CSEB thanks Simon Fraser University, Biological Sciences and
Weyerhaeuser Company Limited for their sponsorship of this conference.
The Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists (CSEB) is Canada's largest national, non-governmental association of professional biologists.
It's taken less than a thousand years for humans to place the species and ecosystems of the world in peril, and still less than that to understand what we have done, and to take steps to fix it. We're at a turning point and our choices now will have a profound impact on our world and the species that live within it. What is to become of them, and is there hope we can stop the devastating spiral and turn it around?
The Canadian Society of Environment Biologists (CSEB) will address that issue by hosting The New Millennium : Can Threatened / Endangered Species Recover? The conference will highlight endangered species issues and concerns, as well as present ongoing work in Canada and abroad.
The topic is timely, not only in view of the possible imminent passage of Canada's Species at Risk Act, but also because the heightened pace of booming economies in the developed world, and the stretch resources in the Third World, are putting increasing pressures on the environment and the species it contains. Loss of habitat, thinning of gene pools, and the ominous shadow of global warming will make it hard on organisms which even at present are struggling to survive.
This annual conference will have both sessions focused on issues relating to species at risk, and general forums for CSEB members to present current work and activities in environmental and ecological science. Some additional topics relating to species at risk will include:
- Techniques and approaches for dealing with endangered species
- Impacts and improvements to forestry practices (in particular considering our BC venue)
- Canada's Species at Risk Act
- Resource management involving species at risk; case studies of endangered species recovery programs in British Columbia and other areas
- Approaches to management of key commercial fish stocks such as cod, and Atlantic and Pacific salmon which are on the brink of collapse
- Processes of species assignment (federal and provincial); key components (protection, compensation, etc.); and major considerations (ecosystem approach, responsibilities, and no-net-loss of habitat)
The conference will culminate in a roundtable discussion which will gather ideas on a strategy for endangered species in Canada, which we will submit to the Federal Government.
The 40th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists will be held atThe Harbour Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
Some Sites and Sounds
Tourism Vancouver http://www.tourismvancouver.com/ or tel: 604-682-2222
Tourism Vancouver's list of hotels http://www.tourismvancouver.com/cgi-bin/ves_room.cgi
Air Canada and Westjet both have seat sales until Tuesday, January 23, 2001, so book now!
Grouse Mountain http://www.grousemtn.com/ or email: akirkby@grousemtn.com
Tourism Victoria http://www.vits.bc.ca/ or email: info@vits.bc.ca
Tourism Whistler http://www.whistler-blackcomb.com or tel: 1-800-766-0449
International Folk Alliance Conference Feb 14-18, 2001 (evening musical acts): http://wwww.auraltrad.com/folk-eh
CSEB Members CN $100.00 Non-Members includes 1 year membership CN $135.00 Students CN $35.00 Catered Luncheon CN $25.00
Consider Ads and/or Sponsorship Endorsements
We are accepting advertisements for inclusion in the conference program. Your company or practice sponsorship announces to all participants that your business is environmentally aware by being a part of this millennium event.
$50 for business card, or $100 for a half page Please contact Gerry Leering, Conference Coordinator, for further details.
- Gerry Leering, R.P.Bio.
- Environmental Planning Analyst
- City of Burnaby, Long Range Planning
- 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby
- BC, CANADA V5G 1M2
- Business: (640) 294-7415
- Fax: (604) 570-3680
- Email: leering@city.burnaby.bc.ca
- Monitoring and Recovery of Roseate Terns on Country Island, Nova Scotia
N. Collins, J. Cooke, M.L. Jensen and S. Martin, CEF Consultants Limited, Halifax, Nova Scotia- Approaches to Endangered Species Management and Recovery in Canada. An Environment Canada Perspective.
Rick McKelvey, Environment Canada, Vancouver- The Canadian Species at Risk Act: An Outside Perspective
Brenda Heelan Powell, Environmental Law Centre, Edmonton- Saving Endangered Species: Legislative and practical problems
Dr. Geoffrey Scudder, University of British Columbia- Implications of Government Programs on Coastal Stream Biodiversity: Case analysis of MacDonald Creek (Gambier Island, BC)
Dr. Loys Maingon, University of Saskatchewan- Estimating Fish Abundance in Newfoundland Lakes--How Many Fish are in that Pond?
Pat Ryan, Pat Ryan Environmental- Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Project
Andrew Bryant, Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Foundation.- Managing Impacts of Power Lines on Bald Eagles and Nest Trees
John Maher, BC Hydro- Stable Isotope Analysis in Otoliths in Determining the Spawning Stocks of Puget Sound Herring
Yongwen Gao, Greg Bargmann, Steve Joner and Russell Svec, Makah Fisheries Management, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife- Eco-regional Planning and the NCC: Enhancing wildlife and habitat conservation
Michelle Albanese, Nature Conservancy of Canada.- Tailed Frogs and other Endangered Species in B.C.
Dr. John Richardson, University of British Columbia- Algonquin Park Smallmouth Bass Telemetry Studies to Resolve Habitat Needs
D.J. Parks and R.S. McKinley, Waterloo Biotelemetry Institute and Harkness Fisheries Research Lab- Eulachon Population Status, Threats and Research Needs
Adam Lewis and John Kelson, Eulachon Conservation Society, BC- Endangered Species Framework and Recovery Planning
David Fraser, Endangered Species Species Specialist, BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks- CSEB: Ahead of Its Time in the Era of Environment
Patrick Ryan, Newfoundland Director, CSEB
