The inconvenience of single-use plastics

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The inconvenience of single-use plastics

An ASU Now story titled “The inconvenient consequences of a culture of convenience” was published today. In this article, ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Associate Director of Biodiversity Valuation and

Biodiversity conservation needs new partnerships

If conservation science is going to save the myriad species under threat in the world today, it’s going to have to go about it more efficiently, according to a paper

Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber recently co-authored a paper titled “Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management for Social-Ecological System: Renewing the Focus in the United States with Next Generation

Can all biodiversity be saved?

If not all species can be saved, how do we decide which ones to save? This question is more relevant than ever, as we live in the Anthropocene, a geological

CBO welcomes two new postdoctoral fellows

The ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes is excited to welcome Danica Shaffer-Smith, the second NatureNet Science Fellow hired in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, and Gwen Iacona who will be

ASU-STRI partnership call for student applications

The ASU-Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute partnership is currently accepting applications from graduate students interested in learning about tropical science in Panama. Students can apply to attend the Tropical Ecology and

New institutional models needed to close research-action gap

A new publication by ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director and Professor Leah Gerber and Conservation International’s Americas Field Division Senior Vice President Dr. Daniela Raik calls for cross-sector

ASU researchers exploring how changes in snowpack impact water rights, policy

Mountain snowpack and rainfall are the primary sources of water for the arid western U.S., but earlier melting of mountain snowpack is causing complications. ASU researchers are part of a grant-funded team to address the challenges.

Oxford Uni & IUCN Workshop

On September 7, 2018, Founding Director Leah Gerber represented  the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes at a workshop titled “Biodiversity and Business” at the University of Oxford’s Department of Zoology. The

Detecting tropical wildlife declines through camera-trap monitoring

ASU-Conservation International Professor of Practice Jorge Ahumada recently published a paper in Oryx - Cambridge University Press, in partnership with other conservation scientists, titled “Detecting tropical wildlife declines through camera-trap

Should it be saved?

A Science magazine story was published today titled “Should it be saved?” It addresses the various debates surrounding approaches to endangered species protection – in particular how decisions are made

Organizing for biodiversity conservation in the age of extinction

On January 30, 3019, ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber will be partnering with Elliott Millinor and Greg Kaebnick to present a session on “Organizing concepts in