The American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation will convene New Currents in Conserving Freshwater Systems, a forum at which speakers from around the world will highlight recent successful initiatives in freshwater conservation, discuss cutting-edge ideas and tools, and investigate how and where innovations might be implemented on the ground. Leading scientists, conservation practitioners, and policymakers from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Germany, Iraq, Mauritania, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Slovenia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere will consider a broad range of perspectives on the challenging goal of conserving freshwater systems and the biodiversity that depends upon them.

Many scientists and managers have worked for decades to improve the health of rivers, lakes, and wetlands, and the species dependent upon them, yet the battle is still being lost in numerous places. The symposium will showcase success stories and projects rooted in strong scientific research and provide opportunities for cross-disciplinary discussion of the way forward in freshwater conservation.

 Conference Information: 

Participants will include representatives from the American Museum of Natural History, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, IUCN-The World Conservation Union, the World Bank, World Wildlife Fund, Wildlife Conservation Society, Eden Again/New Eden (Iraq), South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, International Water Management Institute (Sri Lanka), Freshwater Biological Association (United Kingdom), Australian Department of Environment and Heritage, and many others.

The conference will be held at the American Museum of Natural History in the Kaufmann and Linder theaters (please use 77th Street entrance).

For further information and registration, visit the CBC Symposium web site.

 Sponsorship: 

New Currents in Conserving Freshwater Systems is sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (CBC) in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service and U.S. Geological Survey.

Major funding is provided by Daniel and Sheryl Tishman and by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Additional support is provided by The Conservation Trust of the National Geographic Society, the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, The Nature Conservancy, and the American Fisheries Society.