Collecting and conserving the flora of Japan

When:
June 12, 2014 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
2014-06-12T18:30:00+00:00
2014-06-12T20:00:00+00:00
Where:
Daubeny Lecture Theatre, Oxford Botanic Garden
Oxford
Oxfordshire OX1 1AZ
UK
Cost:
£8
Contact:
University of Oxford Botanic Garden

Speaker: Tom Price

The archipelago of Japan is defined as one of the World’s 34 biodiversity hotspots. Learn how staff from the Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum are conducting expeditions to Japan to collect and document the native flora to improve the plant collections held by the University, promote biodiversity conservation and communicate research conducted by the Department of Plant Sciences, Oxford to a wider audience.

All Summer Lectures start at 6.30pm in the Daubeny Lecture Theatre (at
 the front of the Botanic Garden) and are followed by a drinks reception in the Botanic Garden. Ticket cost £8 per talk or £36 for the series of 5.
For more details, visit: http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/whatson