Join the EPB (Action Group on Environmental Impacts of Polar Research and Logistics) and APECS for the upcoming webinar series on the Environmental Impacts of Polar Research taking place in September and October 2024!

The webinar series will highlight several environmental impacts and invites experts to talk about minimising them, building on last year's Synthesis Report (find the report here).

Sign up for the webinar series here or via individual Zoom links below.

Schedule of the webinars:

Webinar 1: Introduction of Non-Native Species

Guest: Dr. Kevin Hughes

Time and Date: 12 September 2024 at 14:00 CEST

Video recording of the webinar:https://youtu.be/UDVIJsd5JOk?si=gRVrkgP0JGEs4tgE

Webinar 2: Conservation of lakes and limnetic ecosystems as sentinels of environmental changes

Time and Date: 26 September 2024 at 14:00 CEST

Guest: Dr. Antonio Quesada

Video recording of the webinar:https://youtu.be/paXc_p5AnpE?si=BjQXM0GDeXQ1xB5P

Webinar 3: The role of top down policies: The Madrid Protocol and how it protects Antarctic environment

Guest: Birgit Njåstad

Time and Date: 8 October 2024 at 14:00 CEST

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dGYSqiCOQZWGjnc0jcawtQ#/registration

Webinar 4: Bottom-up initiatives for Responsible Fieldwork

Guest: Amy Macfarlane and Svenja Holste from the RISE Project group of APECS

Time and Date: 24 October 2024 at 14:00 CEST

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_i_ZifaFIT5qIZQcTbHlVGQ