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New paper provides framework for understanding oppression in the field of conservation
UGA Media Contacts: Laura German, Lizzie King Science—the process of asking and testing questions to better understand the world around us—has long been a guiding force of Western Civilization. It has guided everything from the development of the world’s largest cities to the ways that natural spaces are handled outside those cities. The institution of […]
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UGA Impact: Outsmarting Disaster with Natural Infrastructure
UGA researchers combine natural and man-made infrastructure to help communities be more resilient. To prepare a community for a flood, engineers design efficient, protective systems to divert and control water. But should that infrastructure take the form of concrete drainage systems, dams, and levees? Or swamps, reefs, and streams?
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Putting America’s nature on the record
When a change in federal administration priority closed the door on the inaugural National Nature Assessment, the report’s crew of volunteer authors could have stopped. Instead, they opened a window. The team, drawn from academia, nonprofits and industry, chose to continue the work independently to put together a comprehensive report, originally directed by an April […]
