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PUBLIC TALK: Evolution at the End of the World - stories of plant resilience in the southwest Australian biodiversity hotspot

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The 2016 George Seddon Memorial Lecture by Professor Kingsley Dixon, Director, ARC Centre for Mine Restoration, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University.

Western Australia and the southwest in particular is blessed with one of the richest floras on earth - in fact we are more biodiverse than 98% of other regions of similar size. This remarkable diversity of plants has come about due to remarkable processes of age and stability unparalleled except in a few other regions on earth. This presentation will journey through what we have, how we got it and what we need to do to preserve this botanical extravagance for future generations.

Kingsley Dixon is a biologist and Professor at Curtin University and holds professorial positions at The University of Western Australia and Kings Park where he specialises in the conservation and restoration of plants and ecosystems in the southwest Australian biodiversity hotspot, coastal ecosystems and dryland regions of the world.

The annual George Seddon Lecture is sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Studies and UWA’s Friends of the Grounds.
Location Engineering Lecture Theatre 1, UWA
Contact Institute of Advanced Studies <[email protected]> : 6488 1340
URL http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/dixon
Start Tue, 26 Jul 2016 18:00
End Tue, 26 Jul 2016 19:00
Submitted by Audrey Barton <[email protected]>
Last Updated Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:18
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