The Struggles of Saving a Mussel: Unglamorous Conservation
ContoursTalks series
29.03.2022 16:00 – 18:00
Time: 29th March, 2022
Location: Rachel Carson Center, Conference Room (4th floor), Leopoldstr. 11A, 80802 Munich.
Freshwater pearl mussel—for locals a "communal secret"—is an endangered species in Estonia with numbers being in decline since the nineteenth century due to direct and indirect anthropological causes. In this talk, Helen Vaaks will show the personal connection people have established with an otherwise unnoticeable mollusk, the different attitudes to its conservation, and the uncertain feelings about the future environment.
For more information about Helen's work, please visit
https://contours.fi/team/#helen
About ContoursTalks
The ContoursTalks series is organized by the ERA.NET-funded research project CONTOURS: Conservation, Tourism, Remoteness. For more information on the CONTOURS project and ContoursTalks, please see www.contours.fi
Seats are limited due to Corona regulations. If you would like to attend the talk in-person, please send an email to carolin.maertens@rcc.lmu.de
or you can click the link below to join online via Zoom:
https://lmu-munich.zoom.us/j/96380951857?pwd=MXBBazdNTGFuVXlXdWI4N3pVdEVydz09