[SEMCO] WHRC Amazon Lecture

[Allison White]

Woods Hole Research Center to Host Public Lecture on the Amazon



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
abwhite at whrc.org for more information and to RSVP.



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 farmers.



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,
The New York Times and Nature.



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.  The Center sponsors initiatives in the
Amazon, the Arctic, Africa, Russia, and North America, including the
Mid-Atlantic, New England, and Cape Cod.  Center programs focus on the
carbon cycle, forest function, landcover/land use, water cycles and
chemicals in the environment, science in public affairs, and education,
providing primary data and enabling better appraisals of the trends in
forests that influence their role in the global carbon budget.



Allison B. White
Manager, Administration
Woods Hole Research Center
149 Woods Hole Road
Falmouth, MA 02540-1644
Tel:508.540.9904 x150
Fax:508.540.9700
www.whrg.org
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