Center for Biodiversity Outcomes
CBO receives external support for collaboration with US Fish and Wildlife Service
CBO and partners from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Mission:Wildlife and the University of Maryland were awarded support from the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) to develop new
CBO affiliates support call for inclusion in conservation
As CBO prepares to celebrate it's launch this week with the arrival of Dr. Georgina Mace, Nature publishes a call for broader participation in conservation. The call is signed by
New biodiversity center supports call for inclusion in conservation
Six scientists from ASU's new Center for Biodiversity Outcomes joined 240 leading conservationists in signing a letter, recently published in the journal Nature, calling for an ethic of inclusiveness that recognizes the merits of several approaches to conservation.
Central Arizona Conservation Alliance Announces Website
CBO partner, The Central Arizona Conservation Alliance, a Desert Botanical Garden initiative released it's inaugural website this week. The Conservation Alliance facilitates and leverages community engagement to study, restore and
A Microscopic Issue of Unknown Consequences
ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean & Professor, Ferran Garcia-Pichel finds evidence of climate change impact on microbes. Article in the New York Times. A Microscopic Issue of
Our Uncommon Heritage
This new book by SOLS professor and CBO Advisory Board member, Charles Perrings explores the many dimensions of human-driven biodiversity change. Our Uncommon Heritage: Biodiversity Change, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being
Central Arizona Conservation Alliance announces RFP for 2014 research grants
The goal of the Research Grants program is to support research that assists land managers in making informed decisions about the natural and cultural resources of the partnership’s focal preserves:
"Regulating Gene Drives"
This article examines the need for national and international regulatory reform before gene drives can be used in the wild. Science Express. 2014. Regulating Gene Drives
"Leadership and change in twenty-first century higher education"
James Collins discusses a call for rapid adaptation and leadership in research and educational institutions. Leadership and Change in Twenty-First Century Higher Education. BioScience. 5, June 2014.
"Is it right to reverse extinction?"
Ben Minteer reflects on the importance of acknowledging our limited ability to right our wrongs. "Is it right to reverse extinction?". Nature. 14, May 2014.
World wide views on biodiversity report
The report on the results of the World Wide Views on Biodiversity Project Global mediation. The mediation took place worldwide on September 15, 2012. Meetings in the United States were