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AT THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OCIETY OF LONDON
17 and 18 November 2011
ANTELOPE CONSERVATION IN IN THE 21ST CENTURY:
CENTURY:
FROM DIAGNOSIS TO ACTION
Organised by Jakob Bro-Jørgensen Jørgensen (University of Liverpool/IUCN Antelope Specialist
Group) and David Mallon (Manchester (Manchester Metropolitan University/IUCN University/IUCN Antelope Specialist
Group, co-chair)
The drastic decline in wildlife populations since 1970 has hit
antelopes particularly severely with more than a quarter of
species now threatened by extinction. However, antelopes have
received far less conservation attention than many of their
mammalian relatives in spite of providing some of the most
fascinating scinating wildlife spectacles on earth. Thus in the absence of
immediate action, several species are in imminent danger of
joining the scimitar-horned horned oryx as recent extinctions in the wild.
This meeting aims to clarify current trends in global antelope
biodiversity, understand what drives the major threat processes
and, on this basis, highlight conse conservation priorities, taking into
account ccount both biological and socioeconomic aspects. Because
antelopes demonstrate striking variatio variation in morphology, ecology
and behaviour, they are exposed to a wide range of the threats
facing biodiversity today. In this way, the focus on antelopes
provides a prism through which general insights into the
principles governing conservation onservation threats and their mitigation
can be achieved.
The topics addressed by world leading experts in antelope
conservation include: how to turn habitat loss into conservation-
friendly riendly land use in a world of environmental change, how
antelope-livestock ck interactions affect resource competition and
disease transmission, how to render bushmeat hunting
sustainable, and the usefulness efulness of sport hunting, game
ranching and reintroductions as tools in conservation.
© Lise Albrechtsen © Navinder Singh
© Anagaw Atickem

ANTELOPE CONSERVATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: FROM DIAGNOSIS TO ACTION
8.30 REGISTRATION OPENS
9.20 Welcome: Jakob Bro-Jørgensen
SESSION I: INTRODUCTION TO ANTELOPE BIODIVERSITY
AND ITS CONSERVATION STATUS
9.30 Diverse descendants. An introduction to the ecological logic behind antelope radiations
Jonathan Kingdon (University of Oxford, UK)
10.00 The current status of antelopes - a global overview
David Mallon (Manchester Metropolitan University; UK/Co-chair IUCN Antelope Specialist Group)
10.30 POSTER SESSION (TEA/COFFEE)
SESSION II: TURNING HABITAT LOSS INTO CONSERVATION-FRIENDLY LAND USE
11.00 The challenge of preserving dynamic savannah ecosystems
John Fryxell (University of Guelph, Canada)
11.30 Hands on or hands off? Contrasting approaches to management
Michael Knight (South African National Parks, South Africa)
12.00 Use it or lose it - what are the limiting conditions for the validity of this precept?
Herbert Prins (Wageningen University, Netherlands)
12.30 LUNCH
13.30 Preserving antelopes in the face of climate change
Grant Hopcraft (Groningen University, Netherlands)
SESSION III: THE CHALLENGE OF CONSERVING UNGULATE MIGRATIONS IN
A CHANGING WORLD
14.00 Conserving the great antelope migrations in the nation building process of South Sudan
Paul Elkan (Wildlife Conservation Society, USA)
14.30 Interannual variability of long-distance movement in Mongolian gazelle
Thomas Mueller (University of Maryland, USA)
15.00 TEA/COFFEE
SESSION IV: COEXISTING WITH LIVESTOCK
15.30 Community-based conservancies: a strategy to counter the rapid antelope declines in the
pastoral lands of Kenya
Joseph Ogutu (ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya/University of Hohenheim, Germany)
16.00 Antelope diseases – the good, the bad and the ugly!
Richard Kock (Royal Veterinary College, UK)
16.30 Facilitated Discussion
17.00 POSTER SESSION with cash bar
18.30 End of day One
17 NOVEMBER 2011
19.00 SYMPOSIUM DINNER – tickets to be booked in advance

ANTELOPE CONSERVATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: FROM DIAGNOSIS TO ACTION
SESSION V: HOW TO COUNTER OVERHARVESTING
9.00 Importance of antelope bushmeat consumption in Africa
John Fa (Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust/Imperial College London, UK)
9.30 How to render bushmeat hunting sustainable
Noëlle Kümpel (Zoological Society of London, UK)
10.00 Engaging local people to counter overharvesting: The case of the saiga antelope
E.J. Milner-Gulland (Imperial College London, UK)
10.30 POSTER SESSION (TEA/COFFEE)
SESSION VI: SPORT HUNTING AND GAME RANCHING - THREATS OR SOLUTIONS?
11.00 Game ranching as a tool in antelope conservation
Philippe Chardonnet (Fondation IGF, France/Co-chair IUCN Antelope Specialist Group)
11.30 What is the scope for trophy hunting in antelope conservation? Opportunities and pitfalls
Nils Bunnefeld (Imperial College London, UK)
12.00 The evolution and conservation of hartebeest
Morris Gosling (University of Newcastle, UK)
12.30 LUNCH
SESSION VII: NEW TECHNIQUES IN ANTELOPE CONSERVATION
13.30 The use of camera-trapping in monitoring threatened duikers
Olivia Needham (Zoological Society of London, UK)
14.00 The application of landscape genetics in the conservation of the endangered mountain nyala
in the southern highlands of Ethiopia
Anagaw Atickem (University of Oslo, Norway)
14.30 From molecules to management - the evolutionary history of sub-Saharan savanna antelope and
implications for conservation
Eline Lorenzen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
15.00 POSTER SESSION (TEA/COFFEE)
SESSION VIII: REINTRODUCTIONS - WHEN AND WHEN NOT?
15.30 The fall and rise of the scimitar-horned oryx
Tim Woodfine (Marwell Wildlife/Sahara Conservation Fund, UK)
16.00 The decline of the desert antelopes
John Newby (Sahara Conservation Fund, Switzerland)
16.30 Re-introduction as an antelope conservation solution
Mark Stanley Price (University of Oxford, UK)
17.00 The way forward (facilitated discussion)
17.30 End of Symposium
18 NOVEMBER 2011

LOCATION
The Zoological Society of London’s Meeting Rooms are next to its Main Offices, on the Outer Circle, Regent’s
Park. Cars may be parked in the ZSL London Zoo visitors’ car park – please contact Megan Orpwood-Russell
(details below) to arrange a special parking rate for the symposium. The nearest public transport is by the 274
bus (to ZSL London Zoo), or by Underground (to Camden Town).
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ZSL Meeting
Rooms
Main Offices
and Library
suggested route
Attendance All places must be booked in advance. Full rate: two days £130; one day £80.
Discounted rate: (for students and ZSL Friends and Fellows) two days £65; one day £40.
Registration deadline: 10 November 2011 (a fee of £10 will be charged on all late registrations).
Meals and refreshments Coffee, tea and a buffet sandwich lunch will be served during breaks and are included
in the ticket price. A dinner with the speakers will be held at the end of the first day; tickets cost £40 each and
must be purchased no later than 10 November 2011. Please state if you have any special dietary requirements,
including vegetarian.
Posters The organisers invite interested parties to submit abstracts for posters with research relating to the
symposium topic. Abstracts of no more than 250 words can be emailed or posted (using enclosed form) to
Megan Orpwood-Russell (details below) by 20 October 2011 for consideration by the organisers. Accepted
poster presenters will be notified by 25 October 2011.
Booking and enquiries
please contact: Megan Orpwood-Russell, Scientific Meetings Coordinator
Zoological Society of London,
Regent’s Park (Outer Circle)
London NW1 4RY, UK.
E: megan.orpwood-russell@zsl.org ; T: +44 (0)20 7449 6227; F: +44 (0)20 7449 6411
www.zsl.org/science/scientific-meetings/
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REGISTRATION FORM
ANTELOPE CONSERVATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: FROM DIAGNOSIS TO ACTION
17 and 18 November 2011 in the Meeting Rooms, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park (Outer Circle), London NW1 4RY, UK.
Symposium Attendance Full rate Discounted rate (applicable for ZSL Friends & Fellows 1 ,
For two days or part days £130 £65 and students 2 )
For one day or part day £80 £40
Deadline for Registration 10 November 2011 (an additional £10 fee is applicable for all late registrations).
ONLINE BOOKING AVAILABLE FROM 5 JUNE 2011
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Zoo, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK; e-mail: megan.orpwood-russell@zsl.org; fax: +44 (0)20 7449 6411.
Please complete one form per delegate.
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CALL FOR POSTERS
ANTELOPE CONSERVATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: FROM DIAGNOSIS
TO ACTION
Thursday 17 and Friday 18 November 2011 at the Meeting Rooms, Zoological
Society of London, Regent’s Park (Outer Circle), London NW1 4RY, UK
There are spaces for approximately 20 posters at this 2-day symposium. Posters will be on
display throughout, and attendees will have plenty of time to study posters and interact with
speakers and other delegates during tea/coffee breaks (poster area is close to refreshment
points).
Abstracts of no more than 250 words outlining poster content should be emailed to
megan.orpwood-russell@zsl.org
Please note the deadline for submission of poster abstracts is 20 October 2011.
Those who have submitted successful poster proposals will notified by 25
October 2011 and further guidelines will be sent at that time.
Title of poster
Author(s) of poster
Please indicate which author/representative will attend the symposium to present the
poster. Registered delegates’ posters will be given priority over poster abstracts
submitted by non-delegates.
Contact e-mail address for representative
Abstract of no more than 250 words outlining poster content
For more information, please contact
Megan Orpwood-Russell: Tel: +44 (0)20 7449 6227; Fax: +44 (0)20 7449 6411;
E-mail: megan.orpwood-russell@zsl.org