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An overview of the Amazon ecosystem, current trends in deforestation and efforts to conserve the forest, and a review of the effects on and challenges facing local peoples
An overview of the Amazon ecosystem with an emphasis on the web of interactions between plants and animals; current trends in deforestation and efforts to conserve the forest, and a review of the effects on and challenges facing local peoples based on the lecturer’s extensive work on ethnobotany. He will also include some examples from his most recent work in the Atlantic rainforest of Misiones Province, Argentina.
Speaker(s): |
Professor Sir Ghillean Prance | talks |
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Date and Time: |
14 March 2008 at 6:30 pm |
Duration: | 2 hours |
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Venue: |
at a Birkbeck lecture theatre/University of London |
Organised by: |
Ecology and Conservation Studies Society |
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Tickets: |
Free |
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For free tickets and venue details, contact tel: 020 7679 1069, or e-mail: environment@fce.bbk.ac.uk |
Additional Information: |
For queries on lecture content, contact tel: 020 8546 7986, or e-mail: una.sutcliffe@btinternet.com |
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