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Paul-Bendiks Walberg has had the “brain-drain migration” on his mind. This phenomenon – when the best and brightest of a nation or region are compelled to travel abroad for education, research and job opportunities, never to return home– is a direct result of what scientists around the...New Index Grades Countries on Current Environmental Performance
When his Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) took the world by storm last year, Daniel Esty, J.D. ’86, wasted little time in preparing for an encore. A year later, in January 2006, he used the same springboard that launched the ESI – the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland –...Galvanizing National Action on Climate Change
Why has the robust and compelling body of climate change science not had a greater impact on action, especially in the United States? From the policy-making level down to personal voting and purchasing decisions, our actions as Americans have not been commensurate with the threat as characterized...
Global Environmental Governance
James Gustave Speth and Peter M. Haas “A compact, elegant account of global environmental politics, diplomacy, and institutions and their intellectual foundations.” -- J.R.McNeil Cinco Hermanos Chair in Environmental and International Affairs, School of Foreign Service,...
Punctuated Equilibrium and the Dynamics of U.S. Environmental Policy
Although many environmental policy issues remain deadlocked for decades with little movement, sometimes breakthroughs occur abruptly. Why do deadlocks persist? Why do major policy shifts occur infrequently? Is it possible to judge when policies are ripe for change? This book presents new...Conservationists Thinking Big to Save the Last Great Places
At last, in response, the uppercase-C Conservation community has decided to eschew little plans for big ones. Now come staggering proposals to protect vast swaths of land many times larger and morecomplex than the world’s greatest national parks. On such a scale, it is no longer enough to draw...Course Descriptions - Forestry
Forestry Forest Biology F&ES 52001b Local Flora (505b) F&ES 50002b Fire: Science and Policy (524b) F&ES 52003b Forest Ecosystem Health (551b) F&ES 50104b Seminar in Ecological Restoration (584b) F&ES 53005b Agroforestry Systems: Productivity, Environmental Services, and Rural...Course Descriptions - Social and Political Ecology
Social and Political Ecology F&ES 83047a, Social Ecology, Community Forestry, and the Future of Place-Based Environmentalism. 6 credits. This seminar explores the art and science of community-based field ecology as a means of providing a more participatory and therefore sustainable suite of...Course Descriptions - Health and Environment
Courses offered by the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies are described below. The letters “a” and “b” following the course numbers indicate fall- and spring-term courses respectively. Bracketed courses will not be offered during the academic year. Project...Course Descriptions - Economics and Environmental Policy
Undergraduate Courses Economics F&ES 117a/ECON 117a, Microeconomics with Environmental Applications. The most important areas of introductory microeconomics. Emphasis on topics most relevant to the study of the environment, including externalities, regulation, public goods, and...Course Descriptions - Environmental Management and Technology
Environmental Management and Technology F&ES 96006a, Greening the Industrial Facility. 4 credits. Industrial environmental managers need to be familiar with the technological processes by which modern society accomplishes its purposes, their potential to cause environmental damage,...Course Descriptions - Ecology
Ecology Ecosystem Ecology F&ES 32001b, Methods of Ecosystem Analysis. 3 credits. This course exposes students to ecosystem-level questions; demonstrates field-data collection and laboratory analyses; emphasizes data manipulation on the microcomputer; and introduces professional data...Class of 2006 holds environmentally friendly graduation
New Haven, Conn. -- In a display of their environmental ideals and values, the 2006 graduates of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies held a commencement program that minimized climate-changing gases and solid waste. Eight hundred pounds of waste generated from a post-graduation...Gift to Yale to Promote Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Forests
New Haven, Conn.—An environmental leadership and training program to promote biodiversity conservation in tropical forests in Asia and Central and South America has been established at Yale University with a $4.8 million gift from the Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund. “Worldwide...
Young Conservationists and the Future of Protected Areas Worldwide
32 pages, 2003 Order a print copy
Protecting Biodiversity
Elizabeth A.Gordon, Oscar E.Franco and Mary L.Tyrrell Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 168 pages, 2005 Order a print copy
Model Shows Amazon Conservation Strategies Inadequate
Simulations of future Amazon deforestation show that current conservation strategies focusing on protected areas are insufficient, according to a report published March 22 in the journal Nature. Researchers at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Woods Hole Research Center, Instituto de...
Institutions and the Urban Environment in Developing Countries
Carlos A. Linares 67 pages, 2003 Order a print copy
Silence is Golden, Leaden, and Copper
A Yale F&ES Report Robert Repetto Professor in the Practice of Economics and Sustainable Development Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 78 pages, 2004 Order a print copy
The Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery in the U.S. and Canada
A Yale F&ES Discussion Paper Robert Repetto Professor in the Practice of Economics and Sustainable Development Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 22 pages, 2001 Order a print copy
Can the Anchor Hold?
Maria Ivanova Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies This new report assesses the performance of UNEP as the mandated anchor insitution for the global environment. Focusing on strenghthening the global environmental governance system, it...
Livability and Smart Growth
Hooper Brooks and Julia Parzen 118 pages, 2006 Order a print copy
The LAND Code
EDITORS Diana Balmori, Yale School of Architecture Gaboury Benoit, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies This working paper is no longer available. It has been updated and expanded and published as a book by Wiley. Click here to order the book.
Gaining Ground Information Database
A Report on a New Internet Research Library of Innovative Land Use Laws, Regulations, and Practices John R. Nolon, Jessica A. Bacher, and Susan Moritz, Editors Land Use Law Center, Pace University School of Law 105 pages, 2004 Order a print copy
