The Everglades Wetlands Research Park has organized a series of seven talks about wetlands topics for a general audience. Most will be presented at FGCU’s Kapnick Center auditorium, site of many of our meetings.
All seminars except Jørgensen’s and Hey’s to be held at 7 pm at FGCU’s Harvey Kapnick Education and Research Center, Naples Botanical Garden, 4940 Bayshore Drive, Naples, Florida 34112
For more information, please contact Dr. Li Zhang, 239-325-1364 or lzhang@fgcu.edu
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012
ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF TROPICAL WETLANDS IN MEXICO
Maria Hernandez, Ph.D., Environmental Biotechnology Unit, Institute of Ecology, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012
LESSONS ON HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FROM FLORIDA’S ALLIGATORS
Louis J. Guillette Jr., Ph.D., Endowed Chair for Marine Genomics and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina & Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, South Carolina
SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2013 (collaboration with Naples Botanical Garden)
WORKING WORLDWIDE TO CONSERVE CRANES AND THE WETLAND, GRASSLAND AND OTHER ECOSYSTEMS ON WHICH THEY DEPEND
George Archibald, Director, International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING OF THE BEST KIND: RESTORING RIVERS, WETLANDS, AND THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES
William J. Mitsch, Ph.D., Juliet C. Sproul Chair for Southwest Florida Habitat Restoration and Management and Director, Everglades Wetland Research Park, Florida Gulf Coast University, Naples, Florida
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013 (AT FT. MYERS CAMPUS)
SAMSØ—A DANISH ISLAND BASED ON RENEWABLE ENERGY
Sven Erik Jørgensen, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013
FLORIDA’S ENDANGERED MANGROVES AND THEIR PROTECTION AND RESTORATION AS A LESSON FOR MANGROVE MANAGEMENT AROUND THE WORLD
Roy R. “Robin” Lewis III, M.A., P.W.S., President, Lewis Environmental Services, Inc. President, Coastal Resources Group, Inc., Salt Springs, Florida
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013
FACTORS AFFECTING SUSTAINABILY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA AND BASIN
John W. Day, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, School of Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013 (AT SANIBEL ISLAND)
NUTRIENT FARMING IN THE AMERICAN MIDWEST TO PROTECT THE GULF OF MEXICO
Donald L. Hey, Ph.D., Founder, The Wetlands Initiative and Des Plaines River Wetland Demonstration Project, Chicago and Lake County, Illinois
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