Annual member talks
If you’d like to find out more about our conservation programmes then come along to our talks. Presentations given by members of our own Biodiversity Management team will be complemented by guest speakers from either partner organisations or projects which have some resonance with our conservation aims.
Key subjects include species and habitat conservation, the importance of monitoring and managing biodiversity, and interactions between people and wildlife.
Talks are held in the Science & Learning Centre lecture theatre and are free for annual members. Guests are welcome, but will be asked for a donation.
Each talk starts at 7.45pm. The main gate will be open between 7.15pm and 7.35pm for entry to the park.
Rhinos and their conservation
9 February 2012
Dr Tim Woodfine, Director of Conservation at Marwell Wildlife, will give an overview of the world’s rhino species and their conservation status and then lead into the conservation of African rhinos, with specific reference to our work in Zimbabwe with the Dambari Wildlife Trust and the current challenges we are facing.
A PHYSICIST AMONGST THE PENGUINS
22 May 2012
Professor Peter Barham
Penguins can be addictive – once you learn a little about them you want to know more and more until, if you are lucky enough, you end up working on research to help conserve these precious birds. At least that’s what happened to Peter Barham.
Three species are listed as endangered and a further 7 as being vulnerable to extinction. A major difficulty faced by those trying to implement conservation actions to prevent decline and eventual extinction of penguin species is the lack of accurate data on long term population trends.
Professor Barhams talk will revolve around the research to find practical ways of identifying individual penguins that are not harmful to the birds themselves.