Can Tapirs Restore Amazon Rainforest?
When:
Wednesday, Apr 08, 2020 2:30p -
3:30p
Wednesday, Apr 08, 2020 2:30p -
3:30p
Where:
Online event
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Kid Friendly, Lectures & Conferences, Virtual & Streaming
Event website:
https://whrc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gxi2oXZuT5Wc6K3Cx-uvEw
Presented by Dave McGlinchey, Chief of External Affairs of the Woods Hole Research Center, this event is the second in the Woods Hole Research Center's spring webinar series.
Last summer, global attention was focused on widespread fires in the Amazon. Fires – and related deforestation for agriculture – have destroyed 800,000 square kilometers of Amazon rainforest over recent decades. New research conducted by the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) and IPAM Amazônia has shown that lowland tapirs can restore degraded Amazonian forests by spreading tree seeds in areas that had been previously burned. Dave McGlinchey will speak about how tapirs may be among the cheapest and easiest solutions for large-scale forest restoration. Make sure to register!
