| Aug ’10 | Sep |
| 30 | 1 |
What is Happening:
“Biodiversity and World Food Security: Nourishing the Planet and its People” will be held in Parliament House, Canberra over the period 30 August to 1 September.
This will be the key event in the Australasian region and one of very few international events focusing on food security imperatives in relation to biodiversity conservation.
The conference will highlight the value and vulnerability of biodiversity in agriculture, food security and rural livelihoods, especially for developing nations and Australia; address the additional pressures that climate change impacts will bring to bear on both the conservation and use of biodiversity, and offer some policy directions for Australia and the developing world.
Confirmed key speakers include:
- Dr Cristián Samper, Director, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution;
- Professor Steve Hopper, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew;
- Dr Emile Frison, Director General, Bioversity International;
- Dr Megan Clark, Chief Executive, CSIRO;
- Dr Meryl Williams, Chair of Commission, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research;
- Professor Hugh Possingham FAA, Director of The Ecology Centre at the University of Queensland
Where is it On?:
Parliament House, Canberra
RSVP?: Yes
Contact Details:
http://www.crawfordfund.org/conference/conf2010.html
