Tuesday, April 19, 2022 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PDT / 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. MDT In the midst of increased ecosystem degradation and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, it is important that we continually evaluate our restoration practices. Restoration practices generally have a taxonomic bias towards plant species and communities. However, by […]
This webinar will explore how the evolution of diverse lifeforms has shaped this planet and how we can co-opt the biological communities in soil that evolved over the last 500 million years. Methods to restore microbial diversity in our soils include: increasing soil fertility, crop productivity, and profitability in farms and rangeland. Metagenomics and metatranscriptomics […]
Speaker: Dr. Ieuan Rhys Evans Dr. Evans is a forensic plant pathologist with a background in chemistry, soil science, plant diseases and micronutrient requirements of plants. He completed his BSc at the University of Wales and his PhD at the University of Florida in 1969. His career ranged from a professor at the University of Guelph to Provincial […]
SER Western Canada of the Society for Ecological Restoration