How to Save a Species from Going Extinct

Publication Date

1-28-2021

Document Type

Article

Description

Highlighting one of the coolest and most ambitious projects in the history of rare species conservation, this documentary video ("Team Schiedea") takes us to Kaua'i, Hawai'i, where a group of passionate plant people are working to save some of the rarest plants on the archipelago -- and tell us why we need a new generation of biodiversity lovers to help battle the extinction crisis.

Teaching topics: extinction, biodiversity conservation, rare species, conservation jobs, invasive species, island evolution, Hawaiian biodiversity

Host/Producer/Writer: Chris Martine @MartineBotany

Producer/Videographer/Editor/Graphics: Paul Frederick

Field Producer: Tim Kramer

Scientists featured: Ann Sakai, Stephen Weller, Steve Perlman, Lauren Weisenberger, Alex Loomis, John Powers, Warren Wagner, Mike Moore, Krissa Skogen, Norm Wickett, Ava Adler

Source Publication

Plants are Cool, Too!

Department

Biology

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