Dr Richard Leakey to address RGS in London on climate change and great apes
Category: Mountain Gorillas | Date: Apr 25 2007 | By: admin
Dr Richard Leakey will make a rare visit to the UK to address the Royal Geographical Society on “Climate change and the future of Great Apes.” Ape Alliance in the UK has just forwarded me the news:
World renowned paleo-anthropologist and conservationist Richard Leakey will be visiting the UK in May to address the implications placed upon Great Apes as a result of climate change.
Professor Leakey will speak at the Royal Geographical Society on 31st May to discuss what can be done to alleviate the pressure placed upon these threatened species and whether we can predict probably consequences far enough ahead to enable the conservation authorities to take steps now to avert disasters.
Professor Leakey will be available for interviews. Please contact the Orangutan Foundation - 0207 724 2912 - for further information. Tickets are 15 pounds and doors open at 6.30.
If you are in London I would not miss this for the world. Richard Leakey is the Chairman of WildlifeDirect and widely credited with putting an end to the elephant slaughter in Kenya in the 1980s. Recently he has taken on the cause of Congo’s Rangers and their dedication and bravery in protecting the parks of Congo, especially Virunga National Park, the oldest park in Africa. He featured on the cover of Time in 1977 - see below!
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Manioc Valley » Blog Archive » Dr Richard Leakey is interviewed in The Spectator about African wildlife, on 16 May 2007
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