Lecture by Seamus O'Brien
Start Date: 27 Feb 2013
End Date: 27 Feb 2013
Times: 3.00pm
Lecture: In the Footsteps of Joseph Dalton Hooker - an Expedition to the Sikkim, Himalaya.
Sikkim is India's second smallest State, yet this former Himalayan Kingdom is a biodiversity hotspot with a flora that ranges from tropical to alpine. One of the very first botanists to explore Sikkim was Joseph Dalton Hooker and Seamus O'Brien recounts the story of a recent expedition he led to the region following in the footsteps of that great 19th century botanist.
Time: 3.00pm - Education and Visitor Centre.
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