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10 June 2026
MDPI’s Journal Cluster of Ecosystem and Resource Management Webinar | Frontiers of Conservation Research in Our Rapidly Changing Environment, 15 June 2026
You are invited to MDPI’s Journal Cluster of Ecosystem and Resource Management free webinar organized by the journals Conservation, Forests, Diversity, Fire, Ecologies, Biosphere, and Wild. This webinar offers a snapshot of leading research on conservation efforts in a changing environment, where the human–nature interface inevitably generates conflict. The three lectures present specific research themes but are interlinked by the nature of the environments in which preserving natural conditions is vital. The lectures will be general enough to be enjoyable to anyone interested in current developments in conservation science and will provide deep insight into the complexity that successful conservation strategies must embrace.
Date: Monday, 15 June 2026
Time: 14:30 CEST | 8:30 EDT
Register now for free!
| Speaker/Presentation | Time in CEST |
| Prof. Dr. Karoly Nemeth (Chair) Chair Introduction |
14:30–14:40 |
| Dr. John A. Theodorou Aquaculture-Based Conservation: The Case of Pinna nobilis in the Central Mediterranean (Greece) |
14:40–15:00 |
| Prof. Dr. Paulo A.V. Borges Building a Strategy to Quantify the Conservation Status of Island Native Forest Habitats |
15:00–15:20 |
| Prof. Dr. Timothy Beatley Cities That Love Nature: Conservation and Coexistence in Biophilic Cities |
15:20–15:40 |
| Q&A Session | 15:40–15:55 |
| Prof. Dr. Karoly Nemeth Closing of Webinar |
15:55–16:00 |
Relevant Special Issues:
Conservation
“Ethical Issues in Conservation”
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Timothy Beatley
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 August 2026
Diversity
“Diversity as the Cornerstone for Ecology, Conservation, and Co-Viability on Earth”
Guest Editors: Dr. Tim Mullet and Prof. Dr. Almo Farina
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026
Relevant Feature Papers:
“When History Meets Future Challenges: The Case of Pinna nobilis “Early Fishery” in Greek Waters”
by John A. Theodorou, Evangelos Konstantinidis, Dimitrios Tsotsios, Georgios Katselis and Dimitrios K. Moutopoulos
Conservation 2026, 6(2), 46; https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation6020046
“Ecological Decline and Roadless Habitat Restoration After Two Centuries of Multiple-Use Management in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada”
by Peter A.Quinby
Biosphere 2026, 2(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/biosphere2010001
“Temporal Shifts in Biological Community Structure in Response to Wetland Restoration: Implications for Wetland Biodiversity Conservation and Management”
by Kayla M.Keith, Matthew K. Potvin, Summer R. Saad and Thilina D. Surasinghe
Diversity 2025, 17(3), 198; https://doi.org/10.3390/d17030198
“Landscape Ecological Integrity Assessment to Improve Protected Area Management of Forest Ecosystem”
by Mingquan Yu and Yizhen Liu
Ecologies 2025, 6(2), 38; https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies6020038
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Unable to attend? Feel free to register anyway; the session will be recorded, and we will let you know when the recording is available for viewing.
Webinar Chair and Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Károly Németh, 1 Massey University, New Zealand; 2 National Program of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Saudi Arabia; 3 Lithosphere Research Group, Sopron, Hungary; 4 The Geoconservation Trust Aoteroa Pacific, New Zealand;
- Prof. Dr. John A. Theodorou, University of Patras, Greece;
- Prof. Dr. Paulo A.V. Borges, 1 University of the Azores, Portugal; 2 IUCN SSC Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group, IUCN SSC Monitoring Specialist Group, Portugal;
- Prof. Dr. Timothy Beatley, University of Virginia, USA.
For more information about this webinar, please visit the following website: https://sciforum.net/event/Cluster-12?subscribe.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact journal.webinar@mdpi.com.
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