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Jefferson Hall Explains Smithsonian's Reforestation Efforts in Panama
Thursday, January 28 2010 | by daniel
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Jefferson Hall, 1991 Fellow and Director of the Applied Ecology Program for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Center for Tropical Forest Science in Panama, discusses the Smithsonian's reforestation efforts in Panama on a Smithsonian video series called 'Meet the Scientist'.
Scientists around the world are studying global climate change and developing various scenarios regarding its potential impact. But the real action and impact will occur at the local level. This is what Switzer Fellows Lisa Micheli and Healy Hamilton are working on in a project they call At the Water's Edge.
Botanists and other scientists are using technology to reach wider audiences. One example is the website Go Botany! developed by 1990 Switzer Fellow Elizabeth Farnsworth. Learn about how the site was designed to engage people in identifying plants and foster social networking.
Ships travel around the world using shipping lanes. Whales can be in the same areas, raising the potential for collisions between the two, or shipstrikes. 2008 Fellow Leslie Abramson works with the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary in San Francisco to coordinate a stakeholder process focused on reducing the risk of shipstrike on endangered whales off the coast of California.