WHAT: 12th International Coral Reef Symposium
WHERE: Cairns Convention Centre
Corner Wharf and Sheridan Streets
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Phone: +61 (0) 7 3255 1002
WHEN: July 9-13, 2012
Presentations and workshops with WCS conservationists to include:
Stacy Jupiter: The effectiveness of locally managed marine areas in Fiji (Monday, July 9—Hall B at 12:45 p.m.)
Rachel Graham: The importance of fish spawning aggregations to reef-associated sharks (Monday, July 9—Hall A at 5 p.m.)
Akuila Cakacaka: Developing resilient Marine Protected Area networks across seascapes in Fiji (Tuesday, July 10—Plenary Hall 2 at 4:45 p.m.)
Tim McClanahan Critical ecological switch points and reef fisheries degradation and recovery (Wednesday, July 11—Hall A at 11:15 a.m.)
Stuart Campbell: Fishing down the herbivores and reef vulnerability in Indonesia (Wednesday, July 11—Hall A at 11:45 a.m.)
Katherine Holmes: Working Group on Coral Reef Resilience for Pacific Island Managers (July 10-11—MR3 from 6-7 p.m.)
Stacy Jupiter: Factors influencing success of traditional management of Fiji reef fisheries (Thursday, July 12—Room Sebel Kuranda at 9:45 a.m.)
George Samson: Storms, recovery, and protection: long term monitoring tells the story in Papua New Guinea (Thursday, July 12—Hall B at 10:35 a.m.)
Margaret Fox: Opportunities and challenges of managing spawning aggregations in Fiji (Thursday, July 12—Plenary Hall at 11:15 a.m.)
Bemahafaly Randriamanantsoa: From data to improved conservation: success stories in Madagascar (Thursday, July 12—Plenary Hall 2 at 3:30 p.m.)
More information:
www.wcs.org/
Provided by Wildlife Conservation Society
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