Breathless in Bhutan : Climbing mountains in search of communitie/Horticulture on the hills: Scotland’s montane scrub
Two KMIS talks: Selina Tan is a Kew Diploma student with an interest in public spaces and how plants connect with people, and will be talking about Bhutan, a landlocked country in the Himalayas, sitting between China and India and is almost entirely mountainous. With mountain peaks reaching more than 7000 meters, Bhutan holds a massive range of habitats for flora and fauna from temperate cloud forest to alpine scree. As such, Bhutan maintains a large commitment to conservation with the constitution enacting that Bhutan maintains 60% forest coverage. This talk will be a journey through Bhutan to look at how plant communities survive in the face of uncertain prospects and how conservation programmes have formed in supports of not only the environment but the local villagers who live amongst them. How the balance of religion, humans and nature come together to form the first carbon negative country.
Sara Barnes is a Kew Diploma student interested in the skills horticulture can bring to habitat restoration. They're particularly keen on montane scrub, artic-alpines and plants adapted to arid environments but also have a soft spot for bogs, bryophytes, and home grown veggies. In this talk they'll highlight work being done in the UK's uplands and share insights on the role of horticulture in the restoration and care of these habitats. Time: 18:00 GMT
