The issue focused on climate change and conservation issues in northern Chile. One scientist noted that scientists should study evolution rather than biology to inform scientific knowledge about ecology. Another biologist challenged biologists who claimed they did not understand biological diversity because they believed biological diversity could be scientifically measured by genetics alone. Scientists argued over whether genetic diversity can explain biodiversity or biological diversity cannot explain genetic diversity. There were discussions about science education, laboratory experiments and molecular genetics. These sessions drew scientists from academia and industry together with researchers from research universities and laboratories to