Environmental Fridays: December 3
Environmental Fridays, Season 1, Episode 11, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. EST features "Coral Restoration in Belize—Lessons Learned" by Fragments of Hope founder Lisa Carne.
Our co-host for this week's Environmental Fridays is Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, professor of biology at Andrews University.
The Zoom Meeting ID is 963 3529 3713.
Everyone is welcome. Environmental Fridays is free to all—students, professionals, community.
Contact Desmond H. Murray, associate professor of chemistry, at murrayd@andrews.edu if you have any questions.
Bios:
Lisa Carne, executive director of Fragments of Hope, has a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of California at Santa Cruz. She completed the University of Belize’s first MSc program in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development, in collaboration with the University of the West Indies, graduating with "distinction" for her research paper on acroporids. She has established greater than 23 in-situ coral nurseries throughout Belize, out-planted over 86,000 acroporid fragments at Laughing Bird Caye National Park alone and held multiple training workshops both in Belize and regionally. She has published two books to date: "Mangoes and More: A Rough Guide to Local Fruit Trees and Flowers in Belize" (2002) and "Way Bak Den: Preserving and Celebrating Creole and Garifuna Culture on the Placencia Peninsula, Belize" (2010).
Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, professor of biology at Andrews University, received his PhD in ecology from Duke University prior to returning to his alma mater (Andrews University) as a faculty in 2013. He is a a behavioral ecologist and conservation biologist. He specializes in aquatic mammals but has worked with other endangered species (primates, snakes). He is a member of the Society for Marine Mammalogy and the Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation. He teaches Marine Mammalogy, Biostatistics, Principles of Biology, and Mammalogy. He has participated in or led field expeditions to over half a dozen countries including the U.S. (Florida and Michigan), Cuba, Brazil, Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Belize and Costa Rica. He is a U.S. Fulbright Scholar and managing editor of the Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals.
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