Dr. Eddie Game: Eavesdropping on Conservation in the Asia Pacific!
FREE | Thursday, November 7 | Doors open at 6:00pm | Speaker Series will begin promptly at 7:00pm
Eddie’s work focuses on testing the use of ecoacoustics to measure forest health in Papua New Guinea. By analyzing sound data, he aims to address one of the most vexing questions in conservation: How can we be sure our actions are actually conserving animal biodiversity in tropical forests?
Eddie is the Lead Scientist & Director of Conservation for The Nature Conservancy’s Asia Pacific region and Head of the Oceania Programs. With dual leadership roles, Eddie is responsible for ensuring that TNC remains a world leader in making science-based conservation decisions and brings together the conservancy’s programs in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands in recognition of the regions' importance and role in tackling global diversity and climate crisis. Eddie has had the privilege of working on conservation in more than 20 countries, helping to apply innovative methods to projects as diverse as community-protected areas in Melanesia, grazing management in northern Kenya, snow leopard conservation in Mongolia, forestry in Indonesia and catchment restoration in Colombia.
Eddie’s work also focuses on how the conservancy measures and reports on the impact of its work and the role technology can play in helping do so. Eddie and his team have been enthusiastic adopters of ecoacoustics, developing partnerships that bring together cutting-edge academic research with real-world applications in countries including Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Myanmar, Australia and Gabon.
Program Schedule:
6:00pm: Doors open. Guests can enjoy museum experiences, including our traveling exhibit, The Science Archimedes
7:00pm: Speaker Series and Q&A
This speaker series is presented in partnership with the Michigan chapter of The Nature Conservancy.