America’s legacy in its second term as facilitator of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership
IoES’s Congo Basin Institute at heart of efforts to build environmental leadership in Africa. Click to read more about.
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UCLA IoES fundraiser honors champions of the environment
During a recent gala, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability raised $1.75 million for UCLA’s environmental research, education, and community projects. Thomas Smith also received $400,000 in support of…
Central African Forests Forever
Central African Forests Forever, by Meindert Brouwer, is a book by and for the people in Central Africa about preserving the Congo Basin rainforest, the second largest rainforest in the…
Capturing Migration In A Strand Of DNA: Feathers Reveal A Bird’s Origins
In a study led by Kristen Ruegg, a new method has been unveiled to figure out a bird’s migration route from its DNA in a single feather. Ruegg experimented on…
Robert Wayne receives UC Research Catalyst Award for biodiversity preservation
Among the four recipients of the 2016 UC President’s Research Catalyst Awards is Robert Wayne, CTR Affiliated Faculty member and Professor in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department. His project,…
UC Conservation Genomics Consortium
The UC Conservation Genomics Consortium’s ongoing project, funded by the UC Catalyst Grant Program, is aiming to establish a genomics network across six UC campuses in order to support research,…
Summer Field Course in Gabon, Africa
Members of the CAB Alliance, including CTR’s Thomas Smith, will be teaching an undergraduate summer field course in Gamba, Gabon. Gamba is an amazing site, written up in National Geographic,…
Persistent impacts of West Nile virus on North American bird populations
Recent research performed by several CTR faculty, including Thomas Smith and Ryan Harrigan, closely examined West Nile Virus (WNV) and its effects on the survival of avian populations. By using…
Climate Change Could Force 100M Into Poverty By 2030, World Bank Group Report Says
A new World Bank Group report says that climate change could impoverish 100 million people worldwide. CTR Director, Thomas Smith, was interviewed in this article and provides his perspective on…
Earth in Concert: Protecting the Planet through Music
The Grammy Museum, the California Science Center, and Global Wildlife Conservation are collaborating together to host the Earth in Concert: Protecting the Planet through Music exhibit where musicians and scientists…
New Research: Songbirds’ Silent Killer
West Nile Virus Has Reduced Survival Rates By 50% for Some Backyard Favorites