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Dirzo Lab Meeting, July 31, 10am on Friday Pacific time (US and Canada)

This Friday Rodolfo will be telling us about his new project in Mexico, in a presentation titled “A program to monitor biodiversity and its significance for disease regulation across major ecosystems in Mexico“

Webinar do PPGW: Rodolfo Dirzo é professor de ciências ambientais da Universidade de Stanford

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais UENF Rodolfo Dirzo é professor de ciências ambientais da Universidade de Stanford e membro sênior do Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Seu trabalho examina o estudo das interações entre espécies em ecossistemas tropicais da América Latina e da África. Pesquisas recentes destacam o declínio da vida… Read more

Dirzo Lab Meeting, July 24, 10am on Friday Pacific time (US and Canada)

This Friday professor Paul Ehrlich will be leading a conversation on his 1977 book “The Race Bomb”. Paul has kindly agreed to share his motivations to write, perspectives regarding, and possible reactions to his book.

Dirzo Lab Meeting, July 17, 10am on Friday Pacific time (US and Canada)

This Friday Jess will be leading discussion of the paper: Fischhoff et al 2020, Parasite and Pathogen Effects on Ecosystem Processes: A Quantitative Review. As usual we’ll be meeting by zoom

Dirzo Lab Meeting, July 10, 10am on Friday Pacific time (US and Canada)

This Friday in lab meeting we will be hearing a presentation from Dr. Ek del Val de Gortari of the Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.  Dr. del Val’s presentation is titled Plant-herbivore networks in the tropical dry forest of Chamela, understanding patterns and some mechanisms behind the interactions. We will be meeting over Zoom.

Conferencia virtual "Erosión Biológica: Consecuencias para el Homo sapiens"

Ciclo de Conferencias Virtuales en la Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala con la participación del Dr. Rodolfo Dirzo “Erosión Biológica: Consecuencias para el Homo sapiens” Link      

Dirzo Lab Meeting, June 26, 10am on Friday Pacific time (US and Canada)

Rodolfo will be sharing some of his disease ecology research in Africa and Mexico. His presentation is titled “Biodiversity and zoonotic disease: Lessons from past research and plans for the future”. Join by Zoom

Rodolfo and The Mexican Consulate in San José Launched the program "Con Ciencia y Diversión"

Facebook and YouTube are the platforms used to launched a series of five episodes  on ecology, biodiversity and global change for underserved schools in Bay Area. More information in the outreach section

Rodolfo was honored with the Medal Luis Cifuentes

Rodolfo was honored with the Medal Luis Cifuentes, Mexican Federation of Biologists, Area of Research, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 2020 Video

The Debate: Global Biodiversity Is Falling Fast, Imperilling Humanity. Can Better Policy Avert a Collapse?

A short op ed that describes, for a general audience, the threats to the planet’s life-support systems—and the consequences thereof for humanity and our companions, please visit www.eli.org THE DEBATE_FORUM_2019_May-June