Below is an article written by Dr. Lowman in newsobserver.com: “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir Like a baby’s soft skin, the new foliage of spring is delicate and breathtaking as it unfolds to signify a rebirth of the natural world. A leaf lover for many decades, […]
From The Hindu: Margaret Lowman inhabits a space where few tread — tree canopies. Hema Vijay talks to the environmental activist who says India’s forests hold great potential for eco-tourism. Strapped in a cord with a harness, she swings herself to land upon branches about 200 feet above the ground — in the heart of […]
Below is an article written by Dr. Lowman in the News Observer. Read the full article at newsobserver.com ” Well behaved women rarely makehistory.” – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Recently at N.C. State University, the Women in Science and Engineering program welcomed prospective freshmen to campus. I was privileged to moderate their afternoon program, where several […]
This article provides a good summary about Ethiopia’s ‘Church Forests’. Below is an excerpt from the article quoting Dr. Lowman. Church forests are critical to safeguarding Ethiopia’s fragile biodiversity, yet they are probably one of the least-known and under-funded environmental issues of our time. Deforestation is a major problem in Ethiopia, as it is in […]
Dr. Meg Lowman will now have an occasional nature column in the Charlotte Observer. Read her first article below or at charlotteobserver.com “The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Spring inspires growth, energy and love. Temperate plants, with their vernal patterns of flowering, fruiting and leafing, serve as a reliable calendar for nature’s […]
From The FT magazine: Dining with the Colombian ambassador at his London residence is a challenging culinary adventure – and not for those of a delicate constitution. Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera is a renaissance man, with a background in business and journalism. He is partial to sharing his passion for Atta laevigata, an exotic leaf-cutter ant, […]
Below is from the ESA 50th Anniversary Cameo Series week’s cameo – “Out on a Limb – Research in Australia’s Forest Canopies” by Meg Lowman, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, North Carolina State University: My career was not conventional; I climbed trees, and allegedly became the first “arbornaut” studying Australian rain forests. I feel […]
When people see the lecture about Ethiopian church forests, they are inspired about this incredible resource and how to save it. Here is one free-lance writer who took the conservation message to heart, and wrote her own article about our project: http://blogs.plos.org/blog/2011/02/25/church-forest/ Update: BoingBoing has a post mentioning the PLoS article here.
From The Assam Times: Globally renowned expert on forest canopy ecology, Professor Margaret Lowman of North Carolina State University, USA has underlined the need for undertaking research on forest canopy in the North East India. Addressing a Aaranyak-ATREE sponsored seminar on United Nations Year of the Forest : Inspiring new stakeholders to reverse deforestation at […]
From The Hindu: Meg Lowman does in a day what most of us would be wary to try once in a lifetime: climbing the tallest trees in the world’s great rainforests, often spending a night under the canopy. When Dr. Lowman — or Canopy Meg as she is affectionately called — entered the rarefied field […]
