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Workshop: Challenges and progress in scientific collecting policies—Canada as an impending case study for a national policy review


Contact:   Meade Krosby
Date & Time:   Thursday, 5 October 2006, 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Location:   Hotel Galeria, Centro de Negocios #4
Lunch:   $11 USD for lunch – outside food not allowed

Please join us for a roundtable discussion of issues relating to permitting policies with international impact for scientific collecting of avian research specimens. In particular, we will focus on the implications of a possible upcoming federal review of the scientific collecting policy for Canada. Discussion points will include the current status of scientific collecting in Canada, Canadian and international aspirations for the outcome of a Canadian collecting policy review, lessons learned from previous national policy reviews in participating NAOC countries, and ideas for improving international coordination in shaping scientific collecting policy in North America. The meeting will be held from 12:30 – 2:00 pm (RSVP and bring $11 USD for lunch – outside food not allowed) on Thursday, 5 October 2006 at the Hotel Galeria (adjoining the WTC), Centro de Negocios #4

Agenda

12:30-12:40 pm   Welcome and introductions
12:40-12:55 pm   Dr. Charles Francis, Canadian Wildlife Service
  • Review of existing collecting policy in Canada
  • Regional Canadian collecting permit statistics
  • Considerations in forming new Canadian policy
12:55-1:05 pm   Dr. Kevin Winker, University of Alaska Museum
  • Benefits of a continued museum collecting effort
  • Importance of whole organism sampling
1:05-1:15 pm   Ellen Paul, Ornithological Council
  • North American museum collecting statistics
  • Current US collecting policy
1:15-1:40 pm   Group discussion (small groups if well attended, large group if low attendance)
  • How to craft policy that meets the needs of institutions, researchers, and management
1:40-1:50 pm   Summary of discussion points
1:50-2:00 pm   Identify action steps (e.g., formation of working group)
2:00 pm   Oral Sessions Resume
  • Meeting attendees may remain until 2:30 for continued discussion

 

 

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