SAC and the CBCD had a significant contigent at the recent UNESCO-CBD conference on Biocultural Diversity in Florence, 8-11 April. Postdoc Pablo Dominguez, PhD alumni Oana Ivan and Emily Caruso, PhD candidates Tony Knight and Craig Ritchie, and Honorary Research Fellow Gary Martin, all attended and gave papers.
Gary Martin and Emily Caruso are members of UNESCO’s Expert Committee on Biocultural Diversity. CBCD Director Raj Puri is hoping to host the conference at Kent in the near future.
Pictured with a local winemaker are (from left): Craig Ritchie, Oana Ivan, Tony Knight and Pablo Dominiguez