We need to enhance natural processes that can accelerate diversification and allow emerging habitats to select the winners.
Category: conservation
William H. Schlesinger
biodiversity, conservation, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat
biodiversity, conservation, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat
Gutting protections for migratory birds
Recognizing that it is part of our nation’s heritage, the Wood Thrush is…protected by the Migratory Bird Protection Act (MBPA) of 1918.
Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
When we lose a species, the bell tolls for us.
A Bird in the Bush
When we lose birds, we are witnessing the continued unraveling of nature that will leave behind a less healthy and impoverished world for the future.
Extinction
We need to preserve the heritage of species on all corners of the Earth.
William Schlesinger
biodiversity, conservation, environmental policy, faculty, food, natural habitat, population growth
biodiversity, conservation, environmental policy, faculty, food, natural habitat, population growth
Neo-Malthusianism
We must look beyond the self-centered view that we are the only masters of our own survival.
The Elephant in the Corner.
Reliance on population growth is a hollow and blunt instrument to ensure economic growth
William Schlesinger
climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental policy, faculty, renewable energy
climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental policy, faculty, renewable energy
Carbon Fees
A carbon fee program would preserve the personal choice of how we live our lives
Global Impoverishment
What good is a butterfly that does not tweet or titillate?
Diversity
Numerous studies show declines in species diversity when soils are fertilized.