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SOS - Save Our Sea/horses

Special Earth Day lecture by Dr. Sara Lourie聽
Almost mythical creatures, seahorses have the potential to capture the public imagination, and inspire action for marine conservation. Seahorses will be our entr茅e into the magical world of marine biodiversity, the extensive catalogue of threats to marine habitats, and the hopeful initiatives to help conserve the underwater realm for future generations.

More information about Dr. Lourie:
Sara Lourie spent a formative part of her childhood in Papua New Guinea. It was here that she saw her first seahorse, and it was here, snorkeling on coral reefs, that she became inspired with her love and fascination for the sea. She has travelled extensively, and written an identification guide to the seahorses of the world. Her PhD research focused on the genetic connections among seahorses in SE Asia, and the application of biogeography (the study of the spatial distributions of organisms) to marine conservation. Post-PhD she has worked on developing a set of Marine Ecoregions of the World, in collaboration with scientists from聽Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund and others, and has recently finished co-authoring a textbook on conservation biogeography. She is currently a research associate and lecturer at the Redpath Museum at UU直播, and with her husband, runs a conservation organisation called Chimp-n-Sea, which seeks to combine music and story-telling with science to help conserve primate and marine habitats.

In January 2010 she represented UU直播 at the UNESCO聽symposium in Paris to open the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB).