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The Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fund

2009 Seminar Information & Schedule

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Email Eliot Levine or call  202-495-4596.

Science for Nature Seminars bring distinguished scientists from a variety of fields to Washington D.C. to present cutting edge research of central importance to international conservation. These events provide a regular forum for the conservation community to learn, discuss and network.

Register below ! Every seminar 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. with reception to follow

A complete list of upcoming Science for Nature Seminars will be posted soon.

May 13 - Rodolfo Dirzo Professor, Biology Department Stanford University  November 18 - Elinor Ostrom Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science and Senior Research Director of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Indiana University

January 14 - Greg Asner Department of Global Ecology Carnegie Institution for Science Giving Science Away: Turning Tragedy to Hope in Humid Tropical Forest Conservation View Abstract Tropical forests harbor the richest biodiversity in the terrestrial world, but humans clear, log, hunt, burn, mine, and otherwise alter enormous tracks of tropical forest each year. This tragic pace of forest loss contributes to other global changes such as increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, climate change and biological invasions. One important solution to the tropical biodiversity crisis is forest protection, but a United Nations program called REDD – Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation – could vastly boost tropical forest conservation, curb greenhouse gas emissions and provide financial support to forest landowners. The success of this international program and a new “carbon economy” rests on a foundation of science that provides mapping and monitoring of forest change over time. New science and technology programs are meeting this challenge with parallel developments in carbon and biodiversity mapping as well as training and capacity building for recipient organizations in tropical forest nations. The pace is rapid but the stakes are high, and the hope of saving tropical forests and mitigating climate change has never been so strong.

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