Freshwater Invasives – Networking for Strategy (FINS-II) conference (Zagreb, HR, 2016-07-11/14)
The University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture (UNIZ-AFZ) and the Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) will host an international conference to address key topics relating to freshwater invasive species. The focus of the conference is to provide a forum where scientists, policymakers and stakeholders will address themes with a view to informing management and policy development. The themes will include:
- Pathways and vectors for the spread of freshwater invasive fish species,
- Impacts of introduced freshwater invasive species,
- Risk management and prevention of secondary spread for freshwater invasive species,
- Freshwater invasions in a time of global social and climate change,
- Best practice for the control of freshwater invasive species,
- Invasion ecology of freshwater invasive species,
- The role of citizen science in invasion biology.
Oral presentations will be presented by invited speakers and participants can submit abstracts for poster presentations which will form an integral part of the conference. Abstracts should be submitted by 2016-03-15. A reduced registration fee is available up until 2016-04-15.
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