Instructions for authors of papers and presentations
For Oral Presentations to Conference Sessions
Presentations should be no more than 15 minutes with 5 minutes for questions. They should preferably include visual illustrations by way of slides, PowerPoint software, or overhead projectors.
If your presentation is a PowerPoint, you need to bring it on a memory stick or CD and load it onto the University of Waikato system on the evening or morning before your presentation is scheduled. Alternatively, you can post it electronically ahead of time to Mairi Jay (mairij@waikato.ac.nz). If you will be using slides to illustrate your talk, you need to inform Mairi Jay (by email) and request the use of a slide projector.
Presentations should be relevant to one of the conference themes, namely:
Protection and Restoration of Biodiversity: including the science and practice of ecosystem and species protection and restoration/recovery.
Appreciation of Natural and Cultural heritage: including the practical management aspects of trying to find the right balance between provision for visitors and protecting the qualities of heritage or naturalness that visitors most value.
Conservation Philosophy and Politics: including the political and philosophical aspects contexts of conservation, such as indigenous rights and co-management approaches, the role and involvement of landowners, NGOs and private sector agencies; the conflict between human use and conservation; and future trends.
Papers Intended for Published Proceedings
A peer reviewed conference proceedings will be compiled from papers that match accepted international standards of publication. The proceedings will be published on the conference website. If warranted, papers may also be published in book form, depending on the quality and content of the papers that are offered.
Papers intended for publication in the proceedings must be submitted electronically or on disk no later than Friday 6 th July (i.e. the end of the conference). Papers received after the deadline may not be considered for publication. Papers submitted on disk should be clearly labelled with the author's name and the file name of the article. They must be in Word format with illustrations submitted separately as tif. or jpeg. files.
Papers should be type-written, double-spaced, 8 to 20 pages in length (2,000 to 6,000 words) including the abstract, bibliography, maps, diagrams, and key words. Font style of Arial 11point is preferred. Papers should include an abstract of not more than 250 words and three to ten key words that identify the most important points covered by the paper. Papers should be organised into the following sections: title page (with author(s), abstract and key words, introduction, sections as appropriate, conclusion, acknowledgement, reference list. Headings should be indicated by bold font. Abbreviations and technical terms should be fully spelled out and defined when first used in the text. The organisational affiliation and contact details of all authors should be included on the title page.
All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text. References in the text should cite the author's last name, initials, year of publication, and page (where appropriate), for example: ‘Some commentators (Jay, 2005) have noted increasing involvement of public-private partnerships in conservation.' And, ‘Jay (2005:137) claims that “recent decades have seen people protecting native species in their own communities and domestic gardens”'. For three or more authors, use the first author followed by ‘et al.' (Scrimgeour et al. 2005). The list of references at the end should include only books, articles and documents actually cited in the text. References should be alphabetically ordered by authors' names and should have the following form:
Kurian, P. and Bartlett, R. 2003. Ethics and Justice needs for sustainable development. In Encyclopeadia of Life Support Systems, UNESO, http://www.eolss.net/ (accessed 25/10/2004)
Stephens, J., Molan, P. and Clarkson, B. 2005. A review of leptospermum scoparium (Myrtaceae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 33(2), 431-450
All references must provide sufficiently full and accurate information to enable a reader to retrieve the item referred to.
Assessment of Papers
All papers will be peer reviewed. Proposals will be assessed in the light of their relevance to the conference themes. Consideration will be given to selecting proposals that, taken together, provide a stimulating and thought-provoking focus on the main themes.
Selection for publication will be assessed on the basis of their intellectual contribution to conservation management.
Special consideration will be given to papers, presentations or workshop discussions which address innovations in conservation management, threatened species management, ecosystem management, management of cultural heritage and appreciation, working with communities for conservation gains, working with indigenous people for conservation, national and regional conservation management policies and planning, philosophical issues in conservation.
Authors must register for the conference.
Where a paper is written by joint authors, at least one author is required to register.