2017 Distinguished Speaker
Earth Observations for Forest Sustainability During the Sixth Extinction
Thursday March 9, 2017 Reception: 4:30-5:30pm Lecture: 5:30-7pm College Hill in Mānoa 2234 Kamehameha Ave
Human activities are rapidly changing forests, leading to a wave of carbon emissions and species extinctions dubbed the Sixth Extinction. This problem is calling for innovative approaches to measure, monitor and then manage ecosystems at large geographic scales. Fortunately, the science and technology landscape is evolving fast to meet this challenge. In this lecture, Greg Asner will explain an advanced Earth mapping project called the Carnegie Airborne Observatory, and how they are using it to explore and conserve forests undergoing land use and climate change.
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[email protected] geography.hawaii.edu Greg Asner’s visit is sponsored by the Department of Geography in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Greg Asner serves on the faculty of the Department of Global
Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, and in the Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University. He is an ecologist recognized for his exploratory and applied research on ecosystems, land use and climate change at regional to global scales. His research spans the areas of spatial ecology and biodiversity, terrestrial carbon cycle, animal-habitat interactions, and climate change. He develops scientific approaches and technologies for investigation and conservation assessments of large ecoregions. He leads the CLASlite forest monitoring project, Spectranomics biodiversity project, and the Carnegie Airborne Observatory. Dr. Asner has published hundreds of scientific articles, and has served in numerous national and international posts with NASA, the U.S. State Department, and the United Nations. Asner is a recipient of multiple scientific awards, and was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2013.
