Australasian Wildlife Management Society
Conferences
The Society holds an annual conference in one of the Australian states or in New Zealand. The 2006 conference was held in Auckland (click for proceedings). Recent conferences have been held in Dubbo (2001) , Camden (2002), Christchurch in conjunction with the 3rd International Wildlife Management Congress (2003), and Kangaroo Island (2004), Hobart (2005), Auckland (2006), and Canberra (2007).
Conference symposia have included:
- endangered species management
- sustainable yield harvest
- introduced carnivores
- wildlife management education
- indigenous people in wildlife management
- ecology and management of small mammals
- ecosystem consequences of wildlife management
- wildlife management on oceanic and mainland islands
- aerial surveys of wildlife
- use of models in wildlife research and management
- conservation management for threatened and declining frogs
- The 2005 keynote address (2.2MB .pdf) was on Non-invasive Genetic Sampling and Conservation
The 2008 AWMS Conference will be held at the Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Western Australia, from 24-27 November. The theme of the conference is ‘Human Impacts on Wildlife', encompassing such topics as invasive and threatened species, climate change, habitat disturbance and sustainable use of wildlife. The 2008 conference will feature a number of high-profile invited speakers as well as a fantastic student symposium and prizes. Download a conference brochure and poster.
Important dates (2008)
- August 29 - Closing date for submission of abstracts (oral / poster)
- September 20 - Authors advised of acceptance of abstracts
- October 17 - Early bird registration closes
- November 24-27 – Conference
Copyright AWMS 2005.