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style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">On Wednesday, June 28, Dr. Daniel Nepstad, a
senior scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center, will give a public lecture
on his work in the Amazon. The lecture will be held in Harbourton Auditorium, on
the Center’s Gilman Ordway Campus, located at 149 Woods Hole Road. Seating and
parking are limited, and reservations are required. Call 508.540.9900 ext. 150,
or email <A href="mailto:awhite@whrc.org">abwhite@whrc.org</A> for more
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt">A tropical forest
ecologist, Dr. Nepstad has studied Amazon forests and strategies for their
conservation for the last 21 years. His research includes forest fires and
“savannization,” the analysis of public policies to conserve the Amazon’s
natural resources, the prediction of future trends of Amazon forests and people,
and the environmental certification of the region’s cattle ranchers and soy
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt">Based in Belém, Brazil,
Dr. Nepstad leads the Center’s Amazon program. In 1995, he co-founded the Amazon
Institute of Environmental Studies (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da
Amazônia), now the largest independent research institution in the Amazon
region. He has published more than 75 scientific articles and books on the
Amazon. In 1994, he was awarded a Pew Scholars Fellowship in Conservation. His
work was recently featured in a BBC documentary on global warming and has been
covered by the Discovery Channel, <I>The New York Times</I> and
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">The Woods Hole Research Center is dedicated to
science, education, and public policy for a habitable Earth, seeking to conserve
and sustain forests, soils, water, and energy by demonstrating their value to
human health and economic prosperity. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Center sponsors initiatives in the
Amazon, the Arctic, Africa, Russia, and North America, including the
Mid-Atlantic, New England, and Cape Cod. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Center programs focus on the carbon
cycle, forest function, landcover/land use, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt">water cycles and
chemicals in the environment, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">science
in public affairs, and education, providing</SPAN><SPAN
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enabling better appraisals of the trends in forests that influence their role in
the global carbon budget.</SPAN></P>
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<P><FONT size=2>Allison B. White<BR>Manager, Administration<BR>Woods Hole
Research Center<BR>149 Woods Hole Road<BR>Falmouth, MA
02540-1644<BR>Tel:508.540.9904 x150<BR>Fax:508.540.9700<BR><A
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