Dr. Meg Lowman is heading up a biodiversity survey in Penang, Malaysia with approximately 45 local and international scientists. Their mission is to tally the species living on Penang Hill, beloved by the citizens of Georgetown and within a 15 minute drive of approximately 2 million people.
Read more →Dr. Meg Lowman is one of twenty conservation experts featured in a new book by Lori Robinson and Janie Chodosh. Just in time for Earth Day, Wild Lives: Leading Conservationists on the Animals and the Planet They Love is now available on Amazon and in bookstores nationwide.
Read more →Below is an announcement by Brett Scheffers regarding a PhD position available in his lab. The student will study tropical ecology and conservation with an emphasis on animals living in the canopy of rainforests. There is flexibility in field locations but options include Madagascar, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
Read more →UPDATE: You can listen to the interview with Dr. Lowman here. — Join KQED at the California Academy of Sciences for a live broadcast of Forum with Michael Krasny. Wednesday, March 8, 2017 from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM (PST) San Francisco, CA Guests (subject to change):
Read more →From Bereaonline.com: “Berea College welcomes the public and campus community to a convocation featuring Dr. Margaret Lowman, Director of Global Initiatives, and Lindsay Chair of Botany at the California Academy of Sciences, as she discusses the connection of canopy exploration and forest conservation.” The Convocation with Dr.
Read more →In Summer 2017, the REU Site at Colby College in Waterville, Maine will offer eight undergraduate students the chance to conduct path-breaking interdisciplinary research on the ecological, economic and cultural roles of church forests in Amhara, Ethiopia. During the 8-week program (June 12-August 9), students will train
Read more →Dr. Meg Lowman will be speaking at USF in Tampa, FL about rain forest conservation, science communication, and girls in science on Thursday, February 2nd, 2017 at 3:30pm. This talk is free and open to the public. Location is CMC 147 at USF Tampa Address: 12010 USF
Read more →Press Release on November 18, 2016 from Scoop Independent News: Canopy Meg, the world’s first Arbornaut, heads to New Zealand to talk about conservation Meg Lowman, aka Canopy Meg, is a pioneer in the field of forest canopy science. National Geographic nicknamed her “a real-life Lorax” and
Read more →Article from Malay Mail Online: GEORGE TOWN, Oct 16 — The research programme on Penang Hill for the Unesco Biodiversity Reserve application will turn the island state into a world-famous research site, said biologist Dr Margaret Lowman. The American ecologist said even without the Unesco inscription,
Read more →CONGRATULATIONS to our Ethiopian conservation partner, Dr. Alemayehu Wassie, for his feature in this African Geographic article! TREE is very proud to partner with this wonderful Ethiopian scientist! From Africa Geographic Magazine: Dr. Alemayehu Wassie – Forest Ecologist, Ethiopia Alemayehu Wassie works in northern Ethiopia where most
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