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Appendix A: Symposium Program
Appendix A: Symposium Program
Pages 49-54
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Achilles Professor of Environmental Biology, Stanford University; Chair, DIVERSITAS Science Committee Reflections on Biodiversity and Its Future Peter Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden Biodiversity and Global Environmental Change Achim Steiner, Director, United Nations Environment Program [via prerecorded video] All affiliations reflect the speakers' positions at the time of the symposium.
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Microbes Made This Planet Habitable for You Paul Falkowski, Board of Governors' Professor of Marine and Geological Sciences, Rutgers University Biodiversity Implications of Rapid Evolution Andrew Hendry, Associate Professor of Biology, McGill University Questions and Discussion Bioinformatics: Inputs for the Sustainable Management of Natural Capital José Sarukhán, Institute of Ecology, National Autonomous University of Mexico Darwin's Fishes: Why Should We Care About Marine Biodiversity? Mary Glackin, Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere Valuing Nature: Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity Steve Polasky, Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics, University of Minnesota Questions and Discussion Concluding Remarks on the Morning Session Cristián Samper, Director, National Museum for Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
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Mark Lonsdale, Chief of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, Australia Questions and Discussion The Color of Green: The Next Inconvenient Truth Jerome Ringo, President, the Apollo Alliance
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Last Chance: Preserving Life on Earth Larry Schweiger, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Wildlife Federation Questions and Discussion Reinventing the Global Economy to Protect Biodiversity―Trade, Infrastructure, and Carbon Bruce Babbitt, Former Secretary of the Interior
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Alison Power, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University Biofuels and Agricultural Sustainability Philip Robertson, Professor of Ecosystem Science, Michigan State University Marine Fisheries: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Boris Worm, Assistant Professor in Marine Conservation Biology, Dalhousie University Aquaculture and Marine Resources: Can There Be a Salmon in Every Pot?
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Collins, Associate Director for Biological Sciences, National Science Foundation Questions and Discussion Concluding Comments on the Day: Advocacy and Policy Rodger Schlickeisen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Defenders of Wildlife Concluding Remarks and Thanks Peter Crane, John and Marion Sullivan University Professor, University of Chicago; Chair, U.S. National Committee for DIVERSITAS, National Academy of Sciences
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