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The American Society of Civil Engineers endorses the use of nature-based solutions as crucial tool in combatting climate change in new policy statement
In a recent policy statement, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) endorsed the use of nature-based solutions (NbS) as a crucial tool for addressing the threat of climate change and bolstering community and ecological resilience. ASCE’s recognition of NbS as a crucial tool in future infrastructure projects is an important step toward accelerating global […]
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Charles van Rees provides entomological expertise for N-EWN Nature At Work Series
IRIS affiliate and Odum School of Ecology research scientist Charles Van Rees recently provided expertise on periodical cicadas for the Network for Engineering With Nature’s “Nature At Work” series. Van Rees described the life cycle and population strategy of these interesting insects, which evade predator life cycles by emerging en masse every 13 or 17 […]
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Summary of the 2023 Georgia Resilience Roundtable
The University of Georgia Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (UGA IRIS), with support from The Pew Charitable Trusts, held a Georgia Resilience Roundtable at the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) in Atlanta, Georgia on December 15, 2023. IRIS and ARC gathered stakeholders from across Georgia (over 60 attendees) who are currently engaged or interested in issues […]
