Read about Dr. Plotkin below:
Mark Plotkin will speak on:
Searching for New Medicinal Plants
while Saving the Last of Lost Tribes of the
Amazon
The evening will begin with wine/beer and a full dinner including salad main course and dessert. The menu is as follows:
*Chicken
Roasted Chicken Breasts in Savory Latin Sauce
*Tequila Salmon
Seared Filet of Salmon in Tequila Sauce
Fragrant Cilantro-Lime Rice
Cumin-Scented Black Beans
Chopped SW Salad with Tomato, Corn & Tortilla "Croutons"
Paired with Cumin Vinaigrette & Chipotle Ranch Dressing
Freshly Baked Bread Board w Whipped Cumin Butter
Homemade Lemon Bars & Mounds Coconut-Chocolate Bars
Members and their Guests-$40
Non-members-$60
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Mark Plotkin is an ethnobotanist and conservationist who has focused on the plants and peoples of the Amazon since the late 1970's. A former student of the renowned ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes, Mark is perhaps best known for his bestselling book, Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice and through the Academy Award-nominated IMAX film "Amazon." In November 2005, he was profiled in Smithsonian's 35th anniversary magazine as one of "35 who made a difference" during that span.
Dr. Plotkin is President of the Amazon Conservation Team, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the biological and cultural diversity of the tropical rain forest, which he co-founded in 1996. He previously served as a Vice President of Conservation International and as Director of Plant Conservation at the World Wildlife Fund – US. Before that, he worked as a Research Associate in Ethnobotanical Conservation at the Botanical Museum of Harvard University. He received his education at Harvard, Yale and Tufts universities.
A Dinner Conversation with Mark Plotkin of the Amazon Conservation Team