Unique Experiences
Delicious Meal with Dr. Anthony Rylands of Conservation International at Zengo Restaurant
- Item Number
- 192
- Estimated Value
- 500 USD
- Sold
- 211 USD to esmay
- Number of Bids
- 6 - Bid History
Item Description
Enjoy a meal at Zengo, one of DC's most vibrant and delicious restaurants, and chat with Dr. Anthony Rylands about conservation of the golden lion tamarins in Brazil and his work to save neotropical primates and other biodiversity. Item includes $100 gift certificate to lunch or dinner for Dr. Rylands, you, and two guests at Zengo. Zengo is an artful blend of Latin-Asian styles and flavors. Chef-owner Richard Sandoval, whose accolades include Bon Appetit Restaurateur of the Year and Mexico's Toque d'Oro, spins regional ingredients into beautifully balanced dishes designed for sharing. British by birth, Brazilian by heart, Primatologist and Conservationist Anthony Rylands, is one the World's leading experts in neotropical primate biodiversity. Currently a Senior Research Scientist at Conservation International, Washington, DC, Anthony began his career in 1976, at the National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA) in Manaus, Brazil Amazon, earning his doctorate in 1982 from Cambridge, UK on the behaviour and ecology of marmosets and lion tamarins. From 1986 to 2005 he was Professor of Vertebrate Zoology at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Rylands is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and Deputy Chair of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group and has been working with Conservation International since 1993. He is a founding editor of the newsletter and journal Neotropical Primates, is currently editor of the journal Primate Conservation. Anthony has edited eight books and authored more than 220 articles and book chapters on protected areas, primate taxonomy and distribution, as well as species distinguishing characteristics, special adaptations and particularly striking features, such as sociality. Anthony is also a scholar of conservation efforts past and future, and of factors, largely human-caused, that are threatening non-human primates with extinction.
Donated By:
Dr. Anthony Rylands, Conservation International and Zengo Restaurant
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