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SUMMARY:Eat\, Poop\, Die: How Animals Make Our World. - Dr. Joe Roman (Uni
 versity of Vermont.)
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Joe Roman\, University of Vermont.\n\nIf forests are the l
 ungs of the planet\, then animals are its arteries\, transporting nutrient
 s across vast distances and from the deep sea to the ocean surface. During
  this seminar\, Joe Roman will discuss his book\, Eat Poop\, Die: How Anim
 als Make Our World\, exploring the role of animals in the nitrogen\, phosp
 horous\, and carbon cycles\, including seabirds that catalyzed the formati
 on of a grassland ecosystem on a young volcanic island off Iceland and his
  research on the vertical and horizontal movement of nitrogen by feeding a
 nd fasting whales. With many wild animals at risk worldwide\, Roman will d
 iscuss efforts to conserve and rewild native animals and restore ancient n
 utrient pathways.\n\nBiography\nJoe Roman is a conservation biologist\, ma
 rine ecologist\, and writer at the University of Vermont. His research foc
 uses on endangered species conservation\, whale ecology\, and zoogeochemis
 try. He has received fellowships at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute\, Duke
  University Marine Lab\, the University of Iceland\, and the Federal Unive
 rsity of Santa Catarina in Brazil. Joe has worked extensively in Latin Ame
 rica and is dedicated to transforming the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cu
 ba into an international peace park and biodiversity research center. Born
  and raised in New York\, he considers King Kong as an early conservation 
 influence. You can read more about his work at joeroman.com.\n\nThe Leverh
 ulme Centre for Nature Recovery and Biodiversity Network are interested in
  promoting a wide variety of views and opinions on nature recovery from re
 searchers and practitioners.\n\nThe views\, opinions and positions express
 ed within this lecture are those of the author alone\, they do not purport
  to reflect the opinions or views of the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Reco
 very/Biodiversity Network\, or its researchers.\nSpeakers:\nDr. Joe Roman 
 (University of Vermont.)
LOCATION:Dyson Perrins Building (Main lecture theatre)\, off South Parks R
 oad OX1 3QY
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