International Conservation & Development

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Lupberger now a Fulbright-Clinton Fellow in Peru

Sarah Lupberger has received a Fulbright-Clinton Placement in the Peruvian Ministry of Environment. In addition to her ministerial work, Ms. Lupberger hopes to research how mechanisms of coordination between ministries can be improved to better protect the country’s natural resources. Read more
December 3, 2015
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Switzer Fellow Climate Champions at COP21

As world leaders gather in Paris for the long-awaited COP21 climate talks, Switzer Fellows are among the leaders pushing for positive action on climate. They are serving in roles varying from country delegation members, UN representatives and supporting roles with NGOs, indigenous groups and providing necessary research and data to be used in the ensuing talks, negotiations and meetings.
December 1, 2015
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COP21: What success for us all looks like in Paris

There’s a lot on the line at the climate negotiations in Paris. Fellow Heather Coleman, among others, is there, working to make sure that whatever deal is made, that it’s a fair one for us all.
November 30, 2015
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O'Leary appointed Honorary Warden of the Kenya Wildlife Service

Jennifer O'Leary has been appointed an Honorary Warden of the Kenya Wildlife Service for her work there.
November 25, 2015
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Brooks finds Antarctic species threatened by willful misinterpretation of legal treaty

Countries are loosely interpreting the legal meaning of “rational use” of natural resources to escalate fishing efforts in Antarctic waters and hinder efforts to establish marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean, scientists and legal scholars say.
November 24, 2015
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Lave wins NSF grant to study market-based conservation in Europe

A research team lead by Indiana University faculty member Rebecca Lave has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to study the introduction of market-based environmental conservation policies in the European Union. The two-year, $314,750 grant will fund research focusing on habitat banking, in which the environmental costs of development projects are offset by purchasing credits generated by restoration projects elsewhere.
October 6, 2015
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Keitt's Island Conservation partnership saves local doves

A critically endangered French Polynesian ground-dove known locally as Tutururu has been given a new lease on life in its endemic home, the Tuamotu & Gambier Archipelagos. Only 150 of the birds remain in the world but safe habitats now available to them have more than doubled thanks to an ambitious conservation effort to eradicate introduced rats from the Tuamotu group.
August 20, 2015
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Is climate change or ISIS greater threat to mankind? Stabinsky chimes in

Dr. Doreen Stabinsky, professor of global environmental politics at the College of the Atlantic, Maine, told IPS that “noteworthy to me is the heightened concern of Latin American and African countries.” These regions are on the frontlines of climate change, and the risks there are turning into grim realities of more extreme storms, droughts and falling crop yields, she added.
August 10, 2015
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McElwee quoted on factors in Vietnam's sagging tourism market

Never before have Vietnam’s top leadership stooped down like this to worry about the sagging tourism industry. After signing off on visa waivers for five more European countries — France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the UK — last month, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has continued to press ahead with the visa exemption.
August 5, 2015
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Poleman helps build aquaponics system for school in Bahamas

The food-systems collaboration between UVM and South Andros High is based on reciprocity. In January, Walter Poleman, senior lecturer at the Rubenstein School and GreenHouse faculty director, took students from his service-learning course to the Bahamas to help build an aquaponics system at the school’s farm. In the system, waste from freshwater tilapia provides nutrients for assorted vegetables, which in turn remove excess nitrogen, a waste byproduct. Last summer, South Andros students assisted with a garden project at UVM.
August 4, 2015