The A.D. Latornell Conservation Symposium is one of Ontario’s premier annual environmental events. It provides a forum for practitioners, policy makers, nongovernment organizations, academics and businesses to network and discuss the challenges and opportunities in Ontario’s conservation field.
The theme of the 2010 Symposium is
Biodiversity: Connecting People, Land and Water
Biodiversity is the rich mix of ecosystems and species found all across Ontario. As we face increasing competition for limited resources due to population and development pressures and continuous change to our various environments, we strive to better understand what biodiversity represents, why it is important and how it contributes to human health.
Our natural environment provides a healthy foundation for all forms of life such as clean and sustainable water, good air quality, and renewable land resources.
In declaring 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity, the United Nations (UN) has challenged the world to safeguard the variety of life on earth. With biodiversity as this year’s symposium theme we hope to stimulate thinking and see how in Ontario we can take actions that meet the UN challenge and the needs of our society.
The theme of biodiversity will be explored through the various Symposium’s sessions including:
