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Environmental concerns such as this one, cited by Paul H. Forestell, director of research and education at Hawaii's Pacific Whale Foundation, were the subjects at hand at Harvard this past weekend as Forestell and nearly 100 other environmental scientists met of the 12th annual interdisciplinary Earthwatch conference...
Ninety-five scientists from 15 countries convened at the four-day symposium, "Education for a Fast Changing World," which took place at the Science Center, Memorial Hall and Earthwatch's Watertown office...
...scientists and Earthwatch staff who met in the Science Center organized panel discussions to familiarize the public with six areas of their emphasis: education, biodiversity, youth and environment, cultural diversity, managing the environment and past human adaptation to environmental change...
...environmentalists and two economists squared off last week in a debate at the Earthwatch annual meeting at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences...
Anthropologist Jane Phillips-Conroy, who studies baboons in Ethiopia, claims that volunteers often contribute expertise as well as grunt work. She says the best tooth casts she ever collected were made by a dentist who had joined the expedition. But perhaps the greatest benefit of Earthwatch is the commitment that its volunteers acquire in the field. Says Tundi Agardy, a marine biologist who started Earthwatch's turtle programs: "The immediate benefit is to help save a generation of endangered turtles, but the real value is that volunteers themselves become the seed corn of the conservation movement, spreading the word when...