Date : 17 December 2022
Time : 3
pm to 4 pm
Speaker : Mr Abdullah Nagy, Desert Ecologist
Location : Hosted on Zoom by Gloria Seow & Goh Ter Yang on
behalf of Nature Society
(Singapore)
Closing Date : 16 December 2022, 2pm
Deserts are
perceived as wasteland. When people think of deserts, what comes to mind are
camels or herds of goats, but never gazelles or leopards. This colonial view is
harming the fabric of desert biodiversity. In reality, deserts are productive
ecosystems. They may not have the lushness of verdant forests. But do you know
that forests cannot do without deserts? Join Mr Abdullah Nagy in this Zoom talk
to learn how this is so. Mr Nagy is a researcher of desert ecology at Al-Azhar
University in Egypt. His published work involves the quantification of habitat
loss using field work, remote sensing and GIS. Mr Nagy will reveal the
interwoven stories of desert wildlife in North Africa. The focus will be on
gazelles, the Dabb-lizard and other rare animals. Undoubtedly, people are
shaping the desert habitat and the behaviour of its wildlife. Find out how
animals are responding to human pressure inside protected areas, and how they
are doing in the age of the Anthropocene.
Registration
All are welcome to join us. Please register by filling in the form below.
Zoom link will be
emailed after the closing date. If you do not receive it in your inbox, kindly
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Note:
-
Free of charge
- Open to the public
Enquiries
For enquiries, contact Gloria Seow at gloria_seow@yahoo.com or https://lorisowl.wordpress.com/
