20th Pacific Science
Congress
Bangkok, Thailand
March 17-21, 2003
Science and Technology for Healthy Environments
Events of particular interest to PABITRA participants
Keynote Address
4. Patrick D. Nunn (U.K.), Department of Geography,
the University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.
Email: nunn_p@usp.ac.fj
Topic: Environmental influences on the dispersion of humans throughout the
Pacific basin.
Scientific Symposia
Sub-theme I: Natural Resource Challenges
Symposium 1.6: Island Landscapes Under Global Change: the PABITRA Project
Chair: Dieter Mueller-Dombois
(USA) amdhawaii@aol.com
Co-Chair: Thavivongse Sriburi (Thai)
sthavivo@chula.ac.th
| Session I | Monday, March 17, 2003 (10:30 AM to 12 Noon) | |
| 1 | 10:30-10:40 | Dieter Mueller-Dombois – The PABITRA Project: Island Landscapes under Global Change |
| 2 | 10:40-11:00 | Roselyn R. D. Kumar – Topography, Geology and Climate of the Fiji PABITRA Transect |
| 3 | 11:00-11:20 | Marika Tuiwawa – Recent Changes in the Upland Watershed of the PABITRA Gateway Transect on Viti Levu, Fiji: The Monasavu Case Study |
| 4 | 11:20-11:40 | Gunnar Keppel, Eliki Senivasa, Tamara Osborne, Isaac Rounds, and Nunia Thomas – Savura, a PABITRA Site in a Lowland Rain Forest on Viti Levu |
| 5 | 11:40-Noon | Alivereti Naikatini – Stand Profile Diagrams of Focal Sites along the PABITRA Landscape Transect on Viti Levu, Fiji |
| 12:00- 1:30 PM |
Lunch | |
| Session II | Monday, March 17, 2003 (1:30 to 3:00 PM) | |
| 6 | 13:30-13:50 | Isoa T. Korovulavula – A Framework for Socioeconomic Valuation of Biodiversity at the PABITRA Focal Sites in Fiji |
| 7 | 13:50-14:10 | Randolph R. Thaman – Ethnobiodiversity in a Changing Island World: Ethnobiological Knowledge as a Basis for the Conservation of Pacific Island Biodiversity in the Face of Global Change |
| 8 | 14:10-14:30 | Nacanieli S. Tuivavalagi – Agroforestry and Traditional Farming Systems in Samoa |
| 9 | 14:30-14:50 | James O. Juvik and John Delay – Coping with Global Climate Change along the PABITRA Transect System: Monitoring and Modeling Potential Hydrological Impacts for Pacific Island Upland Watersheds |
| 14:50-15:00 | General Discussion | |
| Session III | Monday, March 17, 2003 (3:30 to 5:00 PM) | |
| 10 | 15:30-15:50 | Jean-Yves Meyer, Jacques Florence, and Timothy Motley – Studies of the Endangered Flora and Conservation of the Last Remnants of Native Vegetation in the Austral Islands (French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean) |
| 11 | 15:50-16:10 | Will C. McClatchey and Kent W. Bridges – Enhancing the Comparisons of PABITRA High Island Sites by Examining Terrestrial Plant Diversity on Atolls |
| 12 | 16:10-16:30 | Charles Birkeland – Interactions Among Tropical Coastal Ecosystems Produce Greater Yields |
| 13 | 16:30-16:50 | Mark Merlin and William Raynor – Cultivation and Biodiversity Impact of the Kava Plant, Piper methysticum Forst. f., on Pohnpei Island, Federated States of Micronesia |
| 16:50-17:00 | General Discussion | |
| Session IV | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 (3:30 to 5:00 PM) | |
| 14 | 15:30-15:50 | Curtis C. Daehler – Patterns of Plant Invasions and Vegetation Change in Dry, Leeward Habitats of the Hawaiian Islands |
| 15 | 15:50-16:10 | J. Michael Fitzsimons, Robert T. Nishimoto, James E. Parham, L. R. Benson, and M. G. McRae – Biological Assessment of Kahana Stream, Island of O`ahu, Hawai`i, with the Use of Procedures from the PABITRA Manual for Interactive Ecology and Management |
| 16 | 16:10-16:30 | James E. Parham – Aquatic Survey Techniques on Oceanic Islands: Important Design Considerations |
| 17 | 16:30-16:50 | Dieter Mueller-Dombois, Nengah Wirawan, and James D. Jacobi – The Kahana Valley Ahupua`a, a PABITRA Study Site on O`ahu, Hawaiian Islands |
| 16:50-17:00 | Concluding Discussion | |
Last Updated: 02/06/2003