The next environmental symposium in November 2010

Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation will organize its Sixth Environmental Symposium The Global Environmental Change: Messages from Birds in cooperation with BirdLife Finland 17.-19.11.2010. The symposium venue is Hanasaari Cultural Centre in Espoo. The symposium will highlight the current simultaneous changes in the environment. The usability of birds in observing, forecasting and interpreting the changes is a central question.

We have invited several international experts to give plenary speeches about different themes of the symposium, such as the following ones:
Biodiversity targets 2010: where are we now? Dr. Ian Burfield, European Research & Database Manager, BirdLife International
How to estimate the changes in environment: birds as indicators. Dr. Richard Gregory, Head of Monitoring and Survey, The Royal Society of the Protection of Birds / European Bird Census Council
Heralds of climate change. Dr. Anders Moller, Université Paris-Sud
Global problems need global solutions. Prof. Franz Bairlein, Institute of Avian Research, Germany

We are also looking for experts on environmental and bird studies to give oral or poster presentations about their research. The presentations will be in English. The first two days of the three-day symposium are devoted to environmental research with a focus on birds while the third day concentrates on bird research of any kind. The symposium will provide a discussion forum for researchers, government officials, students and the general public interested in environment- and bird-related questions.

More information and instructions available at the symposium website . Further information also from the symposium coordinator Kalle Huttunen: kalle.huttunen@nessling.fi or +358 45 319 8041.