ASU's Center for Biodiversity Outcomes (CBO) recently launched a Knowledge Partnership with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). On February 13, 2017, WBCSD will be partnering on a North

To address the shortage of plant experts that can inform important biodiversity conservation efforts, ASU partnered with the Desert Botanical Garden to launch a new master’s degree program in plant biology and conservation that sustainability scientist Julie Stromberg will direct.

Dry forests in Latin America are among the world’s most threatened tropical forests. Less than 10 percent of their original prevalence remains in many countries. The Latin American Seasonally Dry Tropical

ASU's Center for Biodiversity Outcomes (CBO) is currently hiring a postdoctoral fellow in partnership with Conservation International (CI). This fellowship will focus on exploring nature’s role in achieving the United Nations' Sustainable

Penny Langhammer, research associate with the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes (CBO), is co-author of a recent study titled “Assessing the Cost of Global Biodiversity and Conservation Knowledge.” The study looks

A study published in Science and co-authored by School of Sustainability Professor Marty Anderies indicates that social norms may have a greater effect on individual behaviorial changes than policy alone – a finding reinforced by other sustainability scientists at ASU.

What makes communities successful in managing their shared resources, such as forests and water? This was a central question addressed by the late Elinor Ostrom, the founding director of Arizona

Christopher Frettoloso, a senior sustainability major and co-founder of BetR-Blok, LLC, talks about his company’s sustainable building material in a recent State Press article. BetR-Bloks are created using recycled paper and

Tackling a myriad of subjects, from the dropping levels of water in Lake Mead to the merits and pitfalls of measures like desalination, a three-part series published in ASU Now captures the breadth of work ASU sustainability scientists are undertaking to protect water in the arid West.

ASU's date grove is the No. 2 collection in the U.S., full of rare varieties sold to the ASU community and the public. ASU students, staff and community volunteers work to

The word mutation conjures many images in the popular mind, virtually all of them negative. Mutations in the human genome cause crippling birth abnormalities and are the source of innumerable

Through funding provided by the Rob and Melani Walton Fund of the Walton Family Foundation, ASU will award a limited number of scholarships of up to $15,000 to professionals seeking to accelerate their careers through the Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership program.