Day 5: Friday 9 September 2022

08H00-08H30

KEYNOTE 11 - KERSTIN BRAUN: Climatic stability recorded in speleothem stable isotopes affects diversity of Mediterranean climate regions

08H30-08H50

Tea break

Parallel session

Parallel session

08H50-10H50

SYMPOSIUM 9 : C Marean, R Cowling et al. - The Palaeo-Agulhas Plain Revises our  Understanding of the Cape Floristic Region

SYMPOSIUM 10: Global Forest Communicators Network (supported by UN FAO) - Are u being heard ? The power of effective communication

Short break 5 mins

WORKSHOP 5 

S Geerts, Shaw, K. et al. (IN PERSON) - The development of a planting protocol for indigenous plant species: Preventing cross pollination in the South African honeybush as a case study

10H50-11H10

Tea break

Parallel session  - Session chair: Anina Coetzee

Parallel session

11H10-12H10

THEMATIC SESSION: Current biodiversity conservation challenges for a shifting future - habitat restoration and fragmentation

E-Poster Session (Pre-recorded and live QnA)

12H10-12H20

Short break

12H20-12H50

KEYNOTE 12 - KATHLEEN KAY: Divergent edaphic adaptation promotes speciation, coexistence, and persistence in the California flora

12H50-13H20

KEYNOTE 13 - ALEXANDRA SYPHARD: Unraveling the complex effects of global change on altered fire regimes in California 

13H20-14H00

LUNCH BREAK & CLOSING FUNCTION, PRIZES (Combined with Lunch break)