Scope and Topics

Climate change: Wetlands and Water birds

• Management and monitoring
• Conservation and restoration policies
• Environmental awareness
• Protected species

Wildlife harvesting

• Hunting
• Illegal bird trapping
• Protected species
• Law enforcement

Desertification

• Agriculture, loss of land productivity
• Invasive alien species
• Impoverishment on natural vegetation
• Water scarcity
• Water management

Forest Fires and Landscape

• Monitoring landscape changes
• Methods and tools to assess and manage changes
• Conservation criteria
• Restoration planning

Biodiversity a victim of conflicts

• Countries in war
• Buffer zones

Protected species

• Bats around the world (Fruit Bats in Cyprus)
• Butterflies around the world (Cyprus Meadow Brown, Maniola cypricola)
• Destruction and conservation

Tourism impacts on Biodiversity

• Ecotourism
• Opportunities for tourism growth
• Tourism key decision makers and biodiversity conservation
• Best practice transfer: case studies
• Business incentives mechanism

Transportation impacts on Biodiversity  

• Highways, road networks create habitat loss and fragmentation
• Auto orientated transport system
• Biodiversity impact assessment
• Airports environmentally sensitive?
• Maritime traffic effects
• Integration of Biodiversity Protection and Business

Construction impact on Biodiversity

• Real state development
• Architecture design
• Urban planning
• Integration of Biodiversity Protection and Business

Human behaviour and Biodiversity: Communication and Education

• Awareness
• Action plans
• Recommendations

Management and Marketing impacts on biodiversity

• Green marketing
• Cause related marketing
• Corporate social responsibility
• Sponsoring