 6
	Conclusion Panel: A panel will finalise conclusions, outputs and ways forward based on the previous discussions at the conference. Chair: Professor Sir John Lawton FRS (RCEP) Professor Mohamed Hassan (President, African Academy of Sciences) Professor Pat Berjak (Vice President, ASSAf) Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf (Executive Secretary, CBD) Mr. Martin Brasher (DEFRA)
Friday, 15 January 2010
8.15 - 17.15 hrs	IAP General Assembly (IAP Members only)
17.30	Farewell Reception
Saturday, 16 January 2010
	Departures

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