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The role and value of historical reference in the face of intensifying environmental and ecological change will be the subject of a free public lecture at The University of Western Australia this Wednesday night.

In this lecture, Eric Higgs, Professor in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada will argue that historical fidelity will serve as a key virtue of the future for restoration for a rapidly changing nature.

Inspired by recent writing on virtues ethics and ecological restoration, Professor Higgs' lecture will draw from his decade-long field project in the Canadian Rocky Mountains examining landscape change with repeat photography, and mingle this with his understanding of the emergence of hybrid and novel ecosystems.

Professor Higgs is a visiting UWA as a 2012 Institute of Advanced Studies Professor-at-Large. His work spans conceptual issues in restoration, field studies in historical ecology, such as the Mountain Legacy Project ( https://mountainlegacy.ca/ ), and restoration policy.

This lecture is a part of the Institute of Advanced Studies 2012 lecture series ‘Global Transformation and Public Ethics' . This series of free public lectures aims to stimulate considered debate about urgent issues in public ethics and policy as well as reflecting on ways we can improve public discourse about such issues.

WHAT:  Public Lecture - 'History, Novelty and Virtue in Ecological Restoration'

WHEN:  6pm, Wednesday 30 May 2012

Location: University Club Theatre , UWA  (Parking: P3 off Hackett Entrance 1.)

Cost:  Free, no RSVP required.

Media references

Audrey Barton (UWA Institute of Advanced Studies)  (+61 8)  6488 4797