Abstract
Tragic consequences for conservation of mis-defining the term "community" / Shelley Burgin
Community-based research : where are the rewards? / Daniel Lunney and Alison Matthews
Conservation of coastal organisms depends on scientific realism, not community "monitoring" / A.J. Underwood and M.G. Chapman
Community versus research-based conservation : what are the paradigms? / Chris Dickman
Is science demonstrating leadership for conservation? / J. Pittock and P. Walsh
Conservation research leads to a paradigm shift in farming practice : a case study from the Western Australian wheatbelt / Denis Saunders
Integrating people and nature for landscape conservation / S.V. Briggs
Community-based research : science conducted as if people really matter / Peter Wilson
Plenary discussion session
A bizarre and threatening process : the by-passing of ecological research when tackling environmental issues / Daniel Lunney, Chris Dickman, and Shelley Burgin