The desire to eat meat is really the major reason for loss of tree cover in this part of the world.
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Social Media and the Power of Communication
Erika describes her three takeaways for the scientific community from a recent social media symposium.
Ian Markham
alumni, conservation, environmental health, ESC, forests, marine studies, students, sustainability, travel
alumni, conservation, environmental health, ESC, forests, marine studies, students, sustainability, travel
Notes from Raja Ampat
It seems each blog I write these days comes from a new job. I suppose it comes with the territory when you’ve developed an acute allergy to sitting at desks and no one place on Earth feels like home.
Dave Grace
alumni, climate, conservation, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, students, sustainability
alumni, climate, conservation, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, students, sustainability
Social Innovation in Conservation: Seminar in Review
An evening of sharing new innovations, focusing on conservation projects extending the social reach of the conservation field
Ian Markham
alumni, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental health, ESC, forests, marine studies, students, sustainability, travel
alumni, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental health, ESC, forests, marine studies, students, sustainability, travel
Stirrings in the deep
Diving in the Kelp forest mostly brings me a tranquility I find hard to come by elsewhere. Yet in my past three months working at the Hopkin’s Marine Station of Stanford University first as the teaching assistant in a kelp forest Ecology course and then as a diving technician, I have observed strange stirrings and shifts in the kelp forest that give me anxiety.
Anne Martin
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, forests, students, sustainability, water
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, forests, students, sustainability, water
Agriculture’s Contribution to Climate Change
While I wholeheartedly embrace new standards on power plants and the transportation sector, I am dismayed at the way in which we seem to be ignoring other major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
Excited to be back in this land of wonders large and small (such as this Pygmy sea horse). Stay tuned for new pics and posts as I cruise around New Guinea then Fiji, the Cook Islands and Tahiti with National Geographic Lindblad expeditions as a staff naturalist! Dream come true
Excited to be back in this land of wonders large and small (such as this Pygmy sea horse). Stay tuned for new pics and posts as I cruise around New Guinea then Fiji, the Cook Islands and Tahiti with National Geographic Lindblad expeditions as a staff naturalist! Dream come true! #NatGeo #NaionalGeographic #Indonesia #Photography #underwaterphotography #Nature #naturephotography #adventure #exploreindonesia #explore #Ocean
Anne Martin
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, sustainability, water
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, sustainability, water
NEEDED: An Agricultural Transformation
The 2013 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development culminated in the creation of a special report, titled forcefully, “Wake Up Before It’s Too Late: Make Agriculture Truly Sustainable for Food Security in a Changing Climate”.