From webforum@geog.ucsb.edu Sat Nov 8 15:01:57 1997 Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu (mx4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.5]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id PAA11700 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 1997 15:01:57 -0800 Received: from joshu.resnet.ucsb.edu (joshu.resnet.ucsb.edu [128.111.30.3]) by mx4.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.09) with SMTP id PAA27578 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 1997 15:01:55 -0800 Received: from 128.111.183.100 by joshu.resnet.ucsb.edu with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #12) id m0xUJjP-00IAyEC; Sat, 8 Nov 97 14:51 PST Message-ID: <34647FA2.3A04@geog.ucsb.edu> Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 15:05:06 +0000 From: David Piasecki Reply-To: webforum@geog.ucsb.edu X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; I; 68K) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: indknow@u.washington.edu Subject: UCSB Biodiversity Forum Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Biodiversity Forum, a National Science Foundation-funded site for people to express and exchange views on biodiversity loss and conservation, is now online at http://real.geog.ucsb.edu/bioforum. We invite all members of indknow@u.washington.edu to participate. Everyone has something important to add; we want to make sure that the full range of perspectives on biodiversity loss and conservation is heard. Biodiversity Forum is a World-Wide Web-based forum designed for people to express and exchange views on topics related to biodiversity loss and conservation. It is designed to serve three complementary objectives: €Public exchange of opinions related to biodiversity loss and conservation €Public education about current issues related to biodiversity loss and conservation €Social science research on public perception of biodiversity loss and conservation Biodiversity Forum is open for all members of the public to register and participate in our discussions. Currently, these discussions focus on two case studies: €Management of exotic (non-native) plant and animal species introduced by humans. Case study material is drawn from Channel Islands National Park, where some exotic animals and plants have had considerable impacts on the islands' biodiversity. €The role of natural disturbances such as fire. Case study material is drawn from Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Forest, where over a century of fire suppression has impeded giant sequoia regeneration and created tremendous wildfire hazards in some giant sequoia groves. The number of case studies and discussions will grow with time as we receive more public participation. For further details, please consult our website at http://real.geog.ucsb.edu/bioforum or send us e-mail at webforum@geog.ucsb.edu. You may also contact Prof. Proctor directly at 805-893-8741 or email him at jproctor@geog.ucsb.edu. Thank you very much for your assistance. Sincerely, David Piasecki - Web Forum Assistant .