Strengthening the Sustainability of Agricultural Biodiversity
Karl Zimmerer
Wednesday, 19 Apr 2017 at 7:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Karl Zimmerer is Professor of Environment and Society Geography at Pennsylvania State University, where he studies the importance of agrobiodiversity in complex agricultural landscapes. His research focuses on small-scale and indigenous farming in Latin American tropical mountain environments like Bolivia and Ecuador. Not only does Zimmerer map the landscape of biodiversity - for example, documenting 74 different varieties of potato in a single field in Peru - his work aims to identify risks to biodiversity and what they mean for ecological conservation, cultural and ethnic expression, and economic development. He is currently researching territorial initiatives for sustainability, citizen-science seed networks, and links of agrobiodiversity to multi-scale global changes. Sustainable Agriculture Symposium Keynote No podcast available for this event.A poster session and reception will precede the lecture, 5:30-7:00pm, in the South Ballroom.
More information about Karl Zimmerer: Faculty webpage
Cosponsored By:
- Sustainable Agriculture Graduate Program
- Wallace Chair in Sustainable Agriculture
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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