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Webinar Series: Managing Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Increasingly Human-Dominated Landscapes
Type of event: Seminar/Lecture Venue: Online
Organization name: FORREX City: N/A
Beginning date: January 12, 2010 Province/State: N/A
Ending date: February 23, 2010 Country: Canada
Contact name: Pedro Lara Almuedo    
Contact phone #: (250) 371-3955    
Contact email: pedro.laraalmuedo@forrex.org
URL: For more information and to register
Description:
The frequency and intensity of human-wildlife conflicts are escalating, resulting in increasing injuries to humans and wildlife, damage to property and forests, and management challenges. In this webinar series, experts will discuss how landscape modifications and predator-prey dynamics affect human-wildlife interactions, and suggest management practices that will promote the sustainable coexistence of viable wildlife populations and human communities in BC.

Agenda of Scheduled Webinars
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 from 10:00 to 11:00am PST
Our changing relationship with wolves on the west coast of Vancouver Island
Bob Hansen

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 from 10:00 to 11:00am PST
Information, aversive conditioning, and deterrents as tools for managing human-wildlife conflict in coyotes, elk, bears, and birds
Colleen Cassidy St. Clair

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 from 10:00 to 11:00am PST
Engaging people for successful bear conservation
Mike Gibeau

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 from 10:00 to 11:00am PST
The science of bear-human conflict management in BC
Tony Hamilton

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 from 10:00 to 11:00am PST
Potpourri of human-wildlife conflicts in BC
Mike Badry

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 from 10:00 to 11:00am PST
Human-cougar interactions in PRNPR and Banff NP
Andrea Kortello