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Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Goals of the Workshop
- Agenda
- Opening Address
- First Session: Setting the Context - Science Needs of Policy
- How is Biodiversity Policy Informed by Science?
- State of Ontario's Forest Birds
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Forest Management Guidelines for Conserving Biodiversity and Ecological Processes
- Second Session: Tools for Using Science, and Gaps in Science
- Recovery Potential Modelling: Interactions of Allowable Harm, Recovery Targets and Critical Habitat
- Gaps in Knowledge, Information, and Expertise Regarding Ontario's Biodiversity
- Third Session: Where Do We Go From Here?
- Key Findings
- Speaker Bios
- List of Participants
Workshop Proceedings Goals of the Workshop
The goals of the Ontario Biodiversity Science Forum 2009 workshop were the following:
- Peer review of White Papers from external audience
- Focus the biodiversity science agenda and foster science partnerships by:
- Identifying the State of Science and Knowledge, and Critical Gaps
- Improving our understanding of ecosystem functions and relationships
- Identifying gaps in available expertise (e.g., Ontario taxonomy/ systematics) and recommending solutions to address such gaps
- Evaluating existing and aiding the development of new habitat/ecosystem and species/population management guides, best management practices and other conservation tools
- Identify indicators
- Assess outcomes
- Conduct adaptive management
- Identifying the State of Science and Knowledge, and Critical Gaps
- Highlight the Role of Science, Determine How to Achieve Biodiversity Goals, and Identify Linkages between Science and Policy