Events Programme
The Linnean Society's diverse programme of events covers everything from plant and animal diversity to remote sensing and in vitro fertilisation, with follow-on articles often appearing in our members' newsletter - The Linnean. Most Linnean Society meetings are open to the public as well as members of the organisation.
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Linnean Society - Forthcoming meetings - subscribe free to Linnean-News for e-mail updates on our programmes schedule - ***NB Evening Meetings are at 5.30pm (tea) meeting start time 6pm***
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Suggestions for future programmes are welcome and should be addressed to:
The Executive Secretary, Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BF
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Next MeetingIs biodiversity really under pressure?
Organised by Sandy Knapp FLS & Peter Bridgewater FLS
11th February 2010; 2:00pm
Afternoon Meeting
It is widely accepted that the 2010 target to reduce the rate of Biodiversity loss will not be fully met. The reasons for this are manifold, but it is widely accepted that Biodiversity is under a range of pressures from invasive species, land clearing and other global changes. But how true is this and which of these is the most urgent for us to address? This meeting will examine the key pressures and offer answers to the question in the title with thoughts as to the most urgent areas for action. After the presentations the audience will be invited be to participate with the speakers forming a panel, and there will be a final vote!
Afternoon Tea will be served in the Library and the lecture will be followed by a wine reception. This meeting is free and open to all but registration is compulsory, please register at events(at)linnean.org.
Coming UpThomas Blakiston's line: a Victorian naturalist's early contribution to biogeography
Andrew Davis
18th February 2010; 6:00pm
Evening Meeting
"Blakiston's Line" is the boundary between a 'Siberian' flora and fauna north of Honshu and a 'Tropical' one to the south. It is an important biogeographic discontinuity in eastern Asia. Blakiston (1832-1891) determined his line on the basis of intense study and deep knowledge of Japan's birds and a lesser, but still impressive, knowledge of its other animals and its plants. Blakiston's contribution to biogeography developed from a rich background of influences, study and experience. In particular, they grew from his 'sensitisation to the strange' through his early experiences in North America and in the Crimea (where he produced the still influential "Birds of the Crimea"). They also rested on Blakiston's family background and intellectual milieu and on his wide range of influential correspondents and acquaintances including Japanese ornithologists. Andrew's presentation will cover this background, Blakiston's possible interactions with Sclater and Wallace, the biogeographical differences he identified in Japan and the status of Blakiston's Line today.
Tea will be served in the Library from 5.30pm and the lecture will be followed by a wine reception. This meeting is free and open to all; registration is not necessary.
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