Biodiversity News
A business guide for biodiversity conservation
A new publication co-authored by ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes founding director Leah Gerber illustrates a pathway for the private sector to assess their biodiversity performance and demonstrate responsible management
Protecting nature, our best shot against pandemics
ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber recently published an op-ed in Mexican newspaper El Universal titled “Protecting biodiversity: our best shot to prevent the next pandemic.” In
Lemurs and North Atlantic Right Whales, on the brink of extinction
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, an ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes partner, reported that almost a third of lemurs and North Atlantic
Protecting biodiversity can prevent future pandemics
ASU Now I June 17, 2020 As a follow-up to her recent article, ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber presented a webinar to address the link between
Public talk, global strategy for preventing the next pandemic
ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber will be delivering a virtual talk on Thursday, June 11, 2020, titled “A Global Strategy for Preventing the Next Pandemic.” This
Repeated hurricanes, risks and opportunities to flooding and water quality
A new paper from Center for Biodiversity Outcomes and The Nature Conservancy finds that FEMA flood hazard maps underpredicted the extent of hurricane-induced floods; findings could improve community planning for greater resiliency.
New study, reforesting tropics essential for biodiversity conservation
In partnership with Conservation International and the Global Trophic Cascades Program at Oregon State University, the ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes published a new study in Conservation Biology revealing the
Anti-poaching device detects gunshot noises
ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Faculty Affiliate Garth Paine developed a tool that tracks gunshots in rainforests to stop illegal poaching of wild animals. This device identifies sonic characteristics of
A reflection of my time at CGEST and CBO
Written by Nosizo Lukhele As an undergraduate student at Bennington College, which highly cultivates students to be multifaceted, I cannot imagine a better way to have spent the six weeks
Global body needed to prevent pandemics
ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber was interviewed by ASU Now regarding her recently published Issues in Science and Technology op-ed titled “A Global Strategy for Preventing
Human activities kickstarted the decline in Caribbean coral reefs
According to researchers, about half of Caribbean coral reefs have died since the 1970s, with the iconic elkhorn and staghorn corals being the hardest hit. However, climate change does not
ASU expert proposes a biodiversity-focused solution to prevent zoonotic diseases
COVID-19 may have jumped from a wild animal market in Wuhan, China, to people. If so, it’s not the first deadly disease to spring from nature. Middle East respiratory syndrome