Why companies should care about biodiversity

Center for Biodiversity Outcomes

Why companies should care about biodiversity

On January 18, 2017, ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Director Leah Gerber will facilitate a free webinar exploring how biodiversity thinking not only benefits companies’ public image, but also their profitability and

Redefining corporate value

In collaboration with The World Business Council for Sustainable Development, GreenBiz17 and the ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives, CBO will host a pre-conference session titled “Redefining Corporate Value: Changing the Equation

A goodbye to giraffes? The decline of Earth's gentle giants

With giraffe populations diminishing 40 percent over the last 30 years – and numerous other species facing grave population declines – humans must re-evaluate and adapt our behavior to safeguard the planet's biodiversity, says Senior Sustainability Scientist Leah Gerber.

ASU Center for Biodiversity expands: 2016 open house

On December 15, 2016, ASU’s Center for Biodiversity Outcomes (CBO) hosted an open house to welcome students, affiliated faculty, staff and community members into its new location at the School

Improving the health of the Ravi River, Pakistan

Levi Strauss & Co, WWF-Pakistan, WWF-US, Earth Genome, and Arizona State University  have reached a high-level agreement regarding a collaboration focused on improving watershed health in the Ravi River basin

Hiring Earth Genome postdoctoral fellow

The ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellowship in partnership with Earth Genome (EG). The fellow will help develop water scenario planning tools to assist

Building effective fishery ecosystems

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes (CBO) Founding Director, Leah Gerber, along with members of the Lenfest Fishery Ecosystem Task Force, recently convened and delivered a report that serves as a

Precaution and governance of emerging technologies

Dr. Jim Collins, Affiliated Faculty of the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes has co-authored a policy forum in Science Magazine on “Precaution and governance of emerging technologies.” Collins and seven other

Center for Biodiversity Outcomes welcomes new project manager

The Center for Biodiversity Outcomes is excited to welcome its new Project Manager, Amy Scoville-Weaver. Amy brings a professional background in brand management, strategic planning and community outreach, and has worked in a

Biodiversity conservation present during Homecoming celebration

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes (CBO) students and staff facilitated a series of biodiversity conversation activities during the 2016 ASU Homecoming celebration on Saturday, October 22, engaging close to 100

Help save the clown frog

A previously thought to be extinct harlequin frog (Atelopus varius), known as the clown frog, has been rediscovered. Dr. Jan Schipper, a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the School of Life

Fall Forum: Climate Variability, Water and Land Use

During a recent visit to the ASU Wrigley Institute, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack emphasized the importance of continuous collaboration among different sectors to guarantee the nation’s food security in