On Thursday 10th March the first Botanical University Challenge competition is taking place at Kew Gardens http://drmgoeswild.com/botanical-university-challenge/. Our team is: Rachael Graham, Ollie White, Rowland Sadler, Minna Ots. With reserves: Alice Pincock, Joe Mattocks and Owen Middleton. If you would like to attend student tickets cost £3. We currently have 4 seats left on the mini-bus, so be fast. Or meet us there (I will be sent more information about parking before the day, so I can pass this on to you). The team trainer is, of course, John Poland.
Wednesday 9th March 2016, 13.00 – 14.00, Building 85, Room 2207, CfBS Invited Seminar Speaker: Professor Jane Hill, University of York. Conserving species in fragmented tropical landscapes: Tropical regions are highly diverse but the biodiversity they support is threatened by human activities, including loss of rainforest and climate change. On Borneo, rainforests are being replaced by oil palm plantations, isolating many patches of remaining forest within inhospitable agricultural landscapes. I will discuss our work on Borneo that is focussing on ways to reduce biodiversity losses and methods for developing more sustainable landscapes.
Posted By : Judith Lock