Series of Sustainability Workshops | Insect diversity monitoring for Ecosystem Preservation and Sustainability
Series of Sustainability Workshops | Insect diversity monitoring for Ecosystem Preservation and Sustainability
27
May
The USJ Green Committee and Britcham Macao are offering a Series of Sustainability Workshops as part of the USJ Sustainability Month, with the last workshop titled “Insect diveristy monitoring for Ecosystem Preservation and Sustainabilit” taking place on Friday 27th of May.
ABOUT THE SERIES:
As part of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) Sustainability Month, the USJ Green Committee, together with Britcham Macao, are offering a series of free sustainability-related workshops open to the community, organised around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) framework.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
Insect diversity monitoring for Ecosystem Preservation and Sustainability
(SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities; SDG 13: Climate action; SDG 15: Life on land)
This talk displays the importance of insect biodiversity and of associated ecosystem services and functions to human welfare and world sustainability and how to improve biological and ecosystem conservation programs through scientific discoveries.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Leong Chi Man (Danny)—Ph.D. Candidate of the University of Hong Kong and National Geographic Emerging Explorer—is a biologist, environmental educator and researcher, published 20 scientific articles on insect taxonomy and global change ecology and described 10 new species from Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other Asian regions.
DETAILS:
Date: Friday 27th of May, 2022
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Location: Classroom 101, USJ Ilha Verde Campus
Co-organiser: The British Chamber of Commerce in Macao
*Enrolment is advisable as seats are limited.
**This workshop is free and open to the public.
