Wednesday, October 26, 2011

**EESG** 10/28/2011 - Dr. Anne Frances - Native Plant Conservation at Naturserve

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE SEMINAR

Environmental Policy RoundtableFriday, October 28, 2010
Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm

This week the Environmental Economics Student Group will be hosting Dr. Anne Frances, Lead Botanist at Natureserve. Her diverse interests and experiences with native plant conservation, ethnobotany, and restoration ecology help her in coordinating Natureserve's efforts to protect rare plants and their ecosystems. Dr. Frances also uses the Natureserve Climate Change Vulnerability Index to assess plant species for susceptibility to climate change to help inform conservation decisions. Dr. Frances has received a BS in Biology from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, a MS from Florida International University, and a PhD from the University of Florida. Dr. Frances has worked in Costa Rica, Botanical Gardens, and the US Forest Service.

NatureServe is a non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to provide the scientific basis for effective conservation action. NatureServe and its network of natural heritage programs are the leading source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems. NatureServe represents an international network of biological inventories-known as natural heritage programs or conservation data centers-operating in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.

http://natureserve.org/

We look forward to seeing you at our discussion.

Best,

Your EESG Team

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The Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG) is a student-organized forum for the presentation and discussion of ideas and new work within the broad domain of Ecological Economics and interdisciplinary environmental policy. This seminar is also offered for 1 credit as 'Ecological Economics and Development' (MEES 608N).
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