[PCA] CALL: Proposals for the 2011 George Wright Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites (fwd)

[Olivia Kwong]

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Rethinking Protected Areas in a Changing World: The 2011 George Wright
Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites
March 14-18, 2011 • New Orleans, Louisiana
Now accepting abstracts • Deadline: September 30, 2010
Conference website: http://www.georgewright.org/gws2011

Abstracts are now being accepted for Rethinking Protected Areas in a
Changing World, the 2011 George Wright Society Conference on Parks,
Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites. Every two years, the George Wright
Society organizes the USA's largest interdisciplinary professional meeting
on research, management, and education pertaining to parks, protected
areas, and cultural sites.  By these three overlapping terms we mean a
broad array of places, both “cultural” and “natural,” managed by different
entities under a variety of designations:
       parks at all levels: federal, state/provincial, county, and city
       historic, archaeological, and other cultural sites; cultural
       landscapes; protected landscapes/seascapes
       research areas and designated wilderness within national and state
       forests; other designated protected natural areas
       grasslands, wildlife refuges, and other protected public lands
       areas and sites administered by tribal nations and/or indigenous
       people; community-conserved areas; sacred natural sites
       marine protected areas; estuarine, freshwater, and other aquatic
       sanctuaries
       private land-trust reserves
The GWS is unique among professional organizations because our mission is
to encourage dialogue and information exchange among all the people needed
for protected area conservation, across all disciplines.   In recent years,
800–1,000 people have attended the conference.  Most of the attendees are
from the USA and Canada, but the scope of the conference is global.
We welcome abstracts from people who would like to present papers, posters,
and exhibits, or to organize a concurrent session in one of several
formats.  Workshops and affinity/business meetings may also be proposed.

To submit an abstract, go to http://www.georgewright.org/gws2011 and follow
the links.  The deadline for abstracts is September 30.
Please contact the George Wright Society office at info at georgewright.org or
by calling 1-906-487-9722 if you have any questions.