University of British Columbia Professor, Quentin Cronk, talks St Helena endemic plant history
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Күн бұрынProf. Quentin Cronk of UBC (University of British Columbia), Vancouver, Canada, has been working with St Helena’s endemic species for over 40 years.
On 1 February 2023, at the Museum of St Helena, Quentin gave a public talk as an update on his more recent work with SHG’s conservation teams, researching the genetics of the island’s cloud forest endemics. This is a video of that talk.
The event was organised as part of the current St Helena Cloud Forest Project, funded by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office of the British Government.
Chapters for quick access:
00:00 - Start
00:38 - UBC
04:31 - Hot Spot of Extinction
12:15 - What's Left?
13:34 - Main Drivers of Extinction
18:40 - Genetic Collapse ,The Redwood
25:13 - Genetics in Conservation
30:41 - Can We Have Our Cake and Eat It?
32:21 - Disease
39:47 - Plant Immunity
44:10 - Tuum Est - It Is Yours
46:14 - Questions
@kingdomcome46 4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! Provides some context to a coming visit to the island.
@whatthesaintsdidnext 4 ай бұрын
You're most welcome, @kingdomcome46, thanks for stopping by the channel 👍😊
@adelenethomas4236 Жыл бұрын
Amazing guys......
@whatthesaintsdidnext Жыл бұрын
Thanks Addie 😊
@bethanandmatt Жыл бұрын
Very interesting watch and to hear him talking about the genetic diversity coming from one single tree originally but still strengthening the gene pool when cross pollinating etc. It gives me a lot of hope as to what can be achieved, and I look forward to visiting in the near future (hurry up super high speed internet) and hopefully volunteering and seeing how we can help :)
@whatthesaintsdidnext Жыл бұрын
Volunteers always welcome, Bethan & Matt 😊 the clearing, planting and maintenance work is never-ending. Yes, the redwood tree story was quite something to hear. Quite humbling the vision and determination of conservationists like Quentin, Rebecca, Vanessa and everyone else. Thanks for the comment 👍
@bethanandmatt Жыл бұрын
@@whatthesaintsdidnext This sounds like something we'd certainly be interested in helping with in our spare time without a doubt. We run our businesses remotely anyway, so as soon as we can come (fibre rollout depending) then we will be coming and I suspect we'll be there 3-6 months first time around. Exciting times! :D
@whatthesaintsdidnext Жыл бұрын
Exciting for sure 😀stay in touch, sounds like we may have plenty to connect with! Good luck 👍
@bethanandmatt Жыл бұрын
@@whatthesaintsdidnext sounds good to me and in the meantime I'll keep enjoying your posts 🙂
@williamthawley9251 Жыл бұрын
very interesting, especially on disease and what plants have to fight them, I am a retired pharmacist, and it is amazing humans have some of the same things.
@whatthesaintsdidnext Жыл бұрын
It was fascinating listening to Quentin's talk, even as we were filming it. Thanks for the comment, William 👍
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