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SUMMARY:Tree Awards 2024
DESCRIPTION:Everyone is invited to celebrate Arbor Day with us\, and honour people who have gone out of their way to protect and promote Namibia’s valuable woody plants\, at the annual Tree Awards ceremony. \nWhere: National Botanical Research Institute\, 8 Orban Street (up the hill from Windhoek High School) \nWhen: Friday 11 October 2024 \nProgramme: 17h30 – Introduction of award recipients plus Tree of the Year 2024\, followed by “Celebrating Trees”\, an illustrated talk by Barb Curtis on Namibia’s “Big Five” trees and the importance of indigenous trees.  In the lecture room.  \n18h30 – Hand out of certificates & planting of a tree in the Botanic Garden \n19h30 – Sundowners and refreshments in the garden
URL:https://botsoc.org.na/event/tree-awards-2024/
LOCATION:8 Orban Street\, National Botanical Gardens\, Windhoek\, Namibia
CATEGORIES:Annual Tree Awards,Illustrated talks
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SUMMARY:An illustrated talk by Dr Morteza DJAMALI on the hidden diversity of liverworts\, primitive plants inhabiting ephemeral wetlands
DESCRIPTION:Discovering the hidden part of plant biodiversity in drylands; the case  of the liverwort family of Riellaceae. An illustrated talk by Dr Morteza DJAMALI from CNRS\, France. \nThis will be on the fourth Thursday of October (not the usual third)\, 24th of October.  Usual time\, 19h00. NBRI lecture room. \nAbstract: New plant taxa are continuously discovered worldwide at the species\, genus\, and family levels.  Liverworts are descendants of some of the first plants to move from water onto land. They are very simple\, tiny plants\, generally restricted to wetter environments.  Here\, we present an example of one of the least-known liverwort families\, the Riellaceae\, which is native to semi-arid and Mediterranean bioclimatic regions of the world\, characterised by a marked seasonal rainfall regime. Almost all species  are part of the ‘hidden biodiversity’ in that they grow and expand rapidly within specific wetland environments in arid and semi-arid regions. Only the search for their spores buried in sediments and their cultivation in laboratory greenhouses can help unravel their presence in many seasonal wetlands. However\, such seasonal wetlands are threatened in many parts of the world due to both global climate change and anthropogenic activities. Scientists believe that many Riellaceae species have yet to be discovered. With one recorded species already identified\, Namibia\, characterised by its arid climate and numerous ephemeral and seasonal wetlands\, is one of the potential countries harbouring multiple species of  Riellaceae.
URL:https://botsoc.org.na/event/an-illustrated-talk-by-dr-morteza-djamali-on-the-hidden-diversity-of-liverworts-primitive-plants-inhabiting-ephemeral-wetlands/
LOCATION:8 Orban Street\, National Botanical Gardens\, Windhoek\, Namibia
CATEGORIES:Illustrated talks
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