Date:

Wednesday 22 October 2008

Time:

5.30pm for wine and cheese, lecture starts at 6.00pm

Location:

Crowther Lecture Theatre (A3), JCU Smithfield campus, McGregor Road, Smithfield, CAIRNS

Summary:

Richard Pearson has enjoyed over 30 years studying the unique biodiversity of Wet Tropics rivers.

In this illustrated talk he reviews the extent of this biodiversity, its origin and its maintenance, and assesses its resilience in the face of human impacts such as agriculture, water extraction and climate change.

Speaker:

Professor Richard Pearson
School of Marine and Tropical Biology
James Cook University

Presented by:

Faculty of Science, Engineering and Information Technology

Contact:

Everyone welcome. For further information and to RSVP for catering purposes, please contact Sue Kelly, Tel: (07) 4042 1456 or E-mail: susan.kelly@jcu.edu.au