[Aqualist] Cetacean Workshop

[Christine]

Cetacean Research Partnerships Workshop, 2-4 May, Ballina NSW, Australia

First Announcement and Call for Posters

You are invited to attend the National Cetacean Research Partnerships 
Workshop in Ballina, Northern NSW from Sunday 2nd to Tuesday 4th May 2004. 
This Workshop will bring together organisations and individuals currently 
carrying out cetacean research and management in Australian waters, in 
order to discuss research needs and priorities for future research.

Presentations by key researchers will provide an overview of current 
scientific understanding of cetacean distribution, biology, habitats, 
conservation status and threats in Australian waters. The Workshop will 
also identify major research needs, research priorities for different 
sectors, and the potential for research partnerships to maximise the 
benefits from investment in cetacean research. All people and organisations 
from the scientific research community, industry, non-government 
conservation organisations and State/Territory and Australian government 
departments involved with cetacean research and management are invited and 
strongly encouraged to attend.

A fully refereed proceedings from the Workshop will be published, 
documenting current knowledge of cetacean distribution, biology, ecology 
etc. and management issues, based on the invited presentations by key 
speakers and their co-authors. In addition, all other attendees are invited 
to present a poster for display during the Workshop, and text from these 
posters can be submitted for inclusion in the published proceedings, as a 
single page extended Abstract. In addition, an updated list of contact 
details for people/organisations working on cetacean research and 
management in Australia will also be produced.

Further details about the workshop venue, travel, accommodation, presenters 
and publication will be provided in a subsequent email.

The workshop is supported and funded by the Australian Government 
Department of the Environment and Heritage through the Natural Heritage 
Trust, and hosted and organised by the Southern Cross University Whale 
Research Centre, Lismore NSW.

To register your interest in attending this Workshop, please contact:
Christine Fury
Southern Cross University Whale Research Centre
Southern Cross University
Lismore, NSW, Australia
(02) 6620-3815
Email: Christine Fury cfury10 at scu.edu.au
Mobile 0408264330

Workshop Organisers:

Angela Rymer
Assistant Director
Wildlife Impact and Protection Section
Department of the Environment and Heritage
Canberra, ACT Associate

Professor Peter Harrison
Director, SCU Whale Research Centre
Director of Marine Studies, SCU
Southern Cross University
Lismore NSW

Christine Fury
PhD Candidate
Southern Cross University Whale Research Centre
Southern Cross University
P.O. Box 157, Lismore, N.S.W. Australia, 2480
Mobile 0408-264-330
Ph. +61 2 6620-3815
Fax. +61 2 6621-2669
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