The debate: Will tropical species survive?
The debate: Will tropical species survive?
January 16, 2009
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
The ongoing debate about the future of the world's tropical rainforests was the central theme of a symposium at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC, on Monday, January 12.
The debate featured two senior scientists from STRI, William Laurance and Joseph Wright, who took opposing views of the tropical extinction crisis, and other international experts Elizabeth Bennet, Thomas Rudel, Robin Chazdon, Greg Asner, Claudio Padua and Nigel Stork. SI secretary G. Wayne Clough and Cristián Samper, director of the National Museum of Natural History gave welcoming remarks.
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