Learning to protect biodiversity

Center for Biodiversity Outcomes

Learning to protect biodiversity

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber, shared her insights on the importance of protecting nature and the personal connections we create with it in a recently published

New Galapagos marine conservation grant

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber secured a new Lenfest Ocean Program grant for $349,570 in partnership with conservation scientists working in the Galapagos National Park in

Learn environmental communication and leadership

The ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, a partnership between the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and the School of Life Sciences, are now accepting applications to the new Graduate

Plastic, friend or foe?

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Faculty Affiliate Rolf Halden’s work on microplastics pollution in oceans was recently featured in an ASU Now article titled “Pervasive polymers of the deep blue sea.”

Reflections on new UN biodiversity report

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber was featured in an Arizona Republic article titled “ASU scientist crusades for action to help environment”. In the article, Gerber shares

Tiny tribe wins lawsuit against oil industry

The Waorani people of Pastaza, a province in eastern Ecuador, just managed to save seven millions of acres of Amazonian rainforest by winning a major lawsuit against the Ecuadorian government.

UN’s grim warning on extinction: Is there still time?

According to a new report published recently by the United Nations, Earth’s biodiversity is on a rapid decline more than ever recorded in human history. The UN warns, one eighth

Dolphinaris, deadliest facility in the U.S.

According to new details, bottlenose dolphins at Dolphinaris Arizona die at one of the highest rates recorded at a U.S. facility exhibiting marine mammals. For the two years Dolphinaris was open,

Birding the future: Messages of migration, connectivity and extinction

It is estimated that almost a third of all bird species will have disappeared by the end of this century. What might happen in the future as messages of birds

Gerber is lead author on global biodiversity assessment

Leah Gerber, director of ASU's Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, was a lead author on the United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) global assessment.

Rewilding landscapes for sustainable ecosystems

ASU-Conservation International Postdoctoral Research Associate Krista Kemppinen, was recently interviewed by KJZZ News, Phoenix's NPR member station, about an article published in Science journal titled “Rewilding complex ecosystems.” The practice

Now hiring! Ocean futures postdoctoral fellow

The ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes is excited to announce a new full-time postdoctoral research fellowship to be housed in the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. This