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3rd African Congress for Conservation Biology
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Roundtables
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Saturday, 3 September 2016
Venue: University Campus
ROOM
CLASS ROOM POLYVALENTE
CLASS ROOM 41 Bloc D
09:00- 11:30
BOARD MEETING
SHORT COURSE 1:
MODELING DEGRADATION &
DEFORESTION_ENGLISH
11:30 – 12:00
12:00 – 14:00
14:00 – 15:30
15:30 – 18:00
Tea & Coffee Break – on your own at University Cafeteria
BOARD MEETING
SHORT COURSE 1:
MODELING DEGRADATION &
DEFORESTION_ENGLISH
Lunch break – on your own
BOARD MEETING
SHORT COURSE 1:
MODELING DEGRADATION &
DEFORESTION_ENGLISH
More courses available during core congress days, especially on Thursday. You can sign up when you register
on-site.
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Sunday, 4 September 2016
Venue: Faculty of Science Campus
ROOM
CLASS ROOM 41 Bloc D
CLASS ROOM Polyvalente
REGISTRATION
HALL
09:00- 11:30
SHORT COURSE 1: MODELING
DEGRADATION &
DEFORESTION_FRENCH
SHORT COURSE 3: CRITICAL
THINKING & SCIENTIFIC
WRITING
Arrival of
Congress
Participants
11:30 – 12:00
12:00 – 14:00
14:00 – 15:30
15:30 – 18:00
18:00 – 20:00
Tea & Coffee Break – on your own at University Cafeteria
SHORT COURSE 1: MODELING
DEGRADATION &
DEFORESTION_FRENCH
SHORT COURSE 3: CRITICAL
THINKING & SCIENTIFIC
WRITING
Lunch break – on your own
SHORT COURSE 1: MODELING
DEGRADATION &
DEFORESTION_FRENCH
SHORT COURSE 3: CRITICAL
THINKING & SCIENTIFIC
WRITING
ONSITE
REGISTRATION
& PICK UP
CONFERENCE
PACKAGE
Welcome Ceremony in the Faculty of Science Gardens
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Monday, 5 September 2016: MORNING schedule
7:30
Registration Open @ UCD Faculty of Science Campus
Opening Ceremony @ Town Hall of the Province of El Jadida
9:00 – 10:30
Group Photo 
10:30 – 10:45
10:45 – 11:30
Plenary 1: “La mise en œuvre de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique au Maroc: Etat des lieux”
Pr. Mohammed FEKHAOUI & Pr. Mohamed MENIOUI, Scientific Institute of Rabat, Morocco
11:30 – 12:00
Tea and Coffee Break
(Hosted by El Jadida Town Mayor @ Town Hall)
12:00 – 13:00
Transfer to UCD Faculty of Science Campus
13:00 – 14:15
LUNCH on Campus Under the Lunch Tent
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Monday, 5 September 2016: EARLY AFTERNOON schedule
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LECTURE HALL BEYROUNI
LECTURE HALL HAYTEM
OPEN SESSION 1: Conservation outside protected
areas
FRENCH OPEN SESSION 1: Marine &
Freshwater Conservation
Helen O'NEILL: Land use preferences of African wild
dogs in a human-dominated landscape in Kenya_318
Jaouad ABOU OUALID: Diversité et distribution
bathymétrique des gorgones octocoralliaires de la
baie d’Agadir_314
14:30 – 14:45
Odirilwe SELOMANE: Disaggregating ecosystem
services use in South Africa_362
Girma Shumi DUGO: Woody plant diversity and
composition across a gradient of land uses in rural
landscapes of Southwestern Ethiopia_17
Judicael Régis KEMA KEMA: Analyse des modes
et dynamique d’exploitation des ressources
halieutiques dans la lagune Ndougou, Gabon_332
14:45 – 15:00
Natalia ESTRADA CARMONA: Gendered access to and
perceptions of ecosystem services in a Zambian aquatic
agricultural system_5
Patrícia RODRIGUES: Bird responses to management
intensity in a shade-coffee forest system, southwestern
Ethiopia_31
El Bazi RACHIDA: Diversité et biotypologique des
Plécoptères du Rif occidental Marocain (Nordouest, du Maroc)_274
15:00 – 15:15
Catherine J HUGHES: High resolution spatial & temporal
modelling and mapping of land protection & rehabilitation
scenarios to support water-related ecosystem
services_195
Pieter I OLIVIER: Measuring biodiversity change from
space _18
Said ELJEBRI: Application des SIG a l’evaluation
de l’etat de conservation des sols dans la plaine
irriguee des Doukkala, Maroc_368
15:15 – 15:30
Jennifer K O'LEARY: Relationship between ocean use,
knowledge, and perceived benefits of an urban marine
protected area in Kenya_414
Nandipha G NDAMANE: The role of herbivore exclusion
on ecosystem function in Mount Fletcher Southern
Africa_139
15:30 – 15:45
Mustapha OUMAROUS: Contribution to sustainable
development and the preservation of biodiversity of the
Moroccan artisanal fishery: A Small pelagic case_409
Anthelme G. A. GNAGBO: Contribution of the
domestication of useful plants in the biodiversity
management_29
Osama KHADRI: Etude Mésologique et
Biotypologique des Ephéméroptères des cours
d’eau de la région ultrabasique de Beni Bousera,
Maroc_214
Taheri AHMED: Modélisation de la distribution
d’Anochetus ghilianii au Maroc et en Espagne:
Effondrement de population ou introduction
récente?_236
14:15 – 14:30
LECTURE HALL IBN YOUNES
SYMP_5: Integrating natural capital into
development: Case studies and lessons from
Africa_EGOH & SITAS
Nadia E SITAS: Building an African Case Studies
database to support policy and practice with regards to
ecosystem governance for future human wellbeing_23
15:45 – 16:15
Tea & Coffee Break
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Monday, 5 September 2016: LATE AFTERNOON schedule
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LECTURE HALL IBN YOUNES
LECTURE HALL BEYROUNI
LECTURE HALL HAYTEM
OPEN SESSION 2: Population dynamics and Viability
Analysis
OPEN SESSION 3: Novel Conservation Methods &
Approaches
OPEN SESSION 4: Endangered Species &
Conservation
16:15 – 16:30
Salwa NAMOUS: Structure and viability analysis of the
southernmost Barbary macaque population in the High
Ourika valley, western High Atlas Mountains,
Morocco_286
16:30 – 16:45
Ahmed TAIBI: Morphology and distribution of the Southern
Grey Shrike (Lanius meridionalis) in North Africa_57
Gregoire DUBOIS: A Digital Observatory for Protected
Areas (DOPA) in support to global conservation
policies_377
Courtnee E KLEINHANS: A molecular approach
to conserving the endangered Cape Vulture
(Gyps coprotheres) in South Africa._234
16:45 – 17:00
Antonio Roman MUÑOZ: Using a favourability model to
predict Bonelli’s Eagle distribution and abundance in
Morocco_144
Jorge L RENTERIA BUSTAMANTE: Rapid identification
and prioritization of alien plant eradication targets based
on the potential environmental impacts and the
management effort_200
17:00 – 17:15
Stéphane AULAGNIER: The atlas of wild Moroccan
mammals: From distribution to conservation_402
Mohamed AOURIR: Captive breeding as a conservation
tool of the last remnant populations of the Black-bellied
Sandgrouse in west-central Morocco_292
Mohammed ZNARI: A population viability
analysis of the last surviving Moroccan dorcas
gazelle (Gazelle dorcas massaesyla) in M’Sabih
Talaa Reserve, Morocco_296
John EMITCHELL OKOT: An ecological
assessment of biodiversity pressures in
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, South-western
Uganda_66
17:15 – 17:30
Nawal HICHAMI: Vulnerability to extinction of the Souss
Valley tortoise in arid steppe-lands of west central
Morocco: Potential for conservation and restoration_242
Antoinette KOTZE: A Single Species Action Plan
approach: Lack of genetic and innate diversity in the
critically endangered White-winged flufftail (Sarothrura
ayresi)_267
Nezha ACIL: Trends in snow cover duration and
response of vegetation growth in the Middle
Atlas Mountains_307
17:30 – 17:45
Tunde Abayomi NURUDEEN: Floristic distribution and
abundance of a disturbed Oniganbari Forest Reserve in
Southwestern Nigeria_404
Chantal L TAYLOR: Evaluating a transdisciplinary
research partnership: Considering both the more tangible
and less tangible outcomes_282
Nyeema C HARRIS: The critically endangered
West African Lion: investigating occupancy, prey
availability, and potential conflict, Burkina
Faso_254
17:45 – 18:00
Caetano M L SERROTE: The use of molecular
markers data in simulations for genetic
resources conservation_229
James W. GBEADUH: Conservation status of
the Endangered Pygmy Hippopotamus
(Choeropsis liberiensis) in Sapo National
Park_281
Plenary 2 : The Tragedy of Privatising Nature: Liberating Africa by reclaiming the commons
Dr. Franklin OBENG – ODOOM : Political Economist, University of Technology Sydney Australia
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08:30 - 09:30
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Plenary 3 : Les enjeux du changement climatique en Afrique après la COP21
M. Gilles PARGENEAUX : Député du Parlement Européen, vice-président de la commission environnement, santé et sécurité alimentaire
LECTURE HALL IBN YOUNES
LECTURE HALL BEYROUNI
LECTURE HALL HAYTEM
SYMP 1: Social-ecological approaches for biodiversity
conservation in Africa_CALVALHO
SYMP_3: Climate Change on the African Continent:
Threat or Challenge_ABRAMS
OPEN SESSION 9: Novel conservation
approaches
09:45 - 10:00
Jeremy HUET: Our Sea Our Life: Lessons from integrating
community banking into co-management in
Mozambique_220
Ron ABRAMS: Climate Change on the African
Continent: Threat or Challenge?_416
Olufemi A. SODEINDE: Networking to advance
species conservation: IUCN SSC Pangolin
Specialist Group As Example_263
10:00 - 10:15
Farinoz DANESHPAY: Net-Works: How a carpet tile can
help aquatic conservation in West Africa_235
Lutendo MUGWEDI: Restoration planning for climate
change mitigation and adaptation in the city of Durban,
South Africa_1
Alex Bimbo ONATUNJI: Teaching and lessons on
biodiversity conservation from the Biblical
Pentateuch_387
10:15 - 10:30
Nicole GROSS-CAMP: The land we want: the contribution
of local perspectives on the expansion of community
forestry_67
Dario CHAMORRO: Predicting the impact of climate
change on the distribution of Long-legged Buzzard in
north-western Africa_156
Elise M S BELLE: Protected Areas Resilient to
Climate Change (PARCC)_413
10:30 - 10:45
Jasper MAKALA: Twelve years of community-based forest
management in Tanzania: learning from experience_269
Daniella D RABAIOTTI: Climate change adaptation in
a tropical carnivore is limited by constraints on
nocturnal activity_14
Coral BIRSS: Formulating national biodiversity
management policy and integrating adaptive
governance of the Cape mountain zebra
conservation in South Africa_271
10:45 - 11:00
Linda LUVUNO: Bush encroachment as a social-ecological
regime shift: A review of key feedbacks, drivers and
impacts_365
Victor ROLO ROMERO: Assessing taxonomic and
functional diversity indices in rehabilitating coastal
dune forest_278
Megan E MCSHERRY: Grazing and soil carbon:
Comparing effects of management strategy across
vegetation types_75
11:00 - 11:15
Rakotondrazanany FETRA ARIVONY: Communitymanaged areas for baobab conservation in Madagascar,
what impacts on people and biodiversity?_6
Conrad KYEI-MENSAH: Adoption of EbA approach in
the face of climate change: Improving livelihoods in
fringe communities of the Worobong South forest
reserve, Ghana_180
Lelani M MANNETTI: Expanding the protected area
network in Namibia: Identifying and categorising
stakeholders around the Etosha National Park_20
11:15 - 11:45
TEA & COFFEE BREAK
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Detailed Scientific Program: Concurrent Sessions Schedule
Tuesday, 6 September 2016: LATE MORNING schedule
ROOM
LECTURE HALL IBN YOUNES
LECTURE HALL BEYROUNI
LECTURE HALL HAYTEM
11:45
SYMP_1: Social-ecological approaches for
biodiversity conservation in
Africa_CARLVAHO
SYMP_3: Climate Change on the African
Continent: Threat or Challenge_ABRAMS
OPEN SESSION 6: MIX-AND-MATCH
11:45 - 12:00
Mariana B CARVALHO: Dualities of conservation
and livelihoods: human elephant conflict and rural
wellbeing in Niassa, Northern Mozambique_399
Alcade C. SEGNON: Harnessing wild edible plants
diversity for food security in the context of climate
variability and change in semi-arid areas of
Benin_58
Ashrenee GOVENDER: Testing the utility of DNA
barcoding in South African Hemiptera: Using eThekwini
species as a case study_233
12:00 - 12:15
Maike H HAMANN: Biodiversity change in South
Africa: Connections to ecosystem services and
human well-being_358
Tom DERR: Climate change perceptions and
adaptation among small-scale farmers in Uganda: A
community-based approach_225
Salamatu J FADA: Impact of herders’ harvests of fodder
plants in Yankari Game Reserve, Nigeria: patterns and
extent_239
12:15 - 12:30
Brandon P ANTHONY: Co-defining program
success: Identifying objectives and indicators for a
livestock damage compensation scheme at Kruger
National Park, South Africa_207
Timothy APEANTI: Adaptation through climate
smart agriculture practices in an era of climate
uncertainties: experiences of vegetable farmers in
the Greater Accra_157
Lansari AZIZA: Phytogeographic patterns among the
North African green frog Pelophylax saharicus
(Amphibia: Anura) in Morocco_392
12:30 - 12:45
Rodrigue Castro GBEDOMON: Socio-economic
and ecological outcomes of Community based
forest management: A case study from TobéKpobidon forest, Benin_184
Nyeema C HARRIS: Is climate or landuse of
greater influence on small mammal communities in
Ghana?_260
Soumia LOULIDA: Ecological and physiological traits of
a peripheral population of the desert Blue-eyed pond
turtle in Southern Morocco: implications for
conservation_261
12:45 - 13:00
Steve BALL: Incentives for Community Forest
Management in Tanzania_337
DISCUSSION
Lucrecia SOUVIRON-PRIEGO: Wildlife trade in Africa: a
biogeographic perspective_167
13:00 – 14:30
LUNCH @ the Lunch Tent
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Detailed Scientific Program: Concurrent Sessions Schedule
Tuesday, 6 September 2016: EARLY AFTERNOON schedule
LECTURE HALL IBN YOUNES
LECTURE HALL BEYROUNI
LECTURE HALL HAYTEM
14:30
SYMP_1: Social-ecological
approaches for biodiversity
conservation in Africa_CARLVAHO
OPEN SESSION 5: Human-Wildlife
Conflict
FRENCH OPEN SESSION 2: Broad
themes in Conservation
14:30 -14:45
Caroline FM WARD: Protected area
governance and community
associations in Madagascar_22
Lynn KIMMEL: Conflict transformation in
action: building field capacity to address
social and conservation conflict
impacting the endangered Grevy’s zebra
in Kenya_262
Nard BENNAS: Les coléoptères aquatiques
des écosystèmes aquatiques salins du
Maroc: biodiversité et considérations en
termes de conservation_253
IPBES WORKSHOP
(by invitation only)
Tempe S. F ADAMS: Taking the
elephant out of the room and putting it in
a corridor_37
Faical BOUTLIB: Etude des comportements
du singe Magot dans le Moyen Atlas_117
IPBES WORKSHOP
(by invitation only)
Mlamuleli MHLANGA: Incentives matter:
Attitudes of people towards the spotted
hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in communal
and resettlement lands, Western
Zimbabwe_113
Mohamed EL HAISSOUFI: Evaluation de
l’efficience du réseau des aires protégées du
Rif dans la conservation de la diversité
odonatologique_211
IPBES WORKSHOP
(by invitation only)
15:15 - 15:30
Andrew KIBOGO: The impact of socioeconomic benefits in enhancing
participation of local communities in
wildlife conservation in Akagera
National Park, Rwanda_60
Susanne M. VOGEL: How decisions lead
to conflicts: The role of elephant foraging
trade-offs and agricultural practices in
elephant crop foraging_246
Mohammed MOUNIR: Application du SIG au
suivi de la dynamique spatiale de la cédraie
du parc national de Khénifra en vue d’une
meilleure gestion et conservation_371
IPBES WORKSHOP
(by invitation only)
15:30 – 15:45
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION
SEBBAR: _426
IPBES WORKSHOP
(by invitation only)
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:15
Mary Ngozi MOLOKWU-ODOZI:
Moving with the Times: Promoting an
Integrated Management Strategy for
Liberia’s Strictest Protected Area_304
Jesse S AYIVOR: Evaluation of
management effectiveness of Protected
Areas in the Volta Basin of Ghana:
Perspectives on RAPPAM
Methodology_142
15:45 – 16:15
TEA & COFFEE BREAK COMBINED WITH POSTER SESSIONS DAY 1
S oc ie ty for C ons er v at i o n B i ol ogy
CLASS ROOM 43 Bloc D
WORKSHOP: Intergovernmental
Platform for Biodiversity &
Ecosystem Services Values
Workshop_O’FARRELL
3rd African Congress for Conservation Biology
Detailed Scientific Program: Concurrent Sessions Schedule
Tuesday, 6 September 2016: LATE AFTERNOON schedule
ROOM
CLASS ROOM 41 Bloc D
CLASS ROOM 42 Bloc D
CLASS ROOM POLYVALENTE
CLASS ROOM 43 Bloc D
LECTURE HALL CED
16:15 - 17:45
WORKSHOP: STARTING A
LOCAL SCB CHAPTER IN
YOUR COMMUNITY
WORKSHOP: SCIENCE
COMMUNICATION_Young
Women in Conservation
Biology (YWCB)
ROUNDTABLE: RESEARCH
QUESTIONS FOR
MEDITTRANEAN-TYPE
REGIONS_MOREIRA
WORKSHOP: IPBES Values
workshop
(by invitation only)
WORKSHOP: PANAFRICAN CONSERVATION
BIOLOGY PROGRAM FOR
GRADUATE
EDUCATION_PAI
18:00 - 19:00
Plenary 4: No conservation without people
Dr. Anne-Caroline PREVOT : Director of Research, CNRS, museum of natural history, Paris France
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08:30 - 09:30
ROOM
Plenary 5: Adaptive management of marine protected areas- case study of the Western Indian Ocean Region
Mr Arthur Omondi Tuda , Marine Conservation Practitioner, Kenya
LECTURE HALL IBN YOUNESS
LECTURE HALL BEYROUNI
SYMP 7: Marine ecology & conservation
in Morocco_SABOUR
OPEN SESSION 8: Effectiveness of
Conservation in Africa
09:45 - 10:00
Zahira BELATTMANIA: Patterns of
distribution and structure of epifauna
inhabiting invasive and native seaweeds on
the Atlantic coast of Morocco_348
Samson O. OJO: Impact of Globalization
on Biodiversity and Culture Tourism:
Osun Osogbo World Heritage Site,
Nigeria_8
SYMP_2: New Initiatives in Africa's
Albertine Rift for Biodiversity
Conservation_KAPLIN & AMANI
Beth A KAPLIN: The Regional Network for
Conservation Educators in the Albertine Rift:
Contributing to conservation in a biodiversity
hotspot_247
10:00 - 10:15
Abdellatif CHAOUTI: Distribution and
ecology of the Celtic sea slug Onchidella
celtica (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the
Atlantic coast of Morocco_349
Bola Olusola ADELEKE: Relationship
between outcomes of conservation and
socio-economic status of residents of
Nigerian national parks_150
Joseph TUYISHIMIRE: Stopping Poaching
Activities in Nyungwe Forest National Park
(NNP): Biodiversity Conservation and HumanWildlife Conflicts_102
WORKSHOP: IPBES Values
(by invitation only)
10:15 - 10:30
Nor-Eddine CHOUIKH: Polychaete
community as a tool for the assessment of
the ecological quality status of Essaouira
rocky shore (NW Morocco)_374
Chuma B CHINZILA: Bridging theory and
practice: Learning from 13 years of
Conservation planning in South
Africa_312
Grace R. KAGORO: The fruit phenology of
Musanga leo-errerae and its importance for
chimpanzee conservation: Case study of
Kalinzu Forest Uganda_265
WORKSHOP: IPBES Values
(by invitation only)
10:30 - 10:45
Abdulmaula A. HAMZA: Insights on
migratory flyway of the African Lesser
Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis
emigrates)_3
Nyeema C HARRIS: Dynamics of
Africa's conservation estate_257
Charles B. KAYIJAMAHE: Tropical Ecology
Assessment Monitoring in Virunga Massif:
Camera trap image baseline results_289
WORKSHOP: IPBES Values
(by invitation only)
10:45 - 11:00
Hassan BENAISSA: The ichtyofauna of the
Oum Rbia bassin: Status and
conservation_143
Elikana KALUMANGA: Challenges for
managing biodiversity in a changing climate:
Cases from the Albertine Rift Countries_310
WORKSHOP: IPBES Values
(by invitation only)
11:00 - 11:15
Tamraoui YOUNESS: Southern Morocco
Unionidae_300
Parfait YONGABO: Lake Kivu ichthyologic
fauna and its sustainable management_250
WORKSHOP: IPBES Values
(by invitation only)
Shadrach Parwon KERWILLAIN: Piloting
REDD+ in a Proposed Protected Area:
Lessons from Liberia_283
Temitope I. BOROKINI: A review of
endemic plant species richness in the
Guinean Forests of West Africa_188
11:15 – 11:45
LECTURE HALL HAYTEM
TEA & COFFEE BREAK
S oc ie ty for C ons er v at i o n B i ol ogy
CLASS ROOM 43 Bloc D
IPBES Values
Workshop_O’FARRELL
WORKSHOP: IPBES Values
(by invitation only)
3rd African Congress for Conservation Biology
Detailed Scientific Program: Concurrent Sessions Schedule
Wednesday, 7 September 2016: LATE MORNING schedule
ROOM
LECTURE HALL IBN YOUNESS
LECTURE HALL BEYROUNI
11:45
OPEN SESSION 7: Behavioural
Ecology and Conservation
FRENCH OPEN SESSION 3: MIX-ANDMATCH
11:45 - 12:00
Bouazza ABDELLAH: Reproductive
strategy in an Alpine lizard: The Atlas day
gecko (Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus)
endemic to the High Atlas Mountains of
Morocco_390
Mariam RHATTAS RHATTAS:
Phytothérapie épidermique utilisée par la
population du parc national de
Talassemtane_136
Robert Byamana KIZUNGU: A comparative
assessment of the substantial effects of local
logging on understory birds in the Itombwe
Plateau compared to Kahuzi-Biega National
Park_189
WORKSHOP: IPBES Values
(by invitation only)
12:00 - 12:15
Victor A OJO: Behavioural Pattern of
Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) in Yankari
Games Reserve Nigeria_389
Amal TSOULI FAROUKH: Evaluation de
l’etat de la foret de Benslimane en vue
d’une strategie de conservation_345
Deogratias TUYISINGIZE: Assessment of soil
water availability in two mountains of the
Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda_415
WORKSHOP: IPBES Values
(by invitation only)
12:15 - 12:30
Léo BACON: Age-dependent breeding
performances of a reinforced bird
population in the wild_153
Rayane SAIFI: L’effet Bio-Insecticide de
Trois Extraits du Plantes Medicinales VisA- Vis le Puceron Noir (Aphis Fabae,
Aphididae, Homopteres)_181
Claver SIBOMANA: Biodiversity conservation
in a political instability: Challenges and
prospects_297
WORKSHOP: IPBES Values
(by invitation only)
12:30 - 12:45
Angelique T LAZARUS: Small mammal
responses to Scarp Forest restoration in
the Maputoland-Pondoland-Albany
Hotspot, South Africa_354
Myriam SLIMANI: Qualité physicochimique et biologique du haut bassin
versant du Loukkos (Nord Ouest du
Maroc)_226
Samuel NSHUTIYAYESU: Biodiversity
analysis and assessment of Akanyaru
wetland’s goods and services_62
WORKSHOP: IPBES Values
(by invitation only)
12:45 - 13:00
Essedaoui AAFAF: Adaptations of
bivalve molluscs to environmental
conditions: Case Mytilus galloprovincialis
coastal region of El Jadida
(Morocco)_196
Ichen ABDELLAH: Biométrie de la Caille
des blés (Coturnix coturnix coturnix) au
Maroc : cas du périmètre irrigué de
Tadla_130
Edward N. MWAVU: Macrofungi conservation
in Albertine Rift Forests_273
WORKSHOP: IPBES Values
(by invitation only)
13:00 – 14:30
LUNCH
S oc ie ty for C ons er v at i o n B i ol ogy
LECTURE HALL HAYTEM
SYMP_2: New Initiatives in Africa's
Albertine Rift for Biodiversity
Conservation_KAPLIN & AMANI
CLASS ROOM 43 Bloc D
IPBES Values
Workshop_O’FARRELL
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Detailed Scientific Program: Concurrent Sessions Schedule
Wednesday, 7 September 2016: AFTERNOON schedule
ROOM
14:30 – 16:30
CLASS ROOM 41 Bloc D
WORKSHOP: STARTING A
LOCAL SCB CHAPTER IN
YOUR COMMUNITY
CLASS ROOM 42 Bloc D
CLASS ROOM POLYVALENTE
CLASS ROOM 43
Bloc D
LECTURE HALL CED
WORKSHOP: SCIENCE
COMMUNICATION_YWCB
ROUND TABLE 2: MISE A JOUR
DU PLAN D’ACTION POUR LA
CONSERVATION DE 25 ESPECES
D’OISEAUX LISTEES EN ANNEXE
II DU PROTOCOLE ASP/BD EN
MEDITERRANNEE
WORKSHOP: IPBES
Values
(by invitation only)
WORKSHOP: PAN-AFRICAN
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE
EDUCATION_PAI
16:30 – 17:45
TEA & COFFEE BREAK COMBINED WITH POSTER SESSIONS DAY 1
18:00 - 19:00
Plenary 6 : Migratory birds linking Africa and Europe: strategies and conservation challenges in the age of climate change
Pr. Fernando SPINA : Head of Science, Bird Migration Branch ISPRA, Italy
19:00 – 20:00
Transfer to Award Ceremony Venue
(further instruction forthcoming at Meeting)
20:00 - 00:00
AWARD CEREMONY - Program includes short talk by 2016 recipient of the Young Women in Conservation Biology (YWCB) Award, Sophia JINGO
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Thursday, 8 September 2016: EARLY MORNING schedule
09:00 – 10:00
ROOM
Plenary 7: Ecosystem Services and Conservation in Africa
Dr. Benis_EGOH: Senior Scientist, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa
LECTURE HALL IBN YOUNESS
LECTURE HALL BEYROUNI
LECTURE HALL HAYTEM
OPEN SESSION 4: Ecosystem services
SYMP 4: Integrating traditional knowledge in
biodiversity conservation_ BABALOLA
SYMP 6: Keeping the cookstoves burning in
urban and peri-urban Africa: The implications of
wood energy dependence_ MWAMPAMBA &
GHILARDI
10:15 - 10:30
Gregory M DOWO: Local perceptions of tree diversity,
resource utilisation and ecosystem services provision at
the periphery of Gonarezhou National Park,
Zimbabwe_363
Folaranmi BABALOLA: Challenges of indigenous
knowledge in conservation of biodiversity in Osun
Osogbo sacred grove, Nigeria_421
Tuyeni H MWAMPAMBA: Keeping the cookstoves
burning in urban and periurban Africa: The
implications of wood energy dependence_418
10:30 - 10:45
Houda GHAZI: Assessment of Carbon Sequestration as
Ecosystem Service in Marrakech Safi Region_218
Lynne R. BAKER: Discord between local belief systems
and local 'development': Impacts on Sacred Species and
Forests in an African Community_249
Harnon W. GARBO: Empowering the youth of
Liberia to tackle Climate Change through the
propagation of fuel efficient stoves_308
10:45 - 11:00
Merveille KOISSI SAVI: The social valorization of Cola
nitida (Vent.) threatens its conservation in Southern Benin
(West Africa) _106
Joseph TUYISHIMIRE: Energy saving stoves, a
solution to Nyungwe Forest National Park
deforestation and degradation _61
11:00 - 11:15
Smiso BHENGU: The extent to which ecosystem services
align with biodiversity planning tools: The case of uMngeni
catchment_81
11:15 - 11:30
Kamal OULED TAARABT: Effectiveness of the
compounds of the essential oil of Laurus nobilis as natural
antimicrobial preservatives_44
11:30 - 11:45
Safaa BENDAMI: Ecological functions and contributions to
ecosystem services and conservation status of Reptiles in
the Moroccan Sahara Desert_259
Sian WATERS: Co-producing knowledge for
conservation: A case study of the Barbary Macaque in
Bouhachem Forest, Northern Morocco_248
Wezzie G CHISENGA: What is the future of baobab in
Malawi in light of the ever increasing demand for baobab
fruits? Evidence from Local Ecological Knowledge
(LEK)_92
Samson GWALI: Folk classification and characterisation
of shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa subsp. nilotica) in
Uganda: Implications for its conservation and
breeding_103
Leejiah J DORWARD: Using local knowledge to
understand the spatial and temporal dynamics of
carnivore occupancy and livestock attacks around Ruaha
National Park_244
TEA & COFFEE BREAK
11:45 – 12:15
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Adrian GHILARDI: Quantifying the environmental
benefits of cookstoves: Fact or Fiction?_419
Ricardo MARTINS: Ambiguous precision: Efficiency,
knowledge and socio-ecological systems in charcoal
production, South Mozambique_376
Ulyses OLIVARES:
Modeling Fuelwood Savings Scenarios: Introducing
MoFuSS version 1.0_420
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Thursday, 8 September 2016: LATE MORNING & AFTERNOON schedule
ROOM
CLASS ROOM 41 Bloc D
CLASS ROOM 42 Bloc D
CLASS ROOM POLYVALENTE
CLASS ROOM 43 Bloc D
LECTURE HALL CED
12:15 – 14:00
MEETING:
CONSOLIDATION
COMMITTEE
MEETING: PAN-AFRICAN
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE
EDUCATION_PAI
SHORT COURSE: CRITICAL
THINKING
(Abbreviated version)
NO SESSION SCHEDULED
SHORT COURSE:
SPECIES DISTRIBUTION
MODELLING
NO SESSION SCHEDULED
SHORT COURSE:
SPECIES DISTRIBUTION
MODELLING
14:00 – 15:30
15:30 – 18:00
LUNCH – ON YOUR OWN
MEETING:
CONSOLIDATION
COMMITTEE
MEETING: PAN-AFRICAN
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE
EDUCATION_PAI
18:00 – 20:00
SHORT COURSE: CRITICAL
THINKING
(Abbreviated version)
BOARD MEETING
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List of Poster Communications / Liste des Communications Affichées
Posters will be presented on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon during the extended Tea & Coffee Break.
Presenters must be at their poster on both of these days on. Best Poster Award will be presented to the winner
on Wednesday during the Awards Ceremony.
No:
Theme
1
2
3
5
6
7
8
1. Ecological Restoration
4
9
10
11
12
13
15
16
17
18
19
20
2. Marine Conservation
(animal, vegetal)
14
Poster Title
Pst_1_230, Mohammed BOUSKOUT: Ecological engineering and environment-plant
interactions to improve resilience to climate change of aromatic and medicinal plants
Pst_1_313, Chuma B. CHINZILA: Off-reserve conservation funding strategy for the Giba
Gorge Environmental Precinct, South Africa.
Pst_1_243, Nawal HICHAMI: Structure et dynamique des populations de nematodos
parasites de poissons de haute mer de la cote Ouest algérienne.
Pst_1_276, Hloniphani MTHUNZI: Fatty acid composition, antioxidant and antibacterial
activities of the brown seaweed Cystoseira humilis
Pst_1_160, Benhamza MESSAOUDA: The where and why of livestock movement patterns:
understanding herder decision-making in an agropastoral context
Pst_1_338, Naima BRAHIMI: The effect of global change on the dynamics of natural
resources in matorrals of western Algeria
Pst_1_353, Naima BRAHIMI: The impact of land use on the edaphic resources of the
matorrals with chamaerops humilis of western Algeria
Pst_1_422,E KHIAR : Study of impedance properties of the brown algae compound from
the region of El Jadida – Morocco
Pst_1_423, Houssine AIT SIR : Synthesis and characterization of some novel
benizimidazole derivatives
Pst_1_424, Houssine AIT SIR : Synthesis of some Heterocyclic compound derived from 2substituted Benzoxazole
Pst_1_280, Olufemi A. SODEINDE: Biodiversité et analyse systématique de la famille des
mégachilidae (hymenoptera; apoidea) dans l’Est algérien
Pst_1_303, Mariem AHECHTI: Microplastics and metals interaction in the aquatic
environment
Pst_2_350, Zahira BELATTMANIA: The occurrence of the marine amphipod ampelisca
lusitanica (crustacea amphipoda) in the Atlantic Northwestern coast of Morocco
Pst_2_379, Abdellatif CHAOUTI: The celtic sea-slug Onchidella celtica (Gastropoda:
Pulmonata): New occurrence on Atlantic rocky shores of Morocco
Pst_2_380, Abdellatif CHAOUTI: First finding of Paranthura nigropunctata (Isopoda:
Paranthuridae) from the Atlantic coast of NW Morocco
Pst_2_129, Maya M. HASSANI: Exploring the spatial configurations of home gardens in
Benin: implications for biodiversity conservation
Pst_2_212, Mohamed EL HAISSOUFI: Elaboration d’un plan de prévention des disques
d’incendies de Forêt pour La commune de Dar Yaghemouracen (Tlemcen- Algérie)
Pst_2_162, Lalarisoa RAKOTOARIMINO: Expanding the protected area network in
Namibia: emergent concepts of land use conflicts around the etosha national park
Pst_2_421, Touria AL ALOUA: Biodiversity of arthropods found in the diet of fennec,
fennecus zerda in the northern sahara in Algeria (case of ghardaia region)
Pst_2_154, Randa MLIK: Impact de la zone degradée sur la nappe alfatière au niveau de
la wilaya de naama (Algerie)
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Theme
21
23
24
25
26
27
3. Human-Wildlife Conflict
22
28
29
30
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
4. Behavioral Ecology and Conservation
31
Poster Title
Pst_3_122, Choungo N. PATRICK BUSTREL: Répartition du lamantin (trichechus
senegalensis) dans la lagune ndougou (gabon)
Pst_3_333, Alain SENGHOR K. NGUTE: Crop-raiding barbary macaques (macaca
sylvanus) in the ourika valley, western high atlas mountains, Morocco: a case of humananimal conflict
Pst_3_294, Mohammed ZNARI: Distribution, status and major threats impacting west
african chimpanzee population in sapo national park, Liberia
Pst_3_397, Mohammed T. SHAIBU: Place of the hybrid sparrow and colombidae in the
avifauna of two palm groves in the region of Ouargla, Algeria.
Pst_3_425, Asmaa DAMIR: Rôle de la colonie d’hérons garde-bœufs du parc Mohamed V
d’El Jadida dans l’épidémiologie des salmonelloses, Maroc.
Pst_3_285, Salwa NAMOUS: Evaluation de la qualité de la ripisylve du haut bassin versant
du loukkos (nord ouest du maroc)
Pst_3_245, Sian WATERS: Pangolins in Nigeria: their biology and ecology and challenges
to their conservation
Pst_3_213, Brandon S. ANTHONY: Restoration success and its potential benefits in a
climate change driven restoration programme in the city of durban, South Africa.
Pst_3_352, R ZRID: Tacit communication avoids conflict with shepherds in bouhachem
forest, Northern Morocco
Pst_4_131, Ichen ABDELLAH: Variation spatio-temporelle et impact du milieu sur la
distribution de la caille des blés dans la plaine agricole de Tadla
Pst_4_96, Ben Ghedier B. AHLAME: Study of diet of owl ascalaphe bubo ascalaphus
(savigny, 1809) and the barn owl tyto alba (scopoli, 1759) in the region of Ouargla (Algerian
Sahara)
Pst_4_237, Taheri AHMED: Anochetus Guilianii (Hym., Formicidae), une espèce
marocaine introduite dans La péninsule Ibérique: Envide par l’analyse de l’ADN
mitochondriale
Pst_4_25, Naima BENKENANA: Analysis of the number of sensilla on the labrum and the
diet of grasshoppers belonging to the family pamphagidae (orthoptera)
Pst_4_270, Haytem BOUCHRI: Social organisation and rhythm of activity of mhorr gazelle
(Nanger dama mhorr) in semicaptive conditions.
Pst_4_334, Besma DECHIR: Off-reserve conservation funding strategy for the giba gorge
environmental precinct, South Africa.
Pst_4_109, Ahmed EDDINE: Climate change perceptions and adaptation among smallscale farmers in Uganda: a community-based approach
Pst_4_215, Osama KHADRI: Myrmecofauna in the forest of bainem in algiers, Algeria
Pst_4_24, Imene RADJAI: Évaluation des paramètres de croissance de l'éssai de Irvingia
Wombolu Vermoesen (Irvingiaceae) Au Cameroun
Pst_4_119, Aguib SIHEM: The estimation of different species of monkeys in the university
of cape Coast forest reserve
Pst_4_34, Brahmi KARIMA: Mapping the conflict of raptor conservation and recreational
shooting in the batumi bottleneck, Republic of Georgia
Pst_4_35, Brahmi KARIMA: Confirmation of an important nesting site for the critically
endangered hawksbill turtle in Northern Madagascar
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Theme
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
6. Social
Challenges in
Conservation
43
5. Agricultural Systems and Conservation
Biology
42
55
56
7. Forest
Conservation
54
58
59
60
61
62
63
8. Wetland & Freshwater Conservation
57
Poster Title
Pst_5_291, Harnon W. GARBO: Identification des aires prioritaires de conservation de la
biodiversité des écosystèmes aquatiques continentaux : quelles méthodes privilégier ?
Pst_5_256, Oussama BOUARAKIA: New phylogenetic and distribution data on two
gerbillidae rodents in morocco: dipodillus simoni and gerbillus henleyi
Pst_5_208, Rebbah ABDERRAOUF CHOUAIB: Inventair Et Ecologie l’avifaune De Djebel
Sidi Reghis (Oum El Bouaghi- Nord-est Algerien)
Pst_5_293, Mohamed AOURIR: Historical record of population decline and range
contraction of the northern bald ibis geronticus eremita in Morocco
Pst_5_126, Kaf ASMA: Relation entre le régime alimentaire et les variables
environnementales chez le faucon crécerelle
Pst_5_27, Faical BOUTLIB: Demography of wild barbary macaque in oriental middle atlas
Pst_5_36, Farid SHAMSU-DEEN: Inventory of the avifauna on the level of sebkhet elmaleh d' el-menéa w. Ghardaïa (southern of Algeria)
Pst_5_146, Benras HAFSA: Biodiversity culicidae in the Tizi-ouzou region
Pst_5_63, Samuel NSHUTIYAYESU: Current bioclimatic distribution of Morocco’s
amphibians and reptiles and potential effects of climate change: implications for
conservation
Pst_6_378, Samantha GARVIN: Manatee protection through community-led action in lake
piso multiple use reserve (lpmur), Liberia
Pst_6_76, Megan E. MCSHERRY: L’action de la roche serpentinique sur la diversité
faunistique de la région de beni bousera (nw Maroc)
Pst_6_21, Lelani M. MANNETTI: Ethnobotanical study of some underutilized food crops in
Rwanda
Pst_7_190, Boniface O. AGBO: Avifaunal census around oban division of the cross river
national park, South-east Nigeria: the irreversibly implication of forest conversion
Pst_7_342, Fatima BELHACINI: Diversité floristique du peuplement à phillyrea latifolia
dans la forêt de bissa (chlef Nord- ouest Algérien)
Pst_7_138, Ahmed EDDINE: Diet composition of african golden wolf (canis anthus) in
tlemcen hunting reserve, Algeria
Pst_7_198, Benabbas S. ILHAM: A plan for conservation and ecological restoration of the
degraded arid steppe-lands in the haouz plain, West central Morocco
Pst_8_403, Stéphane AULAGNIER: Which conservation for desert bat species? Insight for
North-western Sahara
Pst_8_101, Meddour SALIM: Insecticide activity of three plant extracts towards
schistocerca gregaria (forskal, 1775) (orthoptera, cyrtacanthacridinae)
Pst_8_315, Jaouad ABOU OUALID: A propos de la présence dans le barrage Bin El
Ouidan (Maroc) d’une espèce de méduse allochtone : Craspedacusta Sowerbyi Lankester,
1880
Pst_8_255, Nard BENNAS: Endemic water beetles of Morocco: vulnerability analysis and
conservation measures
Pst_8_227, Slimani MYRIAM: One complete migration cycle of an adult griffon vulture: from
southern spain to senegambia as revealed by high-resolution gps tracking technology
Pst_8_359, Christy Achtone NKOLLO AGANGA: Endemic and threatened species in
unprotected forests: conservation prospects of mount mbam forests (Cameroon), important
site for tauraco bannermani
5. Population Dynamics And Viability Analysis
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66
67
68
Poster Title
9.Traditional
Ecological
Knowledge
64
Theme
10. Adaptive
Management and
Monitoring
No:
Pst_9_15, Tom DERR: Ethnobotany survey in the regions ain khiar and el mallah (el tarf
algeria)
Pst_9_183, Rodrigue C. GBEDOMON: The decision-making process of managing wildlife
in Northern botswana
Pst_10_272, Salamatu J. FADA: Effet du régime et de la ration alimentaire sur la qualité
de la ponte de la palourde ruditapes decussates en écloserie
Pst_10_164, Antonio Roman MUÑOZ: Biological control assay against phytopathogenic
fungi of tomato by using the aqueous extract of zygophyllum album
Pst_10_306, Matthew VARNEY: Distribution, status and major threats impacting West
African Chimpanzee population in Sapo National Park, Liberia
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