Monday, January 18, 2010
CIEE Bonaire Announces New Lectures in January and February, 2010
CIEE has announced two new upcoming lectures in their continuing series of free, community-oriented presentations on Bonaire’s natural world.
The first will take place on Thursday, January 28th at 7:00 PM, and will be given by Dr. Sam Williams, University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. He will speak on factors affecting the abundance and distribution of the yellow-shouldered Amazon parrot (Amazona barbadensis) on Bonaire.
The second presentation will be conducted in conjunction with Stichting Kibrahacha, and it will be held on Friday, February 5th at 7:00 PM. The topic will be trees and reforestation on Bonaire, and the presenter is Dr. Dolfi Debrot, Director of CARMABI (Caribbean Research and Management on Biodiversity in Curaçao). Dr. Debrot has more than ten year’s experience with reforestation and planting of rare endemic trees on Curaçao and Bonaire. The last few years he has been planting trees on Klein Bonaire and in Washington Slagbaai National Park in collaboration with STINAPA. Dr. Debrot has put together a splendid presentation with photographs of rare trees. This presentation also addresses the impact of feral ungulates on the vegetation. It shows how the bio-diversity can be increased by regeneration and reforestation.
Both lectures will take place at the CIEE Research Station Bonaire, Kaya Gobernador N. Debrot 26. All are welcome and admission is free. (Source: CIEE Bonaire)
