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Policy, Economics and Law
Natural resource and environmental policy should be based on our accumulated knowledge of social and environmental processes. The policy faculty teaches students that the key to environmental policy is the appropriate integration of the insights of many disciplines. Three overarching themes are...Social Ecology of Conservation and Development
This focal area developed out of the realization over the past generation that understanding the social, cultural, political, economic, and historic dimensions of the environment is as important to wise stewardship as is understanding its bio-physical dimensions. A distinguishing characteristic...Urban Ecology and Environmental Design
This faculty group works under the premise that the ecological integrity of urban ecosystems has a profound impact on urban health, productivity, and quality of life. They believe that students must have a grounding in new theoretical and practical understanding, be prepared to carry out relevant...Water Science, Policy, and Management
This focal area uses the watershed (stream or river basin) as its unit of analysis, instruction, and action. The global water crisis takes diverse forms, including water scarcity, polluted lakes and rivers, contaminated ground water, spread of water-related diseases, and extinction of aquatic...Global Change Science and Policy
The goal of this focal area is to address issues arising from major environmental changes that are impacting a substantial portion of the world. The faculty in this focal area are particularly interested in the arena of climate change science and policy and seek to generate new scientific...Forestry, Forest Science, and the Management of Forests for Conservation and Development
Associated Centers & Programs Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry Tropical Resources Institute Urban Resources Initiative Center for Biodiversity ConservationEcology, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity
This focal area represents the School’s collective scientific endeavor to understand both the interactions of living organisms with each other and the physical and chemical components of their surrounding environment, and the cause of changes in global patterns in species distribution and...Environmental Health
The environmental health concentration is designed to encourage course work and research that explore relationships among environmental quality, human health, and public policy. This knowledge provides a basis for research on how the environment impacts health and for understanding the potential...Special isssue of the Journal of Industrial Ecology focuses on eco-efficiency
New Haven, Conn. – Disputes over the trade-off between the environment and the economy are a central feature of contemporary politics. Whether the threat is global warming or toxic substances, the tension between cost and environmental benefit is often palpable. Some of these disagreements...Study Finds No Safe Level for Ozone
New Haven, Conn. – Even at very low levels, ozone—the principal ingredient in smog—increases the risk of premature death, according to a nationwide study to be published in the April edition of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The study, sponsored by the Environmental...Study: Not Enough Metals in Earth to Meet Global Demand
New Haven, Conn. – Researchers studying supplies of copper, zinc and other metals have determined that these finite resources, even if recycled, may not meet the needs of the global population forever, according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Red, White, Blue and Green
James R. Lyons, Heather S. Kaplan, Fred Strebeigh, Kathleen E. Campbell, Editors Order a print copy
Human Population and Freshwater Resources
Karin M. Krchnak, Editor Victoria Dompka Markham and Nancy Thorne, Assistant Editors Order a print copy
Developing Industrial Ecosystems
Part I: Tools From Industrial Ecology
Species and Ecosystem Conservation
Timothy W. Clark, Michael J. Stevenson, Kim Ziegelmayer, Murray B. Rutherford, Editors Order a print copy
Developing Sustainable Management Policy for the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming
Timothy W. Clark, Denise Casey, and Anders Halverson, Editors Order a print copy
Transformations of Middle Eastern Natural Environments
Jeff Albert, Magnus Bernhardsson, and Roger Kenna, Editors Order a print copy
Climate Change and Development
Climate change: An overviewEcology Letters
| Lisa M. Curran
Long-term reproductive behaviour of woody plants across seven Bornean forest types in the Gunung Palung National Park (Indonesia): suprannual synchrony, temporal productivity and fruiting diversityAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowship Information Session
| Kathy Douglas
Information Session on Science & Technology Policy Fellowships at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Lunch will be provided. Sage 24.SDI-Africa - GIS & remote sensing news in Africa - October 2007
| Kate Lance
Spatial Data Infrastructure — Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free, electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing, and data management issues in Africa. The October 2007 issue includes (among many other items): http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav6n10.pdf -...Entrepreneurial Business Plan Class Info Session
| Maureen Burke
Entrepreneurship is all about starting and running your own business. This course is for teams who want to write a business plan for their own new startup company. The class starts on Monday, October 29th. The information session will be at SOM in A-51. We will discuss: • What to expect...Entrepreneurial Business Planning Class Info Session
| Maureen Burke
Entrepreneurship is all about starting and running your own business. This course is for teams who want to write a business plan for their own new startup company. The class starts on Monday, October 29th. The information session will be at SOM in A-1. We will discuss: • What to expect...4:30pm: First Lecture of the Carbon Finance Speaker Series at Yale
| Judith Wu
LOCATION: Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue *Free and Open to the Public *Reception to Follow *Please join us this Thursday at 4:30pm for the first presentation of the exciting Carbon Finance Speaker Series at Yale, hosted by the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale (CBEY). As...Employers on Campus: McKinsey & Co Information Session for Business Analyst and Senior Business Analyst Positions
| Career Development Office
Location: Omni Hotel, New Haven If you are interested in or even thinking about management and strategy consulting as a career option, you will want to take advantage of this information session by the management and strategy consulting firm recently named number one in Vault’s 2008 Prestige...
