Social scientists and biologists collaborate to address human dimensions of bi...( lose the opportunity to see elephants...)

lose the opportunity to see elephants, rhinos, or tigers in the wild. We are dramatically simplifying the landscape in which their intellectual lives can develop" cautions Dobson. If current rates of land use change continue, a third or more of all species could be on a path to extinction within the next decade. Scientists are increasingly concerned such extinctions threaten the ability of ecosystems to continue to provide the goods and services on which human society and its economy depends.

The panel will review existing knowledge about the interactions between biodiversity and humans, including human diversity itself, and consider how inter-disciplinary research efforts should be focused to gather important information that we do not have. Joining Dobson and Kinzig on the panel will be Cynthia Beale, physical anthropologist from Case Western University and Paul Stern, psychologist and Program Officer of the National Research Councils Human Dimensions of Global Change Committee. "We hope the panel and discussion will build capacity for understanding interactions between humans and biodiversity, and ultimately for producing science-based initiatives to support policies that conserve the benefits that each derive from one another" says Dobson.

Another event at the AIBS Annual meeting that will explore links between biodiversity and human societies, as a contribution to IBOY, is a special screening of the film Ocean Oasis: A Story of The Unbreakable Bonds Between A Parched Land, A Rich Sea, And The People who Love Them Both.

This giant-screen film about Baja California tells the story of the profound links between the seemingly separate worlds of the rugged Baja California desert and the teeming life of the Sea of Cortez, through the voices of several people who love this place and try to understand it: a fisherman, an ecologist, a zoologist, a naturalist and a marine biologist. The film will be presented at 7pm, March 25, at the Samuel C.
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Contact: Gina Adams
gadams@nrel.colostate.edu
970-491-1984
University of Colorado at Boulder
15-Mar-2001

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