Celebrating 50 Years of the Endangered Species Act
Speakers at the Friday, Nov. 3 symposium include renowned conservationist Stuart Pimm, winner of the 2019 International Cosmos Prize.
Stuart Pimm
Interested in wildlife and habitat protection? Today, join the Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum in Room 3043 as it presents its annual Fall Symposium: Celebrating 50 Years of the Endangered Species Act, featuring world-renowned conservationist Stuart Pimm.
Morning and afternoon sessions will feature eminent speakers from the world of conservation discussing the landmark act’s triumphs, limitations, and path forward, as well as the legal milestones and conservation work it has inspired. Register for one or both of the sessions at https://tinyurl.com/s7rfuk3w. Lunch and coffee will be provided for all attendees (afternoon attendees can arrive at 12 pm for lunch). The event will be followed by a pizza event from 5-7 pm at Ponysaurus.
The morning session, from 10 am-12 pm, will feature Andrea Treece JD/MEM ’02 at 10 am. Treece is senior attorney with the Earthjustice Oceans Program where she works to protecting marine biodiversity and promoting abundant, resilient ocean ecosystems.
At 11 am Stuart Pimm will present. Pimm is the Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Ecology at the Nicholas School of the Environment and a world leader in the study of present-day extinctions and what can be done to prevent them. The author of over 350 scientific papers and five books, including the highly acclaimed assessment of the human impact to the planet: The World According to Pimm: a Scientist Audits the Earth in 2001, he is one of the world's most highly cited environmental scientists. Pimm was awarded the 2019 International Cosmos Prize for his work in biodiversity and conservation.
Lunch will be followed by the afternoon session, from 1-3 pm, featuring speakers Jaclyn Lopez, assistant professor of law at Stetson University College of Law. Lopez was formerly the Florida director and senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, where she advocated the protection of ecosystems in the Caribbean and southeastern U.S.
Lopez will be followed at 2 pm by Sutton Lynch, an East Hampton, N.Y. based photographer and conservationist whose stunning images and videos of humpbacks, hammerheads, dolphins, bluefish and other species off the coast of Long Island have gained him a following on Instagram.
Following the symposium, join the speakers for a self-pay pizza event from 5-7 pm at Ponysaurus at 219 Hood Street (near the corner of Ramseur and Fayetteville streets.)
Sponsored by the Duke Environmental Law & Policy Clinic and the Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum.