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Talk on Biodiversity Will Complete Second Season of Public Lectures in Science

ARDMORE, Okla. — The second season of the Noble Foundation's Public Lectures in Science series draws to a close on April 8 with Marilyn Roossinck’s lecture called "What's All This Talk About Biodiversity?"

Roossinck, a staff scientist in the Foundation's Plant Biology Division, will be presenting the work that has been done in Costa Rica to establish a preserve of one of the most species-rich regions in the world.

"The Guanacaste Conservation Area is remarkable for many reasons, including the fact that it has been an incredibly successful experiment, based on the vision of a few individuals, to regrow a tropical dry forest from a remnant of primary forest," she said. "This area, which is about the size of Carter County, is an example to the world of what can be done to preserve our rapidly vanishing biological heritage."

The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in the Foundation's Kruse Auditorium. A reception will follow.

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