Blogs

Blogs, Summer 2014

Climate, Community, Biodiversity in Indonesia

Climate, Community, Biodiversity in Indonesia

Celine Lim travels to Indonesia's Central Kalimantan, where the rapid expansion of palm oil is impacting the local environment and economy.
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Blogs, Summer 2014

Searching for the ghost cat in Tajikistan: Part One

Searching for the ghost cat in Tajikistan: Part One

Tara Meyer braves Tajikistan's Hissar Mountains to conserve the elusive snow leopard.
by × July 30, 2014 × 7 comments

Blogs, Summer 2014

Meanwhile, in New Haven…

Meanwhile, in New Haven…

In her summer research, Sarah Barbo searches for links between nature and public health. These connections help make a new kind of business case for the environment: dramatic savings in health care costs.
by × July 13, 2014 × 3 comments

Blogs, Summer 2014

Dispatches from Inner Mongolia: Part One

Dispatches from Inner Mongolia: Part One

Colin Brown takes to the Inner Mongolian steppe, with an eye to the effects of climate change.
by × July 10, 2014 × 0 comments

Blogs, Summer 2014

Tourism and Change in the Bolivian Andes

Tourism and Change in the Bolivian Andes

In the Cordillera Apolobamba of western Bolivia, Kate Heller visits indigenous communities in the early stages of developing a tourist economy.
by × July 8, 2014 × 0 comments

Blogs, Summer 2014

Everything I Learned in Kindergarten

Everything I Learned in Kindergarten

Mercury, a tenaciously persistent element, doesn't just go away. In towns along the Madre de Dios River in Peru, David Gonzalez is studying how gold mining puts public health at risk.
by × June 8, 2014 × 1 comment