FYI...Stefanie ---------------Forwarded message--------------------- Alert: Announcing the Second Pan-American Congress on the Conservation of Wildlife Through Education What is the Second Pan-American Congress on the Conservation of Wildlife Through Education? There is growing awareness that environmental education is an essential ingredient in long-term conservation of wildlife and natural habitats. The Second Pan-American Congress on the Conservation of Wildlife Through Education will put you in touch with the latest thinking on environmental education in the Western Hemisphere and help to provide a blueprint for conservation education in the 21st Century. The congress will bring together environmental educators and scientists from throughout the Americas. It will be held from June 15-30, 1998, on the Wildlife Conservation Society web site: http://www.wcs.org . The congress will be entirely web-based, with opportunities for "live chat" discussions between authors and readers. The official language of the congress will be English. A special area of the site will be reserved for papers that will be posted in "sessions" dedicated to such topics as: Education in Zoological Parks Conservation Education in and around Wildlife Reserves Training Conservation Educators Conservation Education in the Schools Role of Mass Media and Technology in Conservation Education Conservation Education: The Growth of a New Movement Partnerships in Conservation Education Conservation Education for Diverse Audiences Evaluation of Conservation Education Programs Funding Conservation Education Programs Low-cost Conservation Education Approaches The Role of Parents in Environmental Education Why is the congress being held on the WCS web site? In 1990, WCS convened the first Pan-American Congress on the Conservation of Wildlife Through Education in Caracas, Venezuela. More than 200 participants attended the first congress. It established working relationships, that still exist, between environmental educators throughout the Americas, and many have expressed interest in a second congress. Because of the growing international use of the worldwide web and the high cost of travel and accommodations, WCS will hold the second congress on its web site. From their own offices, participants will be able to read papers on-line and communicate with colleagues from Canada to Chile. Who will participate? Participants will consist of educators, conservation scientists, university professors and students. Papers will be contributed by authors in the U.S., Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Belize and other nations. Conservation organizers expect hundreds of participants and more than forty contributed papers. How can you participate? Anyone who is interested can "attend" the congress by accessing the Wildlife Conservation Society's web site (http://www.wcs.org) between June 15 and June 30, 1998. If you would like to author a paper, immediately contact the Wildlife Conservation Society by e-mail ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or fax (718-733-4460). All papers must be received by March 16, 1998. -- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker Department of Resource Management Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 56 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
