Earth Day Celebration: SOS (Save Our Sea / horses)
SOS - Save Our Sea/horses
Special Earth Day lecture by Dr. Sara
Lourie聽
Almost mythical creatures, seahorses
have the potential to capture the public imagination, and inspire
action for marine conservation. Seahorses will be our entr茅e into
the magical world of marine biodiversity, the extensive catalogue
of threats to marine habitats, and the hopeful initiatives to help
conserve the underwater realm for future generations.
More information about Dr. Lourie:
Sara Lourie spent a formative part of her childhood in Papua New
Guinea. It was here that she saw her first seahorse, and it was
here, snorkeling on coral reefs, that she became inspired with her
love and fascination for the sea. She has travelled extensively,
and written an identification guide to the seahorses of the world.
Her PhD research focused on the genetic connections among seahorses
in SE Asia, and the application of biogeography (the study of the
spatial distributions of organisms) to marine conservation.
Post-PhD she has worked on developing a set of Marine Ecoregions of
the World, in collaboration with scientists from聽Nature
Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund and others, and has recently
finished co-authoring a textbook on conservation biogeography. She
is currently a research associate and lecturer at the Redpath
Museum at 9I制作厂免费, and with her husband, runs a
conservation organisation called Chimp-n-Sea, which seeks
to combine music and story-telling with science to help conserve
primate and marine habitats.
In January 2010 she represented 9I制作厂免费 at the UNESCO聽symposium in Paris to open the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB).