Chimpanzee
Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust
(CSWCT)
Announces
Chimpanzee
Conservation workshop
Part
of celebrating 10 years of Ngamba Island Chimpanzee
Sanctuary (1998-2008) under the theme...
“Preserving our heritage
and protecting our closest relatives”
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Programme
3rd
to 4th July 2008
Day-1:
Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary on Lake
Victoria
Day-2: Kampala at a Hotel near Uganda Museum
to be confirmed soon
Workshop
Summary
Chimpanzee populations
continue to decline throughout their home range
and various efforts are being employed by various
Governments, institutions and Non-Governmental
organizations to halt this trend amidst global
challenges of human population growth, poverty
and climatic change. Ngamba Island was established
in 1998 to care for rescued orphan chimpanzees
in Uganda, and up-to-date continues to register
high influx of baby chimpanzees being confiscated.
The focus of this workshop is to review all efforts
being undertaken, identify challenges and develop
strategies for future management.
The workshop
aims to bring together local and internationally
renown researchers, conservationist, policy analysts,
academicians, Government, Non-governmental agencies
and the general public. The participants will
discuss and provide practical insights into the
efforts being undertaken in tackling existing
challenges and to better understand current issues
in chimpanzee conservation. The outcome of these
discussions will form a basis for reviewing policies
and development of guidelines for ape conservation.
These include:
- Policy for ape management
outside protected areas
- Best practices for sanctuary
Management
- Illegal trade control strategy
- Guidelines for responsible
tourism
Workshop Highlights
- Chimpanzee conservation in Uganda
- Challenges of habitat and ecosystem
management
- State of forests in Uganda
- Global warming issues
- Significance of great ape tourism
and conservation
- Chimpanzee ecotourism inside and outside
protected areas
- Cost benefit analysis of eco-tourism
development in Uganda
- Responsible tourism-case study Ngamba
- Trade in great apes species and
materials
- Relevant policies and weaknesses
- Role of sanctuaries in great ape conservation
- Extent & impact of illegal trade
on wildlife
- Emergence of diseases in primate
habitats and surrounding communities
- Transboundary disease issues
- Health monitoring and interventions
- Public health implications
- Capacity building and research
in great ape conservation
- Review of primate research in Uganda
- Training benefits and challenges
- Role of research to decision making
by policy makers
- Dissemination of research results
- Policies and implementation (Policy
review, GRASP development
Abstract Information
Instructions
Intending presenters are encouraged to submit
abstracts for oral presentations following
the above workshop highlights. Poster sessions
encourage interaction and the exchange of ideas
with speakers, organizers, and other scientists
and would like to encourage poster submissions.
STEP 1
- Abstract must be
saved as a word document
- Abstract submitter must
underline their name in the
list of authors. You may only submit
one abstract per session
- Title should
be followed by one return.
- Author List and
Institutions should be followed
by one return.
- Provide any grant
acknowledgments for your research
at the end of your abstract
- Abstract size should
not exceed 3.5” x 5” (88.9 mm x 127 mm).
- Margins for Letter
size: Margins for A4 size: Top
- 1” (25.4 mm) Top - 25.4 mm (1”)
- At the bottom of the page
(not included in the above dimensions), include
(1) your name, (2) phone number, and (3)
if applicable, the session number in which
you want to present your.
STEP 2. Submit
Abstract
Abstract must
be submitted online at sanctuarymanager@ngambaisland.org.
Please submit as abstract for the workshop in
the subject line of the e-mail for attention.
If you have any questions about abstract submission,
please send a message to above e-mails or call
+256-772-566551 or +256-772-221539
STEP 3.
Prepare Poster (4 feet by 4 feet)
- Poster display size is
4 feet (1.2 meters) by 4 feet (1.2 meters).
- Oversized posters will
not be allowed.
Step 4. Publication
- Abstracts will be compiled
together with workshop and distributed to
participants on arrival. Abstracts will
be published as received.
Registration
Deadlines and Pricing
You may register
for this workshop by sending e-mail to sanctuarymanager@ngambaisland.org until May
30, 2008.
- The Registration Fee includes
the Abstract Submission Fee.
- The Registration Fee and
confirmation before May 30, 2008.
- Participants from developed
countries: $200
- Participants from non-developed
countries: $100
- Resident students: Free
upon verification of student status
What is included in the registration
fee?
- Admission to plenary speaker
talks and poster displays
- Abstract book
- Breakfast service and coffee
breaks
- Refreshments at poster
sessions
- Lunches
Registration fee does
NOT include:
- Lodging
- Transportation
- Dinners
Limited
support for workshop registration will be available
to participants with approved abstracts and
approved need for the support.
N.B Workshop
program will be compiled upon receiving abstracts
and forwarded to all participants before the
workshop date. |
