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ACES 2011 Conservation Conflicts: Strategies for coping with a changing world (Aug 22nd-24th 2011) will investigate how we can understand and deal with conflicts in conservation by exploring links between academic disciplines, policy makers and practitioners, and between theory and practice. We will:
• Critically reflect upon the dominant theories and current approaches to conservation conflicts
• Explore contrasting perspectives about how to understand and manage conservation conflict from different disciplines within the academic community and from the policy and practitioner community
• Compare case studies from around the world where different approaches have been used in different contexts
• Synthesise lessons learned and develop a new integrated approach to understanding and managing conflict
The conference will take place over three days. The first two days will consist of a mix of plenary and contributed talks including parallel sessions, and the third day will include a choice of workshops where participants can explore the issues in greater depth through discussion. There will be an option to visit the Cairngorms National Park, where participants will be able to debate how to collaboratively manage highly multi-functional landscapes with conservationists, deer managers, foresters, water companies and recreationalists.
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