Saving species takes more than science: an assessment of knowledge use in conservation practice

Seminar followed by Q&A and drinks – all welcome

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Biography: Leah Gerber is a professor of conservation science in the School of Life Sciences and founding director of the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes (CBO) at Arizona State University. Leah’s research, teaching, and leadership advance the integration of science in decision processes to achieve sustainable biodiversity outcomes. She frequently serves on globally significant bodies charting the future course of conservation and is passionately committed to communicating the relevance of science in tackling the complex environmental challenges of the 21st century. Her research reveals new approaches to conservation planning and management, including in conservation priority setting, ecosystem-based management, adaptive monitoring and management, marine recreation, endangered species recovery plans, and estimating extinction risk. Since founding CBO in 2014, Leah’s vision and strategic leadership have established CBO as a center of interdisciplinary academic excellence, where faculty, partners, and students are making key discoveries, creating solutions to mitigate biodiversity loss, and collaborating across sectors to bring scientific knowledge into conservation action.

The Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Nature Network are interested in promoting a wide variety of views and opinions on nature recovery from researchers and practitioners.

The views, opinions and positions expressed within this lecture are those of the author alone, they do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery/NatureNetwork, or its researchers.