[Agriculture and Horticulture ] FW: Monash University Public Lectures: Biodiversity

[Tran, Lorraine I]

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From: Anne-Lee Hakkennes [mailto:Anne-Lee.Hakkennes at monash.edu] On
Behalf Of Research Activity
Sent: Wednesday, 4 August 2010 10:11 AM
To: Research Activity
Subject: Monash University Public Lectures

 

Title: Why should we care about biodiversity? 
Date: Wednesday 18 August, 2010 
Time: 1pm 
Venue: Monash University, Lecture theatre S9, Building 25, Clayton
campus 
Registrations not required. For more information visit:
http://www.monash.edu.au/researchmatters/events/180810-biodiversity.html
<http://www.monash.edu.au/researchmatters/events/180810-biodiversity.htm
l>  

Overview 
Most of us are happy to care about pandas, or dolphins or other
charismatic animals. Many of us are also concerned about the decline of
iconic species such as the River Red Gum, but what about less glamorous
animals and plants that make up our biodiversity? As global resources
become more  limited we will have to make some hard decisions about what
we care enough about if we are to save it. Do we prefer to water our
rose garden or provide environmental flows for a native fish we may
never see? Will we sacrifice income from mineral wealth to protect
terrestrial plants and animals? Do we care enough about biodiversity to
change our lifestyles to protect it? 

Speaker: Dr Ross Thompson is the Deputy Director of the Australian
Centre for Biodiversity and is a senior lecturer in the School of
Biological Sciences at Monash University. 

For more information on these and other Research Matters events please
visit the our website: www.monash.edu/researchmatters. We look forward
to seeing you there. 


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