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Key takeaways: When Taylor Guitars acquired an ebony mill in Cameroon to supply wood for their renowned acoustic guitars, owner Bob Taylor wanted to give back by planting new trees,…
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Three innovators from Australia, Indonesia and India are redefining how to protect wildlife, restore ecosystems and build equitable futures
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Building climate solutions from fungi, sediment, timber and uranium, four leaders under 40 show what next-generation innovation looks like in today’s world
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Are you a Cameroonian citizen and looking for a position in ecology and conservation? The Ebony Project is hiring a Research Assistant to support tropical forest restoration and community-based conservation in…
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Featured in this week’s Los Angeles Times Climate and Environment coverage, UCLA Ph.D. student Wilson Sherman shares insights on how inconsistent policies, surveillance infrastructure and fragmented governance affect where wildlife…
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The UCLA La Kretz Center is excited to be accepting applications for the 2026 UCLA La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellowship! Applications will be accepted until September 15th, 2025.
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UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) Magazine has been ranked #2 on Feedspot’s list of the Top 30 California Sustainability Blogs. The list recognizes the most influential platforms…
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Travis Longcore, adjunct professor at UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, discussed light pollution mitigation at the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing for California Builder & Engineer, sharing how thoughtful…
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UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and and UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge recently hosted a virtual seminar addressing the historic wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles in January 2025.…
Bird populations across the United States are plummeting at an alarming rate, with three billion birds lost since 1970, according to UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability professor Travis…
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Take a video tour of one of University of California's true gems, a research station along a 10,000-foot elevation gradient in the eastern Sierra Nevada.
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Declines of ebony and ivory are inextricably linked in an African rainforest
Published Work 2025
Haemosporidian Infection Risk Variation Across an Urban Gradient in a Songbird
Published Work 2025 | Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 7
Artificial light at night outweighs temperature in lengthening urban growing seasons
Published Work 2025 | Nature Cities
