Staff
Caroline Lees and Richard Jakob-Hoff, Convenors
Recent Workshops
• Kiwi Captive Management Planning
• Mass Collaboration Tools Assessment
• Disease Risk Analysis Workshop and Training
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Scimitar-horned Oryx Conservation Planning Meeting
Highlighted Activities
CBSG Australasia was launched at the Adelaide CBSG Annual Meeting in 2008. In addition to localizing delivery of CBSG workshops, the network has the following priorities: development of disease risk assessment and management tools, the uptake of virtual tools for mass collaboration, and the new generation of population management tools.
The vision of the Disease Risk Analysis workshop was to develop and promote an open access set of processes and tools, endorsed by IUCN, which address disease threats to biodiversity conservation. The mission supports the vision of ensuring healthy ecosystems through better decision making.
Participants built on previous CBSG workshops that culminated in the publication of Animal Movements and Disease Risk: A Workbook published in 2002. The framework and broad content of a new Guide to Wildlife Disease Risk Analysis was developed and further refined at the workshop in April 2011.
CBSG Australasia Co-convenor Richard Jakob-Hoff is now leading an editorial team in completing the Guide. The team includes representatives of CBSG Australasia, CBSG, University of Minnesota, Richard Kock Royal Veterinary College/Wildlife Health Specialist Group, and New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Contributing writers include experts in a broad range of disciplines, including veterinary science, epidemiology, ecology, simulation modelling, group facilitation and others. A deadline for publication has been set for April, 2012.
