[PCA] CONFERENCE: Janet Meakin Poor Symposium (Glencoe, IL)

[Kwong, Olivia]

Scaling Up: Lessons Learned from Large-scale Ecosystem Restoration Efforts
A Janet Meakin Poor Research Symposium
Alsdorf Auditorium of the Regenstein Center, Chicago Botanic Garden,
Glencoe, IL

Registration Now Open!

9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Friday, June 12, 2015
$59; members receive a 20 percent discount
$29 with student ID; call (847) 835-6801 to register at this rate.

Scientists and policymakers are increasingly calling for large-scale
restoration of degraded lands, viewing ambitious efforts as vital for
global biodiversity conservation. However, ecological restoration has
tended to operate at relatively small spatial scales—as has the research
that informs restoration practice, such as plot-level field experiments.

This symposium will investigate examples of large-scale restoration efforts
from around the world. Some of the questions that will be explored include:

   - How do opportunities for biodiversity support and ecosystem-services
   delivery differ at the landscape scale?
   - What factors constrain the effectiveness of large-scale restoration
   efforts?
   - How can adequate resources and institutional support be maintained to
   see large projects through to completion?
   - What scientific gaps become limiting as we try to scale up restoration?

For more information on the symposium or to register:
http://www.chicagobotanic.org/JMP_symposium

Presented by Chicago Botanic Garden
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