Distinguished Lecturer Series

Hear from these internationally known individuals on the urgent issues involving biodiversity conservation with BRIT’s Distinguished Lecturer Series. The fall series focuses on issues dealing with the growing threat posed to the earth and to all of us by the rapidly growing loss of biodiversity, which some predict to be the Sixth Extinction.

		Saving the World’s Plants - How Can We Do It? Dr. Peter H. Raven Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden Honorary Co-host, the Fort Worth Zoo September 21, 2000 - Scott Theater Reception 6 PM, Lecture 7 PM

		Brazil Nuts, Beetles, Royal Lilies and Other Amazon Plant/Animal Interactions Professor Sir Ghillean Prance Director Emeritus, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew October 26, 2000 - Scott Theater Reception 6 PM, Lecture 7 PM *Jointly presented by the Amon Carter Museum*

		Tropical Forests - A Burning Question Dr. Tom Lovejoy *Counselor to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for Biodiversity and Environmental Affairs* November 9, 2000 - TCU Student Center Reception 6 PM, Lecture 7 PM *Co-sponsored by Texas Christian University*

All lectures are free and open to the public.
For more information call 817-332-4441 or (metro) 817-429-3200

The Lecture Series made possible through generous underwriting by
U.S. TRUST
COMPANY OF TEXAS