The Wallace Line

Description

Learn about the extraordinary biological boundary that is known as the Wallace Line.

Like his friendly rival and fellow Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace travelled the world collecting and studying species that were new to science. His legacy is the Wallace Line, a near-magical boundary which doesn’t simply explain where animals live today but provides a key to their evolution. His idea has had a profound effect on all biological thinking to the present day.

In this lecture, Dr Penny van Oosterzee will review evidence for the Wallace Line.

Dr Penny vAn Oosterzee

Penny is Director of Biome5 and Biocarbon, an adjunct senior research fellow at Charles Darwin University and James Cook University, and a partner in an ARC research project on cost-effective restoration for biodiversity and carbon outcomes.

Her areas of expertise include the integration of biodiversity and the ecosystem sector into climate change considerations. Penny has also run award-winning ecotourism and environmental consultancies.

Her latest book, Cloud land, about Australia’s extraordinary rainforest and rainforest people was recently shortlisted for the 2023 Queensland People’s Choice Award.

COST

Members: $Gold coin
Non members: $10

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