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Risk Project Biodiversity Workshop Banchory October 2006

Risk Project Biodiversity Workshop Banchory October 2006. The Risk project – case studies. Risks in everyday life Genetically modified potatoes Dioxins and fish Biodiversity. Risk workshop objectives. To discuss major risks to biodiversity and their management

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Risk Project Biodiversity Workshop Banchory October 2006

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  1. Risk Project Biodiversity WorkshopBanchory October 2006

  2. The Risk project – case studies • Risks in everyday life • Genetically modified potatoes • Dioxins and fish • Biodiversity

  3. Risk workshop objectives • To discuss major risks to biodiversity and their management • To provide input to the Risk project’s case study on biodiversity • To identify barriers to and good practice in the communication of risk to biodiversity • To build a partnership with projects concerned with the communication of risk to biodiversity, specifically Risk, ALARM and ALTER-Net

  4. Risk to biodiversity – issues • What are the major risks to biodiversity? • Which species, habitats etc are most at risk? • What are the wider consequences of those risks, particularly for society? • How do we perceive these risks? • How do manage these risks? • How do we communicate about risk to biodiversity?

  5. Some major risks to biodiversity • Alien invasive species Coypu Myocaster coypus

  6. Some major risks to biodiversity • Alien invasive species • Climate change

  7. Some major risks to biodiversity • Alien invasive species • Climate change • Pollution

  8. Some major risks to biodiversity • Alien invasive species • Climate change • Pollution • Land use change

  9. Some major risks to biodiversity • Alien invasive species • Climate change • Pollution • Land use change • Hunting, fishing, “pest control” and persecution

  10. Assessing risk

  11. “Complete clearance” (left) and “partial clearance” plantations of native trees in Cameroon.

  12. Communicating risk…

  13. Risk workshop objectives • To discuss major risks to biodiversity and their management • To provide input to the Risk project’s case study on biodiversity • To identify barriers to and good practice in the communication of risk to biodiversity • To build a partnership with projects concerned with the communication of risk to biodiversity, specifically Risk, ALARM and ALTER-Net

  14. Examples of risk to biodiversity 10.15 Climate change (Rob Brooker) 10.40 Invasive species (Phil Hulme) 11.00 Coffee Understanding and managing risks 11.30 Public understanding of biodiversity.. (Anke Fischer) 12.00 Public participation… (Caspian Richards) 12.30 Lunch Communicating risk 13.30 Communicating risks to biodiversity (Jurgen Tack) 14.00 Group discussion (Chair: Davy McCracken) 15.30 Coffee 16.30 Summary of group discussion (Juliette Young) 17.00 Close of meeting. 19.00 Dinner

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