The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation’s Ninth Annual Spring Symposium

One of the greatest challenges facing the conservation community today lies in identifying, managing, and conserving invertebrate biodiversity. In direct contrast to their vast numbers, rich diversity, and vital role in terrestrial, marine, and freshwater ecosystems, many invertebrate species and groups remain undescribed and underrepresented in conservation planning, management, and policy strategies.

The American Museum of Natural History’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, in collaboration with Conservation International, the National Parks Service, NatureServe, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Xerces Society, convened a two-day symposium to examine the status of invertebrate biodiversity, in which speakers from around the world considered a broad range of perspectives on how best to advance an invertebrate conservation agenda. “Expanding the Ark” provided a venue to engage the scientific community, conservation practitioners, policy makers, and the public in a dialogue on the fate of invertebrate biodiversity, and to map concrete approaches for future action.

Support for the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation's Spring Symposia was provided by:

Daniel and Sheryl Tishman, and John Tishman.

The CBC thanks The Explorers Club for loan of easels for the poster session.

Click Here for access to the CBC's spring symposium archives.