Research and Conservation
Symposium
Sun parakeet and hermit beetle
We are happy to provide you with exciting and divers topics in Research & Conservation for the seventh edition of the Research & Conservation Symposium.
The central topics will be the sun parakeet and hermit beetle.
It is also possible to arrive early at a set timeslot and explore the zoo. At the end of the day we hope to welcome you at the network reception, where you can enjoy some food, drinks and good company!
Together we support conservation!
For our administration we would like to ask you to register your partaking. We ask an entrance fee of € 2,50 per person which will go to Gaia Nature Fund (non-refundable). This year the sum of the fees will go entirely to the conservation efforts for the endangered Barbary macaque in Morocco, more information will follow at the Symposium.
Registration is closed.
Programme Research and Conservation Symposium
15th of November 2024 at GaiaZOO Kerkrade
12:30 – 13:00
Registration at Gaia Event Center – Brughofweg 25, enter via gate 3
13:00 – 13:30
Opening Symposium
by Thomas Remmits (GaiaZOO)
13:30 – 14:30
Keynote session: Sun parakeet conservation
by Robert Spitzer (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
SHORT BREAK: Get your own barbary macaque merchandise!
SESSION 1:
15:00 – 15:20
How habitat use, behaviour and visitor dwell time affect the perceived visibility of the African wild dogs in GaiaZOO
by Jonna van Dongen (Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences)
15:20 – 16:10
Hermit beetle conservation
by Rick Buesink (European Invertebrate Survey – Insect Knowledge Centre)
SHORT BREAK: Get your own barbary macaque merchandise!
SESSION 2:
16:40 – 17:00
Group structure and intragroup dynamics of western lowland gorillas at GaiaZOO
by Jinte Holkamp (Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences)
17:00 – 17:20
Demographic analysis of the EAZA sun parakeet population
by Xander Kremer (Wageningen University)
17:20 – 20:00
Closure & Network reception at Gaia Event Center