Should you eat fish from community ponds?

Center for Biodiversity Outcomes

Should you eat fish from community ponds?

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcome Deputy Director Beth Polidoro and her team recently took part in a study investigating the health implications of eating fish from stock ponds around Phoenix.

Recreational fisheries need new management, says sustainability scientist

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Senior Sustainability Scientist Joshua Abbott is a principal author of a new opinion paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences titled “Governing the

ASU-STRI call for grant proposals

The ASU-Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute is excited to announce its spring 2019 call for grant proposals. There are two research foci: (1) Resilience, adaptive evolution and the effects of changing

Collaborative conservation - A talk with Dr. Tracy Farrell

The ASU Center for Sustainable Tourism of the School of Community Resources and Development and the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes will be hosting a public talk with Dr. Tracy A. Farrell

Welcome Susanne Hinrichs, new CBO administrative assistant

The ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes team is excited to welcome our new administrative assistant, Susanne Hinrichs. Susanne has a professional background in ecology, evolutionary biology and music, receiving her bachelor’s degree

Meeting, Natural Capital Protocol for the Ocean

The ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, the Natural Capital Coalition, Conservation International, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales have partnered to develop a Natural Capital Protocol

You will return home

A Thought Leader Series essay by Jack Kittinger of Conservation International reflects on the importance of home in taking action to persistently protect what we love. "When I think about the pressures we are ratcheting up on our blue planet, I think about my home," wrote Kittinger, a professor of practice in ASU’s Center for Biodiversity Outcomes.

Wildlife corridors in the urban desert

On February 27, 2019, former ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Postdoctoral Research Associate and Project Manager Anita Hagy Ferguson will be delivering a talk on the topic of wildlife corridors in

Adjusting to an international career move

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Postdoctoral Research Associate Lars Iversen and his family were recently interviewed by Nature for an article titled “One couple, two cities: How to handle an

Sand exploitation impacts

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Postdoctoral Research Associate Lars Iversen recently co-authored a paper called “Promises and perils of sand exploitation in Greenland,” published in Nature Sustainability. This article discusses

Preserving nature on a tight budget

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber’s work was highlighted in a recent The Economist article titled, “How to preserve nature on a tight budget: Saving species cheaply

Citizen scientists help monitor water pollutants

Over the past two-years, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Associate Director of Biodiversity Valuation and Assessments Beth Polidoro spearheaded a citizen science project titled “Community Monitoring of Pollutants in Urban Waterways