Shun Hongo will participate as a main member of the HeKKSaGOn development program “Approaches in Environmental and Wildlife Conservation” to be held at Heidelberg University.

“Approaches in Environmental and Wildlife Conservation”

[Detail]
Environmental and wildlife conservation is an urgent but challenging issue and requires different approaches depending on the targets. In this seminar, speakers will talk about their environmental/ecological research conducted in aquatic, wetland and rainforest ecosystems and discuss how we can work toward conserving these systems. This seminar is organised by HeKKSaGOn German-Japanese University Alliance and L-INSIGHT.

[Date & Place]
– Date: 2nd November 2022, 14:00 – 16:20（CET）
– Place: Room 001 at the Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, University of Heidelberg / HeiConf online
https://heiconf.uni-heidelberg.de/q3ft-z6py-ptqu-rq44

[Speakers]
– Katharina Brotzmann (COS, University of Heidelberg)
“From laboratory fish to wildlife – Practical use of (zebra)fish research for environmental conservation”

– Shun Hongo (The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University)
“Linking scientific evidence with local practice for sustainable bushmeat management”

– Hjalmar S. Kühl (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv))
“Effectiveness of protected areas and associated hunting in Africa and Europe”

– Jochen A. Müller (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
“Wetlands in Nigeria – ecological treasures with manifold anthropogenic threats”

[Timetable]（CET）
14:00 – 14:05 : Someone from HeKKSaGOn: Opening (5 min)
14:05 – 14:30 : Shun Hongo  (20-min talk + 5-min Q&A)
14:30 – 14:55 : Hjalmar Kühl (20-min talk + 5-min Q&A)
14:55 – 15:05 : Coffee break (10 min)
15:05 – 15:30 : Katharina Brotzmann (20-min talk + 5-min Q&A)
15:30 – 15:55 : Jochen Müller (20-min talk + 5-min Q&A)
15:55 – 16:15 : General discussion (20 min)
16:15 – 16:20 : Closing (5 min)

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