Our webinar
Title: People and Biodiversity in Asia’s forests in the 21st Century
Time: February 18, 2022, 5:00-6:00 pm (Vancouver time) /February 19, 2022, 9:00-10:00 am (GMT+8)
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Prof. Jeff Sayer
Prof. Jeff Sayer is a British ecologist who began his career working on conservation programs in many African and Asian countries. He directed the tropical forest conservation program at IUCN.
In 1993, he was appointed founding director-general of CIFOR which allowed him to live in Indonesia for the following 9 years. He was a Professor of Conservation and Development at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia. He has focused on the conservation and development problems of tropical moist forests in the Congo Basin and South-East Asia.
As a professor at UBC, he is interested in Integrated approaches to natural resources management, landscape approaches, and integrating science into natural resources decision making.
Abstract
Negotiations are now underway for a post-2020 framework for biodiversity. I will argue for a stronger scientific basis for conservation and for the need to adapt to changing conditions and to the rich diversity of societal preferences for conservation.
International processes favor simple, generalizable approaches to conservation but I advocate for recognition of the diversity of ecological and human conditions in which conservation occurs.
There is a need to build capacity to support a diversity of conservation approaches that are adapted to changing local conditions and to the priorities of diverse human societies.
References:
Zuidema, Pieter A., Jeffrey A. Sayer, and Wim Dijkman. “Forest fragmentation and biodiversity: the case for intermediate-sized conservation areas.” Environmental conservation 23.4 (1996): 290-297.
Sayer, Jeffrey, et al. “Tropical forest biodiversity and the world heritage convention.” AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 29.6 (2000): 302-309.
