from Scgis President Janet Nackoney Conference Welcome: "This year’s Annual Conference theme focuses on “Bridging the Nature-Human Divide.” Our theme encourages us to explore our connections with the natural world, address growing environmental challenges like global climate change and species extinction, and find ways to strengthen our connection to nature. As conservation geographers and GIS practitioners, we have an opportunity to forge new paths in this realm using our spatial analysis and map-making skills by helping to protect wildlife, developing strategies to build greener cities, working with local communities to sustainably manage their natural resources, and monitoring environmental change.
