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Symposiums and Conferences

Important and upcoming events
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Invited Papers

  • “Wallacean Lines and Darwinian Finches”. Evolutionary Biology in India: Looking Ahead. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India (September 2009)
  • “Conserving sea turtles: When is the beach within city limits ? Cities, Nature and Justice. Transforming Cultures, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (December 2008)
  • “Review of sea turtle fisheries interactions in southeast Asia”. FAO Expert Consultation, Bangkok, Thailand (March 2007)
  • “Sea turtles in India: thirty years of conservation by the state and civil society”, CSD Seminar on Making Conservation Work, New Delhi, India (March 2005)
  • Regional Coordination Workshop on Rehabilitation of Tsunami affected Forest Ecosystems: Strategies and new approaches, Bangkok, Thailand (March 2005)
  • “Olive ridley turtles in  Orissa, India: a review of status and conversation”,  24th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Savannah, USA (January 2005)
  • “Review of sea turtle fisheries interactions in the Indian Ocean”. FAO Expert Consultation, Rome, Italy (March 2004)
  • “Rashoman Revisited: review of olive ridley turtles in Orissa”, Conference on the Conservation and Management of marine turtles in the Indian Ocean and South East Asia, Bangkok, Thailand (March 2004)
  • “Successes and Challenges in Marine Turtle Conservation in South and Southeast Asia”. SSC Members Meeting, IUCN Asia Regional Conservation Forum, Colombo, Sri Lanka (December, 2003).
  • “Community conservation of sea turtles in India” JBNHS Centenary Seminar, Mumbai, India (Nov.  2003).
  • “Olive ridleys in Orissa: caught in the cross fire” National Seminar Reef Ecosystem Remediation, Tuticorin, India (September, 2003)
  • “Sea turtle conservation: coordination and consensus” Conference on the Conservation and Management of marine turtles in the Indian Ocean and South East Asia, Manila, Philippines (June, 2001)
Training Courses

“Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics”, Center for Research and Conservation, Smithsonian Institution, Front Royale, USA (with scholarship from the American Genetics Association and travel grant from British Airways, CRC and the American Genetic Association). August 14- 27, 2000

© Kartik Shanker, 2009