Congreso Internacional de Biodiversidad y Arácnidos.

PRESENTATION
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The loss of biodiversity on the planet threatens the survival of the human population. In order to define conservation strategies, research areas are based on the list of living beings associated with different ecosystems and geographical regions, the effect of human activities on these and the monitoring of their evolution, both as regards diversity and specific composition, within the heart of the habitat in which they exist. Due to their diversity and abundance, their ease of capture and the advanced level of knowledge currently available in Europe, arachnids are excellent technological indicators for the aforementioned research areas. This Conference aims to serve as a platform for specialists in this field to exchange knowledge and experiences with the objective of designing an arachnid diversity cataloguing, monitoring and conservation programme in order to fulfil the commitments and onjetives established in the Basque Environmental Strategy for Sustainable Development (2002-2020).

PROVISIONAL LIST OF SPEAKERS AND TOPICS.
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Peter Harvey
Centre for Ecology and Hidrology.Huntingdon. Reino Unido.
Setting up and managing a "Spider Recording Scheme".

Miguel Villena
Conservador del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Madrid.
Creación y uso científico de colecciones de arañas: algunas propuestas para la conservación de las mismas y para el aprovechamiento de la información generada.

Alain Canard
Laboratoire de Zoologie et Ecophysiologie. Université de Rennes. Francia.
Índices de valoración del interés faunístico y la diversidad.

Alberto de Castro
Departamento de Entomología. Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi.
Conocimiento actual de la aracnofauna en el País Vasco.

Ignacio Ribera
Environmental División. Scottish Agricultural College. Scotland.
Arañas, escarabajos y plantas: una visión multidisciplinar de la diversidad funcional.

Juan Carlos Iturrondobeitia
Departamento de Biología Animal y Genética. Universidad del País Vasco. Leioa.
Avances en la utilización de oribátidos como indicadores de las condiciones edáficas.

Jean Pierre Maelfait
Institut of Nature Conservation. Bruselas. Bélgica.
Nature conservation research and spiders.

Eduardo Morano
Grupo Ibérico de Aracnología. Ciudad Real.
Introducción a la biodiversidad de las arañas ibéricas.

Jose Antonio Barrientos
Unidad de Zoología. Universidad Autonómica de Barcelona. Bellaterra (Barcelona).
Conservar y proteger los arácnidos... ¿Cuáles, cómo y por qué?

Miguel Ángel Ferrández
Sociedad para el Estudio y Conservación de los Arácnidos. Madrid.
Macrothele calpeiana: situación actual y perspectivas.

There is a registration fee of 40€ which includes access to all sessions and cofee breaks.
Members of the Aranzadi Society of Sciences, the Iberian Arachnology Group, Haritzalde, students and the unemployed will be charged a discount fee of 30€. ( Registration form>>)

Delegates may have lunch together during the Conference. The price of the lunch menu will be aproximately €10. If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please tich the "Lunch" box and the corresponding "day/s" on the "REGISTRATION FORM".

The Association can also arrange for accommodation for those delegates who may require it. The price per person per night will be approximately €56, breakfast included. Anyone interested should tich the "Accommodation" box and the corresponding "day/s" on the "REGISTRATION FORM". We will then contact you to provide you with further information about possible alternatives.