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José Sarukhán Lectures at UNU
26 May, 2009
Renowned scientist and educator José Sarukhán, senior researcher at the Institute of Ecology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, and coordinator of the National Committee on the Study and Conservation of Biodiversity, delivered a lecture at UNU Headquarters on May 18 entitled "Mexico: The Privileges and Challenges of a Megadiverse Country."
Dr. Sarukhán gave an overview of Mexico's biodiversity before introducing the work of CONABIO (the Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad), focusing on the immense data sets the organization has been able to assemble and the uses to which these data are being put.
Before delivering his lecture, Dr. Sarukhán sat for a video interview with the UNU Media Studio (to be posted shortly) and toured the Global Environment Information Centre, a joint initiative of the United Nations University and the Ministry of the Environment, Japan, which is currently staging an exhibition on biodiversity (Japanese) ahead of the International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22.
The lecture was organized by UNU and the Embassy of the Republic of Mexico, which is hosting prominent scientists and artists in Japan to help celebrate 400 years of contact between the two countries.
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