Earthwatch Debate: Irreplaceable – the World’s Most Invaluable Species

Photo credits: Simon Reid

Thursday 20^th November
7.00pm-9.00pm
The Royal Geographical Society
1 Kensington Gore London SW7 2AR

The ever-popular and thought-provoking Earthwatch Debate this year focuses on the world’s most irreplaceable species – choose between bees, bats, fungi, plankton and primates (but not man!), championed by leaders in their field.

Chair - Andrea Catherwood, TV broadcaster & independent film producer

Our speakers for the evening:

Bats - Dr. Kate Jones, the Zoological Society of London

Bees - Dr. George McGavin, Honorary Research Associate, Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Fungi - Prof. Lynne Boddy, Cardiff School of Biosciences

Plankton - Prof. David Thomas, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Bangor

Primates - Ian Redmond OBE, Chairman of the Ape Alliance

Doors open at 6.00pm (cash bar); debate to be followed by a second cash bar, 9.00-9.30pm.

Entrance free to Earthwatch supporters; otherwise a small donation will be requested on the door. Optional buffet supper, 9.00-10.30 – supper tickets £25.00

For tickets and more information, please contact the Earthwatch Europe Events Department on (01865) 318856; events@earthwatch.org.uk

Earthwatch Lecture - Shrinking Habitats, Species Survival

Thursday 16th October

7.00pm-8.30pm

The Royal Geographical Society

1 Kensington Gore

London SW7 2AR

UK

Dr. Dawn Scott (University of Brighton) & Dr. Rich Reading (Denver Zoological Foundation) will be giving talks on their Earthwatch projects, ‘South Africa’s Brown Hyenas’ and ‘Wildlife of the Mongolian Steppe’, species in the one case often unfairly maligned, and in the other, sadly under- researched.

By ticket only - free to Earthwatch supporters, otherwise a small donation is requested on the door.

Contact the Earthwatch Europe Events Department on

+44 (0) 1865 318856. Email: events@earthwatch.org.uk

Photo credits: Dawn Scott