Biodiversity Day talk on alien invasives- twitter coverage by juanicths

Peter Ng was talking at Botanic Gardens in conjunction with International Day for Biodiversity and juanicths covered the talk which many others followed, trapped in their meetings or cubicle via twitter. She could not cover everything, of course, but some of the main points gave us an idea. If followers replied her, she could have [...]

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Job opportunity: Education officer at Raffles Museum

I am highlighting this Ecotax post for prospective candidates:
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: otterman
Date: Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Subject: Job vacancy at RMBR, NUS: Education and PR Officer (Poly/BSc/relevant – deadline: 15 Jun 2009)
To: ecotax@yahoogroups.com
Download the application form here.
Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research (RMBR), Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of [...]

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New book by Richard Corlett, “The Ecology of Tropical East Asia”

Richard’s new book is out (Publication date: 14 May 2009). Unfortunately it is an OUP book so is costly – US$61.23+ (paperpback) and US$126.07 on Amazon US, £28.45 (paperback) and £61.75 (hardback) on Amazon UK. Update: The Barnes & Noble price is cheaper – US$48.75.

Update (30 May 2009): Mail from Ng Bee Choo of Nature’s [...]

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Congratulations Mr & Mrs Duc!

Joelle reports after returning form Hanoi, Vietnam:
“Ecolabbie Duc got hitched last weekend, six months after leaving Singapore for Hanoi.
Duc and Thu met each other in high school and have been together for 13 years! Congratulations Duc and Thu and we hope to see you both in Singapore soon!
The wedding was attended by Zeehan [...]

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Koh Lian Pin back for Biofuels Asia 2009

Our alumni Koh Lian Pin is in town for teh international conference, “Biofuels the impact of oil palms on forest and climate.” Janice Lee amongst others, attended the conference and will be traveling to Switzerland soon to join his lab at ETH Zurich.
After the morning’s presentations, Straits Times journalist Grace Chua rushed back [...]

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Mon 11 May 2009: Mudskipper talks at SBWR

“If I were a mudskipper…”
- reports from recent research projects at Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve by members of the Systematics & Ecology Lab. This session was convened for park staff. It will be repeated at a more convenient time for the natural history community.
Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve, Mon 11 May 2009: 8.30am – [...]

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Thu 14 May 2009: 10am – William Laurance on “Emerging threats and research challeges in the tropics”

“Emerging threats and research challenges in the tropics,”
By William F. Laurance
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama
Thursday, 14th May 2009: 10am
Lecture Theatre 20, Faculty of Science
Department of Biological Sciences, NUS
Host: Prof Richard Corlett
Abstract
“I will summarize several new or emerging threats to tropical ecosystems and consider the research challenges these raise. The drivers of tropical forest destruction [...]

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12 May 2009: 5.30pm – 8.00pm: “Communicating conservation science online” with Rhett A. Butler, founder of Mongabay.com

How to communicate conservation science effectively online?
An informal Q&A session with Rhett A. Butler, founder of Mongabay.com

Tuesday, 12th May 2009: 5.30pm
DBS Conference Room, Block S3, Level 5,
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
National University of Singapore
See Map for directions.
Host: Janice Lee & N. Sivasothi
All are welcome.
Mongabay.com was founded nearly 10 years ago by Rhett A. [...]

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New Diptera Book

We are pleased to announce that the book “Diptera Diversity: Status, Challenges and Tools” has been published. Prof Meier is one of three editors of this hotly-anticipated book for all dipterists.

This very attractive book not only comes complete with comprehensive information about Diptera biodiversity, it also includes gorgeous colour pictures and photos of flies, maps [...]

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