The Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) will host an interactive Ecosystem Services Conference - A New Generation in Restoration: Strategies for Managing Corporate & Public Lands on June 24 - 25, 2010 in Silver Spring, Maryland. The conference aims to educate WHC members and other corporate and conservation partners on the connections between habitat management, biodiversity conservation, and sustainability with ecosystem service-based strategies. The conference will provide a forum for sharing the latest developments on using ecosystem services to restore and manage land, as well as a forum to generate opportunities for road test projects. This conference is the second in a series using member expertise and partner collaboration to incorporate ecosystem services in to existing WHC programs. . CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES - Share the latest developments on using ecosystem services to restore and manage private land;
- Hear from corporate peers on lessons learned to date from ongoing ecosystem services site management reviews;
- Gain practical knowledge of ecosystem service valuation, markets, offsets, and other strategies;
- Analyze risks and opportunities associated with ecosystem degradation and ecosystem service considerations; and,
- Identify future WHC projects and opportunities for incorporating ecosystem services into corporate strategies and decision making.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? - Corporate Sustainability Executives, Site Managers, and Remediation Managers
- Service Providers and Environmental Consultants
- Local, State, and Federal Agencies
- Community Groups
- Environmental Organizations
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