The 27th Inter­na­tional Con­gress for Con­ser­va­tion Biol­ogy (and also the 4th Euro­pean Con­gress for Con­ser­va­tion Biol­ogy) is tak­ing place in Mont­pel­lier in the South of France August 2–6, 2015. This year’s title is “Mis­sion Bio­di­ver­sity — Choos­ing new paths for con­ser­va­tion” — that sounds inspiring!

There­fore, I am more than happy to be an invited speaker in a Sym­po­sium on Bio­di­ver­sity man­age­ment and devel­op­ment: chal­lenges, oppor­tu­ni­ties and new direc­tions. This sym­po­sium will focus on impact mit­i­ga­tion, no net loss, the mit­i­ga­tion hier­ar­chy and bio­di­ver­sity off­sets and I’ll share some insights from the Ger­man prac­tice with impact mit­i­ga­tion. I’ll be delighted to meet many great peo­ple there!

If you want to reg­is­ter for this excit­ing event (more than thou­sand sci­en­tists from all over the world, with pre­sen­ta­tions, posters, work­shops and excur­sions) be fast — the early bird dead­line is extended to May 8, 2015.

For more infor­ma­tion see the related web­site or fol­low them on twit­ter. You can also have a look at the interim pro­gram overview.

About the Conference

The Soci­ety for Con­ser­va­tion Biol­ogy (SCB) is proud to team up for the first time with Agropo­lis inter­na­tional and the French Foun­da­tion for Research on Bio­di­ver­sity (FRB) to host the 27th Inter­na­tional Con­gress for Con­ser­va­tion Biol­ogy (ICCB) and the 4th Euro­pean Con­gress for Con­ser­va­tion Biol­ogy (ECCB) to be held on August 2–6, 2015 in Mont­pel­lier, France.

The joint meet­ing brings together our inter­na­tional com­mu­nity of con­ser­va­tion pro­fes­sion­als to address con­ser­va­tion chal­lenges and present new find­ings, ini­tia­tives, meth­ods, tools and oppor­tu­ni­ties in con­ser­va­tion sci­ence and prac­tice. It’s also a mar­velous oppor­tu­nity to wel­come sci­en­tists and con­ser­va­tion­ists from around the world to Europe. Sci­en­tists, stu­dents, man­agers, decision-makers, writ­ers, and other con­ser­va­tion pro­fes­sion­als across the globe are invited to par­tic­i­pate in this event.

The City of Mont­pel­lier is located in south of France between the Mediter­ranean Sea and sev­eral national parks and is a hotspot of Euro­pean bio­di­ver­sity, at the heart of the sci­en­tific com­mu­nity of Mont­pel­lier and Languedoc-Roussillon region.

From Afghanistan to Zim­babwe and every­where in between, authors from 109 coun­tries sub­mit­ted abstracts to present their research at ICCB-ECCB 2015. Click here Find other impres­sive num­bers from ICCB-ECCB and down­load the Programme-at-a-Glance (sub­ject to change).

Key Dates

Dead­line for early bird reg­is­tra­tion 8 May 2015
Start of reg­u­lar reg­is­tra­tion 2 May 2015
Start of pre-congress ses­sions & field trips 1 August 2015
Start of ICCB-ECCB 2 August 2015
Start of post-congress ses­sions & field trips 7 August 2015