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CAFE SCIENTIFIQUE Henley – Seeds on Ice: feeding a changing world
Cafe Scientifique Henley presents Seeds on Ice: feeding a changing world
DATE – Wednesday 18th October 2023
TIME – You can arrive from 7pm for a 7:30 start.
The talk will cover:
The global environment and food situation
Why we are losing genetic diversity and the consequences
The evolving policy and funding environment
The global genebank system
International genebanks
Millennium Seed Bank
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Speaker – Geoff Hawtin
MA and PhD at Magdalene College Cambridge.
Served on Board of Trustees at Royal Botanical Gardens Kew and Bioversity International Rome
First CEO of Global Crop Diversity Trust
In 2017 awarded OBE for Services to Global Agrobiodiversity Conservation
Time: You can arrive from 7pm for a 7:30 start. Usual format is 45 min talk followed by 45 min Q&A.
Liquid refreshments are available at the bar.
Contact Cafe Sci if you would like to attend, cafescihenley@gmail.