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Date: April 20th, 2024
Time: 10AM Pacific Time (California)
The Cactus Hunters with Jared D. Margulies
Cactus and succulent plants are a global phenomenon with unrivaled botanical popularity. Despite their iconic status, they are also some of the world’s most threatened species. Surprisingly, it is some of the plants’ most ardent lovers—cactus and succulent collectors—who many conservationists blame for threatening succulent species with extinction. Why is this so?
In The Cactus Hunters, Jared Margulies delves into the world of global cactus and succulent collecting to explore how and why some of the most passionate lovers of these plants may engage in their illicit trade and what underpins this demand.
About our Speaker
Jared Margulies is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of Alabama. The Cactus Hunters was published in 2023 by the University of Minnesota Press, and received an Honorable Mention for the 2023 AAG Globe Book Award for Public Understanding of Geography. Jared was named a 2024 National Geographic Explorer in support of his research on illegal plant trade.
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Photo Credits: Jared D. Margulies
