Dear colleagues,
some of you already know that I am organising a
bioacoustics knowledge cafe
during the IUCN congress in Jeju, S-Korea, on 8th Sep
2012, see
http://portals.iucn.org/2012forum/?q=0317
From the feedback of IUCN participants I realise that
more than on technical issues
there is interest on the potential of the technique and
its applicability
for conservation -the overlap with real bioacousticians as
you listmembers seems to be
rather limited!
I think in only 2 hours the best we can get is a group of
interested conservationists/IUCN specialists to agree to
improve acoustic
data sharing and develop common bioacoustic monitoring
which can be used by IUCN specialists,
and, hopefully are not limited to certain taxa.
In any case, and as you can see from the link,
http://portals.iucn.org/2012forum/?q=0317
the Jeju bioacoustic knowledge cafe website is a nice
platform, and I am trying to prepare the cafe
as good as possible. To this end I need your input:
- please spread the word among those attending the
congress AND possibly interested in bioacoustics
- please send me links to relevant sites,
- I already added some discussion points, and I would be
happy to enlarge this section, even if you don´t attend
the congress
(citing your name).
I think we can learn a lot from marine bioacousticians,
who seem to use acoustic monitoring for
red-listing Cetaceans already - so I am particularly
interested in your input, and even hope to
see you in Jeju. Personally, I am an entomologist,
presently engaged in acoustic monitoring at
Hymettos,Greece
(www.amibio-project.eu).
I hope we can use this event as a starting point for
better cooperation of bioacoustic monitoring
across taxa!
Yours sincerely Klaus Riede
PD Dr. Klaus Riede
Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig
Adenauerallee 160
53113 Bonn
GERMANY - phone +49-(0)228-9122234PD Dr. Klaus Riede
Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de
Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander
Koenig
Adenauerallee 160
53113 Bonn
GERMANY - phone +49-(0)228-9122234
GERMANY
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