DAY 1 - MONDAY 19 APRIL 2004 MORNING
08:00-9:30 Breakfast
09:30 First Session. Chair: Dr. Tony Whitten, the World Bank 
09:30 Opening by Prof. Jon Fjeldså, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen

09:45-10:00

 Introduction to the symposium by Dr. Andrew Balmford, University of Cambridge 

10:00-10:30 

 Monitoring aquatic turtle populations by the Cofán Indians of Zábalo, Ecuador by Ms. Wendy Townsend, The Field Museum, Chicago (US)

10:30-11:00

 Ranger based monitoring in the Virunga-Bwindi Region: a simple data collection tool for park management by Ms. Maryke Gray, International Gorilla Conservation Programme (Uganda)

11:00-11:30

 Coffee/tea
11:30 Second Session. Chair: Mr. Sergio Ecuino, Director FUNDESNAP (Bolivia)
11:30-12:00 Participatory resource monitoring as a means for sense-making and social change in Yunnan, China by Ms. Jeannette van Rijsoort, Wageningen University (Netherlands)

12:00-12:30

 Community-based monitoring of resource use and forest quality in montane forests and miombo woodlands of Iringa by Messrs. Elmer Topp-Jørgensen, Nordeco, and John Massao, District Land, Natural Resources and Environment Office (Iringa, Tanzania)

12:30-14:00

 Lunch
DAY 1 - MONDAY 19 APRIL 2004 AFTERNOON
14:00 Third Session
14:00-14:30 Community-based surveys of fog capture and biodiversity monitoring at Loma Alta, Ecuador, enhance social capital and institutional cooperation by Dr. Dustin Becker, Kansas State University (US)
14:30-15:00 Participative ecological monitoring of the Alaotra Wetland in Madagascar by Mr. Hery Andrianandrasana, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (Madagascar)
15:00-15:30 Management impact of participatory biodiversity monitoring in the Philippines by Mr. Finn Danielsen, Nordeco
15:30-16:00 Coffee/tea
16:00 Fourth Session. Chair: Ms. Deki Yonten, Head of Monitoring Unit, Nature Conservation Division, Ministry of Agriculture (Bhutan)
16:00-16:30 Participatory monitoring and management in Xe Pian protected area of Champasak, Laos by Mr. Michael Køie Poulsen, Nordeco
16:30-17:00 The power of persistence: Learning from 33 years of wildlife monitoring in Ghana by Dr. Justin Brashares, University of British Columbia (Canada)
17:00-17:30 Using simple species lists to monitor long-term trends in animal populations by Dr. Paul Donald
19:00 Dinner
20:30-21:30 Current approaches to monitoring by staff of the World Bank/GEF (Dr. Tony Whitten, proposed), WWF (Ms. Sarah Christiansen) and BirdLife (Dr. Leon Bennun), 
DAY 2 - TUESDAY 20 APRIL 2004 MORNING
06.00-07.30  Bird walk (optional)
07.30-08.30 Breakfast
08:30 Fifth Session. Chair: Ms. Sarah Christiansen, Head of Monitoring Unit, WWF (US)
08:30-09:00 Biodiversity monitoring for management in the Bolivian Chaco by Ms. Imke Oetting, Wildlife Conservation Society (Bolivia)
09:00-09:30 Monitoring reef protected areas by local fishers in the Philippines: Tightening the adaptive management cycle by Mr. André Uychiaoco, The Marine Science Institute (Philippines)
09:30-10:00 When should communities and conservationists monitor exploited resources? by Dr. Julia Jones, University of Cambridge
10:00-10:30 Coffee/tea
10:30 Sixth Session.
10:30-11:00 Workshop introduction by Mr. Finn Danielsen, Nordeco 
11:00-15:00 Workshop group session (3 groups, working lunch)
DAY 2 - TUESDAY 20 APRIL 2004 AFTERNOON
15:00 Seventh Session. Chair: Dr. Leon Bennun, BirdLife
15:00-16:00 Plenary presentation of group work (20 minutes per group)
16:00-16:30 Coffee/tea
16:30-c17:30 Conclusions: What is the ideal balance between approaches to monitoring? Plenary discussion facilitated by Dr. Neil Burgess, University of Cambridge/WWF-US
c. 17:30 Closing remarks
19:00 Dinner
Wednesday 21 April

07:30-09:00

 Breakfast and check-out.