Second Training Session

The Inspire4Nature training sessions are cross-project opportunities to learn about key concepts related to the science-policy interface in biodiversity conservation, to develop new skills and for fostering collaborations between the fellows. The Second Inspire4Nature Training Session took place from the 4^th to the 11^th April 2019 in Rhodes.

You can download the Agenda of the Second Training Session from here. You can download all presentations at once from here, or individual one from the links below.

Presentations

Key Biodiversity Areas Overview

• KBA programme, sustaining the most important sites for nature - Andy Plumptre
• Introduction to the global KBA Standard - Tom Brooks
• Single species-based criteria - Penny Langhammer
• Multi species criteria - Andy Plumptre
• KBA Delineation guidelines - Penny Langhammer
• Freshwater KBA Delineation - Laura Máiz-Tomé

Practical exercises

• Munchique Natural National Park and southern extension, Colombia
• Chapada do Araripe, Brazil
• Eastern Mountain Avens
• Frosted Flatwoods salamander
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea in Cambodia, Lao P.D.R. and Vietnam
• Humpback whale
• Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea
• Vam Nao Confluence delineation, Vietnam

Biodiversity in Greece

• Introduction to Greece - Kostas Triantis
• The European Ecological Network NATURA 2000 in Greece - Ioannis Mitsopoulos
• Biodiversity, endemism and conservation status of the Greek cave fauna - Kaloust Paragamian
• Taxon specific Talks from experts, conservation status, threats, challenges: BIRDS - Danai Portolou
• Taxon specific Talks from experts, conservation status, threats, challenges: LAND SNAILS - Kostas Triantis
• Taxon specific Talks from experts, conservation status, threats, challenges PLANTS - Panagiotis Trigas
• Taxon specific Talks from experts, conservation status, threats, challenges: ORTHOPTERA - Axel Hochkirch
• Taxon specific Talks from experts, conservation status, threats, challenges: FRESHWATER MOLLUSCS - Penny Lampri
• Taxon specific Talks from experts, conservation status, threats, challenges: FRESHWATER FISH - Anthi Oikonomou and Maria Stoumboudi

KBA national coordination groups

• KBA National Coordination Groups and proposal process - Andy Plumptre

KBA Workshop

• Identifying KBAs in Greece - Konstantina Spiliopoulou
• Work Process - Konstantina Spiliopoulou
• KBA proposal and nomination form - Konstantina Spiliopoulou