Herons of World-wide Conservation Concern
9 November 2021
Online
Program
Chairs: Chip Weseloh and Clay Green (Time is shown in EST)
- 09:00
- Indra Acharja
- [Plenary] Saving the critically endangered White-bellied Heron from extinction: two decades of conservation efforts and the way forward
- 10:00
- Gemma Goodman
- A coordinated response to the plight of the White-bellied Heron (Ardea insignis)
- 10:40
- Samiran Patgiri
- Observations and conservation implications of a newly discovered White-bellied Heron nesting site in India
- 11:00
- Pema Khandu
- Nest predation of the critically endangered White-bellied Heron, Ardea insignis, by Masked Palm Civet Paguma larvata in Bhutan
- 11:20
- Rivo Rabarisoa
- Habitat requirement of the Madagascar Pond-heron, Ardeola idea, in Madagascar
- 12:00
- Student-Mentor Meet up
- 13:20
- Stephanie Tyler
- An update on the status of Slaty Egrets in southern Africa
- 13:40
- Matthew Herring
- Targeted water management is key to recovery of the Australasian Bittern
- 14:00
- Clay Green
- Reddish Egret Conservation: A 15-year history of the Reddish Egret International Working Group
- 14:20
- Oscar Aldana Ardila
- Agonistic behavior between Reddish Egrets Egretta rufescens in Northern Columbia
- 14:40
- Deborah Chen
- Observations of the largest known breeding colony of Agami Herons at Tapiche Reserve in the Northeastern Peruvian Amazon
- 15:00
- Alberto Yanosky
- Update of the conservation status and distribution of herons in Paraguay
- 15:20
- Diego Cisneros-Heredia
- Overview on the diversity, biogeography and conservation of Herons in Ecuador
- 15:40
- James Kushlan
- Overview and wrap-up of Herons of World-wide Conservation Concern
- 16:00
- Clay Green
- An Open Discussion of the Heron Specialists Group (HSG) of the IUCN