Living with biodiversity: people, knowledge, politics
International symposium, Leiden, The Netherlands
Naturalis, The Dutch Natural History Museum
Wednesday 22 –Thursday 23 September 2010
Organisers:
Esther Turnhout, Associate Professor, Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
Johannes Vogel, Program Leader UK Biodiversity, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
Claire Waterton, Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Our relationship with biodiversity, through policy, through conservation or through engagement with nature is one that involves blurred boundaries between science, politics and lay knowledge. Humans interact with biodiversity in different arenas such as politics and decision making, natural history museums and botanical gardens and the generation of biodiversity data and databases. Each of these involves scientific and other knowledge and information and each involves non-scientific publics in different ways. This conference brings together international academics on the topic ‘living with biodiversity’. By focusing on interactions between knowledge, people, politics and biodiversity, this symposium aims to generate new ways of understanding public involvement with nature and biodiversity and new perspectives on how to live with biodiversity.
This symposium is generously supported by Naturalis and the Mansholt Graduate School of Wageningen University.
The theme: Living with Biodiversity: People, Knowledge, Politics
Venue and accommodation
Draft program and speakers
The registration for this symposium has passed, it is no longer possible to register
Deadline for registration is September 6.