Roundtable at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawai'i:
How urban partnerships tackle global crises: Conservation agencies, museums, zoos, and botanic gardens working together
WCC Session 10329, Monday, 5 September 2016
Sponsored by:
InterEnvironment Institute
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
IUCN WCPA Urban Conservation Strategies
Session Chairs:
Ted Trzyna, President, InterEnvironment Institute; Chair, IUCN WCPA Urban Conservation Strategies Specialist Group; author, Urban Protected Areas (IUCN, 2014); Project Director, Natural Neighbors
David Goldstein, Urban Fellow, United States National Park Service
1. Introduction: Evolving concepts and practices
Ted Trzyna and David Goldstein
2. Connecting the disconnected: Introducing urban people to local nature (and culture)
Chicago Wilderness Alliance:
Mark Bouman, Chicago Region Program Director, Field Museum of Natural History
Jim Boudreau, Vice President, External Affairs, Chicago Botanic Garden
George Rabb, President Emeritus, Chicago Zoological Society/Brookfield Zoo; former
Chair, IUCN Species Survival Commission
Toronto partnerships:
Dave Ireland, Managing Director, Biodiversity, Royal Ontario Museum
Mike Wong, Executive Director, Natural Resource Conservation, Parks Canada
Natural Neighbors Southern California:
Ted Trzyna
Mark Bouman, Chicago Region Program Director, Field Museum of Natural History
Natural Neighbours Kingston, Jamaica:
Lloyd Gardner, WCPA Vice Chair, Caribbean
3. Fighting the illegal wildlife trade where the end users live
Sonja Luz, Director, Conservation and Research, Wildlife Reserves Singapore
George Rabb, President Emeritus, Chicago Zoological Society/Brookfield Zoo; former
Chair, IUCN Species Survival Commission
Gerald Dick, Executive Director, World Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Paul Smith, Secretary General, Botanic Gardens Conservation International
4. Combating and adapting to climate change
Michael Paparian, Counselor, InterEnvironment Institute; formerly Deputy Treasurer,
State of California
Left to right: Wong, Gardner, Luz, Bouman