Te Pūnaha Matatini presents
Distinguished Professor Alan Hastings University of California, Davis. Professor Alan is visiting New Zealand and will be giving public lectures around the country.
Driven by human forces, there are great challenges to maintain environmental systems and environmental services. Environmental management depends on predictions of the results of management actions which must also be made in the context of limited resources and in the face of conflicting desires of participants. Beginning with an overview of several challenging issues in environmental management including invasive species, fisheries management, and the provision of other ecosystem services, this public talk will focus on how prediction and management on appropriate time scales depends on relatively simple mathematical descriptions, incorporating relevant ecological and economic details, looking at several particular challenging systems that illustrate the general principles: algal-coral-grazer systems and the maintenance of healthy reefs and control of invasive species.
For more on Professor Alan Hastings, see http://two.ucdavis.edu/~me/
We are very pleased to announce the following public lectures
Christchurch Wednesday 2nd September
Where: Room 031, Level 0, Erskine building, University of Canterbury
When: 6pm
Hosted by the University of Canterbury in association with Te Pūnaha Matatini
ALL WELCOME
RSVP | Alex James | Alex.James@canterbury.ac.nz
Dunedin Friday 4th September
Where: Archway 4 Lecture Theatre, University of Otago,
When: 5:30pm
Hosted by the University of Otago in association with Te Pūnaha Matatini
ALL WELCOME
RSVP | Sarah Hikuroa | s.hikuroa@auckland.ac.nz
Auckland Tuesday 8th September
Where: University of Auckland, City campus 303-G23
When: 6pm
Hosted by the Department of Physics, The University of Auckland, in association with Te Pūnaha Matatini
ALL WELCOME
RSVP | Sarah Hikuroa | s.hikuroa@auckland.ac.nz