Greetings from ECCB2018, Jyväskylä!

Greetings from the 5th European Con­gress of Con­ser­va­tion Bio­logy (ECCB), Jyväs­kylä, Fin­land!

Social media for conservation science, Inevstigating illegal wildlife trade, and other projects from our research lab are well represented at the ECCB 2018 congerss in Jyväskylä this week (11-15 June 2018). Below you can find details about the various activities and presentations from the members of our group and close collaborators!

WORKSHOP, Tuesday 12th: Ex­plor­ing the ad­vances in us­ing so­cial me­dia data for con­ser­va­tion sci­ence

More information about the workshop: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/digital-geography-lab/eccb2018-workshop

ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

Name Title Link to abstract
Gonzalo Cortés Capano Landowners´ preferences, motivations and needs to inform voluntary private land conservation policy in a conservation priority area https://peerageofscience.org/conference/eccb2018/107849/
Anna Hausmann Assessing global tourism visitation of Important Bird Areas by using social media data https://bit.ly/2l2W9TJ
Enrico Di Minin Social media data for conservation science and practice https://bit.ly/2sRFfvz
Christoph Fink Uncovering Illegal Wildlife Trade on Social Media https://bit.ly/2sRqZTP
Johanna Eklund Protected area effectiveness and management indicators do not correlate: what are we doing wrong? https://bit.ly/2l2pD4i
Atte Moilanen The twelve operationally important decisions in offsetting: why biodiversity offsets may fail https://bit.ly/2t10muN
Joel Jalkanen Identifying Large Ecological Networks with Spatial Conservation Prioritization Methods to Benefit Regional Land-use Planning https://bit.ly/2HHy51Q
Tuuli Toivonen Experiences in sharing research data and methods in conservation science https://bit.ly/2HFs6dO

POSTERS:

Name Title Link to abstract
Anna Haukka A literature review on legal hunting practises https://bit.ly/2JIiDUE

Verónica Etchebarne Palla

Developing a rapid assessment tool to promote voluntary private land conservation in productive landscapes https://bit.ly/2HGHjLL