Science for Parks, Parks for Science
Please follow the links below to view the videos from specific sessions at the 2015 Science for Parks, Parks for Science summit:
- Steve Beissinger, Professor of Conservation Biology, UC Berkeley
- Sam Hodder, President and CEO, Save the Redwoods League
- Chris Johns, Chief Content Officer, National Geographic Society
- Caryl Hart, Director, Sonoma County Regional Parks
- Jon Jarvis, Director, National Park Service
Mission of the National Park Service and its Relevancy Today - Keynote address
- E.O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
Mission of the National Park Service and its Relevancy Today, part II - speakers and panel
- Jane Lubchenco, Professor of Zoology, Oregon State University: Seas the Day! (40 mins)
- Hugh Possingham, Professor and Director of the ARC Center of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, University of Queensland: Expand or Represent? Restore or Protect? Manage or Expand? Conundrums in Protected Area Policy (25 mins)
- Strategic Conversation moderated by Holly Doremus with the Honorable George Miller, retired, US House of Representatives; Denis P. Galvin, Retired Deputy Director, NPS; Rebecca Shaw, Associate Vice President, Environmental Defense Fund and Francis Roberts-Gregory, PhD Student, UC Berkeley (20 mins)
Stewardship of Parks in a Changing World
- Ruth DeFries, Professor of Sustainable Development, Columbia University: Beyond Boundaries: Parks within Coupled Human-Natural Systems (25 mins)
- Monica Turner, Chair of Ecology, University of Wisconsin: Climate Change and Novel Disturbance Regimes in National Park Landscapes (25 mins)
- Daniel Simberloff, Professor of WIldlife Conservation, University of Montana: Biological Invasions in the National Parks and in Park Science (25 mins)
- Joel Berger: The Metaphorical Snowox - Science and Conservation in Increasingly Populated Parks
Stewardship of Parks in a Changing World, part II
- Jill Baron: Protecting National Parks from Air Pollution Effects (25 mins)
- Strategic Conversation moderated by David Ackerly with Josh Donlan, Director of Advanced Conservation Strategies, Stephanie Carlson, UC Berkeley and Laurel Larsen, UC Berkeley
Albright Lecture in Conservation: America's Two Best Ideas- Public Education and Public Lands
- Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
- Janet Napolitano, President of the University of California
- Douglas Brinkley, Historian and Author
- Nicholas B. Dirks, Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley
- Moderated by Michael Krasny, KQED Forum host
- John Francis, VP for Science, National Geographic Society: The World is a Park (25 mins)
- Thomas Dietz, Professor of Sociology, Michigan State University: Science, Values and Conflict in the National Parks (25 mins)
- Edwin Bernbaum, Senior Fellow of The Mountain Institute: The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Nature (25 mins)
- Strategic Conversation on Engaging People in Parks moderated by Jennifer Wolch, Dean of the School of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley with Nina Roberts, Professor, San Francisco State University; Cyril Kormos, VP for Policy, The Wild Foundation; Justin Brashares, Professor of WIldlife Ecology, UC Berkeley; Christine Lehnertz, Western Regional Director, NPS
Future of Science for Parks and Parks for Science
- Jamais Cascio, Institute for the Future: Welcome to the World of Tomorrow! (25 mins)
- Gary Machlis, Science Advisor to the NPS: The Future of Science in the National Parks (25 mins)
- Steve Beissinger, Professor of Conservation Biology, UC Berkeley: 1915, 2015, 2115: The Fall and Rise of Science in Parks (25 mins)