Conserving Biodiversity: Florida Gulf Coast University

10/20/2021

* Tues Nov 9th, 2021 • 5:30 pm, Sudgen Resort and Hospitality 114 at FGCU *

Join us for an evening with journalist David Wallace-Wells. Let's have a community conversation about the impacts of climate change and how we are all authors of the next chapter in Southwest Florida.

* Book signing to follow *

RSVP: https://fgcubiodiversity.weebly.com/rsvp.html

Please Remember to wear masks!

03/17/2020

BIODIVERSITY EVENT 2020 UPDATE:

Unfortunately, due to the concerns of the Covid-19 Virus, we have postponed our event with David Wallace-Wells, the author of the New York Times Bestseller “The Uninhabitable Earth, Life After Warming”. We apologize for an inconveniences and will keep everyone updated as much as we can.

03/04/2020

* Tues March 17th, 2020 • 5:30 pm, Cohen Ballroom at FGCU *

Join us for an evening with journalist David Wallace-Wells. Let's have a community conversation about the impacts of climate change and how we are all authors of the next chapter in Southwest Florida. More details soon...

10/14/2019

Please join us at FGCU this Friday, October 18, at 3:00 in Seidler Hall 335 for a talk in The Water School Seminar series 2019-2020.

Dr. Barry Rosen will present "Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms: Cyanobacterial Ecological Strategies and Impacts on Human Health". A timely topic given the current state of affairs in SW Florida.

Light refreshments will be served.

Other Speakers for this semester are -
Dr. Mary Abercrombie - Oct 25
Dr. Jennifer Jones - Nov. 1
Dr. Darren Rumbold - Nov. 15
Dr. Bill Mitsch - Nov. 22

10/11/2019

Audubon scientists took advantage of 140 million observations, recorded by birders and scientists, to describe where 604 North American bird species live today—an area known as their “range.” They then used the latest climate models to project how each species’s range will shift as climate c...

09/11/2019

All welcome to this STEMinar at FGCU next week:

Dr. Bette Loiselle, Tropical birds as a model system for sexual selection: what do the females like?

[ Wed Sep 18, 3:30 pm in Reed Hall 249 • refreshments! ]

Dr. Loiselle is Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida, where she is also Director of the Tropical Conservation and Development Program within UF’s Center for Latin American Studies. Her areas of geographic expertise include Brazil, Costa Rica and Ecuador (www.loisellelab.org/)

The Loiselle Lab Our goal is to identify and develop interdisciplinary approaches, rooted in the natural and social sciences that will help us understand, maintain and manage biodiversity, ecosystem function and resilience in resource use systems. OUR PEOPLE

05/01/2019

It sure is good! Dr. Michael Parsons is Director of FGCU's Vester Marine Field Station, and part of this new task force.

Gov. Ron DeSantis made the announcement at the Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge.

03/14/2019

The 2019 Conference is about to start! If you couldn’t come today, we have a livestream of the morning panel set up for you. Enjoy!

03/12/2019

See you on Thursday! Radio interview below captures the aims of the conference.

The word ‘biodiversity’ refers to the variety of life on Earth, in all its forms and the ways it all interacts. First coined in the mid 80s, biodiversity

03/11/2019

Our agenda for the conference is officially posted!

For those who have already registered, a confirmation including Conference agenda, other information, and a parking pass will be emailed to all registrants on Tuesday afternoon.

See you on the 14th!

Join us March 14th, 2019 from ~ 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm.