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8^th International Congress for Wildlife and Livelihoods on Private and Communal Lands: Livestock, Tourism, and Spirit

September 7-12, 2014; YMCA of the Rockies, Colorado, USA

 

Why should you help to lead the conversations and solutions?

We benefit most often from food, wildlife and recreation produced on private and communal lands

Landowners have wildlife on their lands, but may not have incentives for management to benefit society

Without the ecological contributions and spirit derived from nature, humans would perish

Without human thoughts and actions nature will perish

We need private and communal support

 

Previous Congresses were held in Africa 3 times, Canada twice, France, and the first in New Mexico, USA entitled:  ”International Wildlife Ranching Symposium” reflecting how wildlife and recreation contributes to agricultural management, conservation, economies, and healthy societies.

Our Congress emphasizes practical knowledge, skills and attitudes with action outcomes to assist private and communal sectors internationally, in North America, and in Colorado before, during and after the event.  Sessions are planned with invited speakers of quality and substance, related papers from around the world, field trips to Blue Valley Ranch, McGregor Ranch and Rocky Mountain National Park; workshop on wildlife management and animal capture; and small aircraft flights over conservation problems and solutions. 

Over 40 topics are being considered, including titles such as:

• Collaborations across landscapes and jurisdictions by governments, businesses, and peoples
• Helping rural and urban persons to want wildlife and nature as part of their spirit and livelihoods
• Conservation legislation and policy to encourage wildlife management, nature conservation, endangered species protection, tourism, enterprises, and other human and landscape needs
• Energy development, climate change, and mitigations that promote wildlife and livelihoods
• Organizing, administering, and using Land Trusts or other payments for environmental services
• Urban, X-Urban, and Rural land and wildlife planning, development, and mitigations
• Forming and managing local to  international private and communal Wildlife Associations
• Ethics of hunting and wildlife management techniques under different systems
• Role of NGOs to promote, and to evaluate conservation interests locally and internationally
• The role of institutions to educate future leaders and managers for private and communal sectors
• Preventing and mitigating diseases and conflicts between humans and  wildlife
• The business of wildlife and nature conservation for state and national economies and workforces

Actions are our desired outcomes, not mere studies of problems. We encourage sessions, titles, outcomes, and words that support: critical thinking, solutions, entrepreneurism, guidelines, Best Management Practices, innovations, results, applications, models, tools, impacts, future progress, recommendations, provocative debates, mitigations, examples, outcomes, successes, case studies, actions, behavioral change, etc.

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Planning moves rapidly.  Outcomes will depend on human and financial capital that is leveraged into strategic actions.  Priorities are finding key thinkers, topics, sponsors, cooperators, facilitators, speakers, and participants. Your ideas and support are welcomed!  See venues and audiences on the next page.

Our locations:

 

·         Congress Web Site: http://events.warnercnr.colostate.edu/iwmc-2014/

·         YMCA of the Rockies conference and destination facilities:  http://www.ymcarockies.org/

·         Rocky Mountain National Park is at our door: http://www.nps.gov/romo/index.htm

·         Learn more about tourism in Colorado: http://www.colorado.com/

·         Know Colorado’s Wildlife: http://wildlife.state.co.us/WildlifeSpecies/Pages/WildlifeSpecies.aspx

·         Start now to get management ideas in the many related links from Sections of LandHelp including the 8^th Congress Section at:  www.LandHelp.info.

Our Projected Audiences include:

At least the following will be in conversations, promotion, and participation with private and communal land management leading up to and including the Congress:

400         Agency, organization, and private professionals from around the world, will help to guide the process, make presentations, and will attend the Congress

300         Landowners and on-the-ground private and communal land managers who will help to guide the process and who will attend the Congress

 60          State/provincial fish and wildlife commissions and agencies in North America will be part of the support processes, will promote the Congress to their constituents, and many will participate in the Congress

 30          Key leaders from around the world will mold the Congress for all to benefit

   7           Federal agencies with their departments, bureaus, and offices in the US will be part of the support processes, will promote the Congress to their constituents, and will participate in the Congress

  6            Continents will have informed professionals, agencies, organizations, landowners, and land managers who will be asked to be part of the discussions and actions

  1            Bureau of Indian Affairs in the US will have a unique role.  You are the one who can help to make a difference

Countless persons will have access to web sites and other communications that promote management of land, animals, and people on private and communal lands before, during, and after the Congress

For More Information Contact:

Dr. Delwin E. Benson, Professor and Extension Wildlife Specialist, Colorado State University who serves as your organizer and host focusing on actions, celebrations, and improvements for management of animals, land, and people:  Delwin.Benson@colostate.edu; 970-491-6411

 

Join us in spirit and in participation to present the most thoughtful and effective outcomes of record