EDEN Seminar II
2019 International Cosmos Prize Winner, Dr. Stuart Pimm.
EDEN proudly welcomed to the stage of Shizenkan University Dr. Stuart Pimm, a conservation ecologist of great renown on the evening of November 11, 2019. Though a scholar with a prolific publications record in some of the most prestigious scientific journals, he is also a great communicator reaching out to both the broader public as well as to legislators and policy makers. His early work on computational ecology led to a deep understanding of Food Webs across and within trophic levels and their inter-relationships with environmental factors. His extensive body of work is based on scientific rigor. His theoretical calculations and hard empirical observation provided the scientific foundations for his advocacy. His award winning NGO, Saving Species, which works in Latin America, Africa and Asia, has just extended its mandate to advocate for biodiversity conservation to cover all of nature. Now called Saving Nature, this NGO’s activities will delve deeper into understanding the richness of life on earth and reach out across continents and generations to impress upon all the importance of conserving ecological habitats in all corners of the world.
Notably, he is also the recent recipient of the 2019 International Cosmos Prize, which is an annual award presented by the Expo'90 Foundation “to honor those who have, through their work, applied and realized the ideals which the Expo ‘90 Foundation strives to preserve”, namely, the “harmonious coexistence between Nature and Humankind”. To view his official press release click here.
His talk was stimulating and thought-provoking for all of those who attended, and you may watch the full video from the second EDEN Seminar below.
EDEN Chair, Dr. Nassrine Azimi opens the second EDEN Seminar.
EDEN Chair, Nassrine Azimi, engages in round table discussion with the guest speakers, Dr. Stuart Pimm and Dr. Park Jung Hwan, which included audience Q&A about how technology can be involved in the process of saving species from extinction.
The EDEN audience listens intently to the speaker in the beautiful Shizenkan University auditorium.
Vice President of Akita International University and special guest, Dr. Yoshitaka Kumagai, gives the closing remarks.