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Subscribe to podcastNicholas Talks -- Spring 2009
         an online collection of lectures about environmental issues and solutions
         brought to you by Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment
         and Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.

         

Andrea Sáenz-Arroyo
Thomas E. Lovejoy
Scot Hagerthey
Kenneth Miller
Jennifer McIntosh
William Laurance
Binka Le Breton
Alex Glass
Nancy Knowlton
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Feb. 20 - " Islands of Survival: Will Tropical Nature Reserves be Arks for Imperiled Species?"

Renowned tropical ecologist/conservationist Dr. William F. Laurance talks about his latest research. Dr. Laurence works for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. He has written or co-authored over 100 scientific articles and over 25 book chapters since the year 2000. He has also authored or edited several books, including most recently Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests (2006).




 

 

 

 

 

Presented by the University Program in Ecology Seminar Series