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APPENDIX 1

AGENDA


CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND NASA:
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

The Madison Hotel at 15th and M Streets, NW in Washington, DC
June 16-17, 1999


Wednesday, June 16

8:30 A.M. Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 A.M. Welcome and Introduction (Woody Turner/NASA)
9:15 A.M. Pilot Project Reports (Project Investigators)
  1. Remote Sensing-Derived Indices of Biodiversity Value in the Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregion, U.S. & Mexico: A Comparative Study of Two Desert Grassland Sites
    (Esteban Muldavin, University of New Mexico & The Nature Conservancy)

  2. Tracking Natural Community Fragmentation & Changes in Land Cover: Applications of Landsat Data for Conservation in Chicago Wilderness
    (Debra Moskovits, The Field Museum & Yeqiao Wang, University of Illinois at Chicago)

  3. Amphibian Declines & Environmental Change: An Overview
    (Cynthia Carey, University of Colorado)

  4. Conserving Biodiversity in Mongolia: A Pilot Project in Lake Hovsgol National Park
    (Cully Hession, The Academy of Natural Sciences)

  5. The Conservation of the Chiquitano Dry Forest Ecoregion in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
    (Timothy Killeen, Missouri Botanical Garden)

  6. Assessment & Monitoring of Biodiversity Change in Hispaniola
    (Jose Ottenwalder, Dominican Biodiversity Project/ONAPLAN & Eugenio Marcano, Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña)
12:15 P.M. Lunch (On Your Own)
1:15 P.M. Pilot Project Reports Continued (Project Investigators)



  1. Modeling Forest Loss & Fragmentation in Southwestern Central African Republic
    (David Wilkie, Boston College)

  2. Development of Global Land Products: Recommendations for Joint Research & Data Products between NASA & the NGO/Museum Biodiversity Community
    (Donat Agosti, American Museum of Natural History)

  3. Forest Fragmentation & Loss of Biodiversity in the Atlantic Rain Forest of Southern Bahia, Brazil
    (Donat Agosti, American Museum of Natural History)

  4. Reassessing the 1983-1984 Mass Mortality of the Sea Urchin, Diadema antillarum,Using Remote Sensing: Lessons Learned & Future Detection Capabilities
    (Jonathan Phinney, Center for Marine Conservation)
3:30 PM. Proceed to 3 Breakout Groups (All)
6:00 P.M. Dinner (On Your Own)
7:30 P.M. Evening Special Session on Training and Capacity Building (Eleanor Sterling/American Museaum of Natural History)
9:00 P.M. Break for the Evening


Thursday, June 17
8:00 A.M. Continental Breakfast
8:30 A.M. Return to 3 Breakout Groups (All)
11:30 A.M. Breakout Reports and Recommendations (All)
12:30 P.M. Conclusion (Woody Turner/NASA)

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