How do we provide conservation, landscape management, tourism, human health and regional development? Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil

fonte: site oficial do evento http://canjerana.esalq.usp.br/PAPM2013/doku.php?id=key_dates

Protected Areas and Place Making:

How do we provide conservation, landscape management, tourism, human health and regional development?
Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil – April 21-26, 2013

This IUFRO-meeting brings together expertise to explore solutions and develop practices in regions where balance and maintenance are essential in conserving resilience and addressing recovery of landscapes. The meeting will consist of five days of academic discussion including field trips to the Iguaçu National Park (Brazil), Iguazu National Park (Argentina) and ITAIPU Binacional, the hydro-eletric dam.  This is a great chance to thoroughly discuss and disseminate your investigations and scientific works with a select group of Brazilian and international researchers.

Contact:  lanp-conference@usp.br


The place making definition
Place making is the art and science to make better places to live. Although we had known how to construct streets and markets in the environment, we need to learn how to change these locals into places for a better social life.
Theme
We would like to announce the upcoming IUFRO 06.04 conference: Protected Areas and Place Making. The central theme is “Protected Areas and Urban Forest,” with a focus on addressing the issue of “How do we simultaneously provide conservation, landscape management, tourism, human health and regional development?”
The objective of the conference is to bring together expertise to explore solutions and develop practices in regions where balance and maintenance are essential in conserving resilience and addressing recovery of landscapes.
This is a great chance to thoroughly discuss and disseminate your investigations and scientific works with a select group of Brazilian and international researchers.
Some broad sub-themes include:
Nature-based recreation and tourism
Human – Wildlife Conflict Management
Private sector on nature conservation
Florestas urbanas e qualidade de vida (language - Portuguese)
Urban forestry, health and well being
Community values in conservation
Conservação da natureza e desenvolvimento rural (language – Portuguese)
Conservation and sustainable rural development in contested landscapes: international perspectives
Booting connectivity: Trans-boundary Parks and corridors
Word cup and tourism in Brazilian National Parks
We look forward to seeing you in Foz do Iguaçu. Please pass this announcement onto like minded colleagues also committed to protecting these areas.
Thanks, obrigada!
Teresa Cristina Magro (Chair)
Demóstenes Ferreira da Silva Filho (Co-chair)
Contact: lanp-conference@usp.br or papm2013@emporioproducoes.com.br

Key dates

December 15, 2012 

Registration opens 

February 16, 2013 

Deadline for abstracs (500 words) 

February 26, 2013 

Abstract acceptance notification 

March 20, 2013 

Early registration ends 

March 30, 2013 

Deadline for revised abstract for proceedings (3 000 words) 

April 07, 2013 

Last day to register and book lodging at special conference rates