Communities and vegetation at the mountain tops of the tropical Andes and a bilateral effort to halt the effects of biodiversity loss and climate change<\/p>\n
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Date: November 18th, 2021
\nTime: 2 pm – 5 pm
\nContact us at monica.amadorjimenez@bristol.ac.uk, j.serrano@exeter.ac.uk<\/p>\n
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Paramo is the fastest evolving and colder biodiversity hotspot in South America. Paramos and High Andean forests are ecosystems occurring at the top of the mountains, and they host a great number of unique or endemic species. They also provide large natural reservoirs of water to megacities like Bogota in Colombia (South America), and are crucial to halt the effects of climate change and to prevent further biodiversity loss. During the event \u201cAt the top of the mountains\u201d, we will promote public awareness about the exceptional biodiversity found in these ecosystems, their people, their culture, and about local and international efforts that aim to protect them.<\/p>\n
During this event, we will also share the results of high-impact scientific projects lead by Colombian and British institutions, and we will virtually take our audience to the Colombian mountains at the peasant’s village of Monquetiva. We will offer our audience a drone view of the Paramo and forest landscape at Monquetiva, we will host a live conversation with local peasants, committed for decades to the protection of Paramos, and we will release an animated video that will translate rigorous scientific studies into a didactic and entertaining audiovisual experience.<\/p>\n
The event will be chaired by Julieth Serrano and Monica Amador, in representation of the BioResilience Project lead by the University of Exeter and Bristol.<\/p>\n
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