Student Conference on Conservation
Added to website: 06 June 2004
The fifth Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) was recently held (March 2004) at the University of Cambridge. The series, attended by two CCC Science Interns, aims to build links among young conservation scientists from biological, environmental and geography departments of universities as well as conservation and resource management agencies.
Delegates from over 40 countries witnessed student talks on various research subjects as well as attending plenary addresses and interactive workshops over the three days. The 35 student talks covered topics as diverse as ‘Livestock and urials in Ladakh’ (Bindu Raghavan, India), ‘Effectiveness of biodiversity surrogates for regional conservation planning - sensitivity to testing methods’ (Hedley Grantham, Australia) and ‘Conservation of Bolivian reptiles: methods and examples’ (Dirk Embert, Germany). Prizes were awarded for the top three presentations, with constructive advice at hand via the different workshops.
Attendees were also invited to exhibit posters at the conference. CCC representatives, Stefanie Buell and Saritha Visvalingam, presented two well received posters, generating much interest in the work and achievements of Coral Cay. The conference was thoroughly enjoyable, allowing the opportunity to meet and share views with other young conservationists, while also hearing the opinions of distinguished senior scientists and conservation practitioners such as Bob Watson (Chief Scientist at the World Bank) and Gretchen Daily (Stanford University).
